United Music of Brussels
United Music of Brussels was a day of music to launch a new season of classical music, and I heard it announced over the public transort address system.
Brussels
Brussels
From January 2015 to December 2017 – three years – Mrs SC worked in Brussels and I lived there most of the time. I wrote a lot of my Stops and Stories posts in and about Brussels. Here below I collect all the posts tagged Brussels on this site.
Bon appétit!
Erasmus House – a Guided Tour
Erasmus House in Anderlecht: a guided tour of the house gives an introduction to Erasmus of Rotterdam – Renaissance scholar, Christian humanist, key figure in the pre-Reformation – and kicks up some questionable facts.
Comic Strip Festival
The Comic Strip Festival in Brussels has become an annual event that attracts comic fans from across at least the Francophone world.
The sleeping homeless
The sleeping homeless – behind Square Jaques Brel, Brussels, a sunny afternoon (Saturday 3rd September 2016).
Book Boxes of Brussels – Les boites à livres
The book boxes – les boites à livres – are scattered across the city – they’re not always easy to find, but that makes looking for them a sport.
Life in Mini-Europe
Life in Mini-Europe: it’s a life in plastic, but I’m not sure Barbie would feel at home here. There’s more going on that you might imagine.
Edith Cavell (and St Joan) in Brussels
History is all around you in Brussels, still I was surprised one day to find myself walking along Rue Edith Cavell… and then I remembered.
Taxes and loud English – it’s child’s play
Taxes and death – the two things of which we can be certain, but while it’s very unusual to die more than once, getting taxed twice for the same year… It’s enough to get you speaking in loud English.
Open day at the EU Commission
An open day at the European Commission last Saturday 28th May How exciting! No? Oh come on, at least try to show a little enthusiasm!
The famous Brussels pissing contest
A Brussels pissing contest in which Manneken Pis, Jeanneke Pis and Zenneke Pis compete to see who can urinate furthest… and get photographed the most.