Honte / Schande
Boulevard Leopold II, renamed to Rue de la Honte/Schandestraat (Following is translated from this webpage: https://3z5gorm1zxf7vqm2a0w6.oasis.sandstorm.io/index.html “In the night of Thursday, December 22, names of Brussels streets with colonial connotations were renamed to “Rue de la Honte / Straat van de Schaamte”: Street of Shame. This action aims at breaking with the glorification of the […] more…
Integrated street signs
Forêt de Soignes / Zoniënwoud Tumuli dreef, jonctions Kwekerij pad + Kornelius dreef 1560 Hoeilaart more…
Avis / Bericht
Not sure were I took this picture again, it has been a while .. The area on the wall carved in stone used to be a place to put up notices, it reads Avis / Berichten: A ‘message’ area. Now this parking meter takes the stage in a somewhat too centralised Oracle like position, as […] more…
Protecting pallet
Ransfort straat, 1080, Molenbeek, BXL Temporary solution to protect water pump, built from a pallet, some decoration tape and left over planks. more…
Shopping monument
Avenue Emile De Mot, Brussels Student prank or post-capitalist consumer society critique ? Sculptures by Thomas Vinçotte are more often targeted by interventionists actions,such as his sculpture of Leopold II. This sculpture of a Horse taming boy is less obvious in its connection to representing Belgiums colonial history. more…
Darth cake
Edible Star Wars tribute. Cheers. Bakery @ Jubelfeestlaan, 1080, Brussels more…
Molenbeek Gateway
Jonction Opzichterstraat and Rue Victor Jacobs, 1080, Brussels. Since several years, this large terrain vague in between Rue Vandenbogaerde and the Rue de l’Intendant, that is destined to be redeveloped is fenced off from the street. more…
Garbage routines
Bins in Brussels metro stations are closed for ‘security’ reasons. Temporarily , transparent bags are available for all your waste, but they do not allow for collecting separately plastic, paper and rest materials. In metro station Kunst-Wet / Arts-Loi, many people still respect the separation of waste by neatly piling up on top of the […] more…
Loui Sushi
Loui Sushi, Brusselbaan 102c, Brussels 1600. The name of this sushi restaurant made me think of a story by Louis Sassoie about how merchants on the flee market on Place du Jeu de Balle used to be known only by a nickname, usually consisting of their first name and something related to their trade. Having […] more…
Un/re/writing the real
In the evening of 22 mars, many people gathered on the Beursplein in Brussels to write messages with multicolored crayons, expressing grief and solidarity with the people who suffered from the terrorist attacks that happened earlier that day. more…
Arabe refresh
This image looks a lot like the previous ones in this series, (this one and this one) but attentive inspection shows that the writing is new. On the right, next to the E, you can still distinguish traces of the previous E. The monument stands in full sunlight, so even permanent marker ink fades easily. […] more…
Steen Pierre Rock
Cantersteen 3, 1000 Brussels This warning sign that surrounds a construction site just behind the central station in Brussels, warns in French for falling stones. The dutch translation ‘Risico van Rock vallen’ is of an interesting out of this world delirious level of surreal badness … How does one come up with this crazy stuff […] more…
Hands of(f) Congo
If one of these days you’re visiting the statue of former Belgian king Leopold II on his horse at Trone / Troon you will see that it is tainted by red paint. Leopold II privately controlled the colony of Congo Freestate between 1885 and 1903. The paint is a trace of a counter-demonstration against the […] more…
I am blackout
Place de la Monnaie, 1000 BXSL Jewelry chain ‘I am’ closed its shop that was situated on the Munt square. To celebrate this fact the shop’s sign was temporarily transformed to an urban art piece. Back to black. more…
Liberal semantics
Boudewijnlaan, 1000 BXSL Unemployed people need to fill out a stamp card (stempelkaart / carte de pointage) to indicate whether they worked, were unemployed, or were on a holiday. The liberal Union helps its members and employees to understand the difference between a square metal box for depositing documents from a square metal box to […] more…
Skywalkers cross here
Avenue Antoine Depage, 1050 Ixelles, Bruxelles more…
Komechezsoi
Comme Chez Soi is one of Brussels best known restaurants. This snack on the Boulevard Baudouin is paying tribute with a funky deviation of that name. more…
1 meter free parking
The Avenue du Roi forms the border between the neighborhoods Saint-Gilles and Foret. When leaving Saint-Gilles a sign says you leave the paid parking zone. One meter further, when entering Foret, a sign tells you you are entering a paid parking zone. more…
Black face
Rue de Montenegro, 1060 Saint-Gilles, Bxl A girls face on an icecream publicity, blocked out with a spray can. more…
Frame
Avenue pr. Elisabeth, 1030 Schaerbeek, Brussels more…
Wifi free
Avenue Fonsny, 1060 Brussels Badly translated or very much avant-garde ? Does this café offer free wifi or is it a space where you can enjoy the abscence of wireless radiation ? more…
Buiten Diest
Grote Markt, 1000 Brussels. A small mistake in the translation to Dutch of ‘Hors Service’ / out of service: It should have been ‘Buiten dienst’. Some kind person added the missing ‘n’ with a pen. ‘Diest’, by the way, is a city in Belgium. Buiten Diest, therefore means ‘outside of Diest’. more…
To BXL
Trainstation Mons A new pole is put in front of the new signage in the new station of Bergen / Mons. Travelling to Brussels might be difficult for people who are depending on the announcements of destinations. Picture by Michel Cleempoel more…
A vendre
Rue de la Grande Triperie, Mons, BE Beautiful apartments for sale ! Picture by Michel Cleempoel more…
Luxurious apartments !
Apartments are constructed everywhere, even in La Louvière :-). Judging from the moss and weeds growing on the site, their construction has started already some time ago. Hopefully the lengthy building period will not prevent these apartments to eventually become ‘luxurious’ as is announced on the banner that is attached to the gate surrounding the […] more…
One way !
Not sure why this small one way street sign was pasted on top of the one below. Not sure either if this helps getting the message across. Rue de Midi, 1000 Bxl more…
Depannage immediat
Rue de l’intendant, Molenbeek There’s too many cars? The world is in need of immediate reparation? Not sure how this plastic illustration of the northern hemisphere is best interpretated. In the middle of fading blue plastic continents apears a sign of a car that is being towed. more…
Narrow Bus + Bikes
Bus lane and two way bike lane at the same time … near la Gare de Mons photo: Michel Cleempoel more…
Electrified trottoir
Somewhere underneath this pavement there could be electricity cables … Rue de la Limite @ St-Joost-ten-Noode photo: Michel Cleempoel more…
No Fiets
Belgradostraat, 1060, Brussels more…
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