Did I hear diamonds are a girls best friend? Indeed so. An Antwerp visit would not be complete without a visit to the Diamond Museum. Very well done, the museum takes you through the scientific side of diamonds, as well as the glitz and glamour thereof. My favorite part, of course.
You say Antwerp, you say fashion. Here a piece from the autumn collection of Dries van Noten. It seems this year he is using animal prints and gold a lot!
I mentioned the architecture in Antwerp. Here a (rainy) photo of the Groenplaats, the most popular square in Antwerp. A large part of the Groenplaats used to be a parking lot, however this was transfered underground and now the Groenplaats is one of the most popular hang outs in Antwerp. That is, when it does not rain!
In case you thought I was joking ... it has been raining non stop in Brussels for the last 5 days. It is a matter of giving in or really just going on holiday to the south. Relocating! There is still hope it will all stop on Friday, but one never knows.
L'art prend le metro - art takes the tube. The artist Camille De Taeye. The tube station: Eddy Merckx.
2 weeks, 2000 km, 5 countries and now back in Brussels. Exhausted ... but such a great holiday. Denton, the postcard is on its way :)
Pick from the archives no.15: it is impossible to get more Belgian than this.
Pick from the archives no.11: recognize the artist the sign is making reference to?
Pick from the archives no.9: Peter Pan in the Egmont Park.
Pick from the archives no.8: the Man from Atlantis. The story can be read in the comments of the initial post.
Pick from the archives no.6: it drew up a storm then, I wonder what the reactions will be now? The icon of elegance and style - Audrey Hepburn a native of Brussels.
Pick from the archives no.5: the famous, delicious, caloric Belgian chocolate.
Pick from the archives no.4: Manneke Pis. No introduction needed.
Pick from the archives no.3: fascinated me back then, fascinates me now. The woman who goes through glass.
Pick from the archives no.2: always nice to remember Mechelen ...
Pick from the archives no.1: still very valid in the month of July, the winter sales/ summer sales are very popular in Brussels. I know I am broke twice a year.
As promised, the bottom half of the grafitti. I would just like to understand ... why pink pigs?!
Every city has a symbol flower. For Brussels it is the Iris here seen on the bottom of a lamp post.
This time introducing ... secret agent Victor Sackville, serving the English Crown and George V. Cartoon persona created by Francis Carin.
And something more majestic: Godefroy de Bouillon, leader of the First Crusade.
No, the press is not waiting for the World Cup news. This is how a European Summit looks like to the normal passer by. All you see is media and transmission vans. The whole area around the European Commission is usually blocked off and you can only enter it by showing your EC badge.
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