by brusselsbyfoot | Jun 7, 2020 | Non classé
Few remember the façade of the Brussels Palace of Justice without its eternal scaffolding. And with good reason: They’ve been in place for almost 40 years! A courthouse that needed a serious facelift It was in the early 1980s that the first scaffolding was...
by brusselsbyfoot | Apr 13, 2020 | Non classé
At the end of 2018, municipal workers realise that the Manneken Pis is not in a closed circuit; every day he pisses directly into the sewers as much water as a 4 persons family ! Manneken Pis has been pissing drinking water for 6 centuries… Until 1851, that was...
by brusselsbyfoot | Mar 13, 2020 | Non classé
Zinneke : Origin and evolution of a Brusseleir word We’ve all heard the word Zinneke before. We know pretty much what it means. But where does it come from? And how has the word lived, how has its meaning evolved over the decades? We tell you the story of a...
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