Floyd George Laan
On 7 june 2020, the day of the BLM manifestation in Brussels, theAvenue Lloyd George Laan turned into avenue Floyd George Laan. Clipping from Bruzz more…
Depotoir pour chiens
Citizens. My wall is not a dump for dogs. Please do not let your animals relieve themselves in front of my door. Thank you. more…
l’Arabe l’arabe
Congo monument , Parc Cinquantenaire The story continues. The most recent round of cleaning the monument has removed the last iteration of the word Arabe in french, but the previous one is not easy to remove. What is also clearly visible is that both instances of the word are written in one and the same […] more…
Watch out, you are not being watched
Pedestrians coming from the main esplanade between the Luxembourg square and the European Parliament building are warned that they are leaving the area that is being surveilled by the V company. In other words: they are entering the city of Brussels. more…
Changed situation
Steenweg op Merchtem / chaussée de Merchtem, coming from Rue Piers. Since some time a troubling traffic sign is put up. (see previous post below). It mentions that the Chaussée de Gand, on the other end of the Merchtem street, can not be reached. But a small test proved that his is not the case, […] more…
***se steenweg / chausee de ***
Junction Rue Piers / Merchtsemse Steenweg Adaptive signage; the Gentse Steenweg seems to be just one of many options. Stick another vinyl over the current name and many indications are possible. more…
New P
WTC, tower 1, Boulevard Albert II / Koning Albert II-laan 30, next to main entrance The World Trade Towers in Brussels were built in the 1970’s. One of the enterprises in the building is BNP Paribas, full name: Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas, or in Dutch: Bank van Parijs en de Nederlanden. The P […] more…
Smeared Leopold sign
Corner Sint-Annakerkstraat / Rue de l’église Sainte-Anne + Blvd Leopold II laan, 1081 Koekelberg See also: Patrice Lumumba laan Honte / Schande more…
Patrice Lumumba laan
Corner Rue Van der Noot straat + Boulevard Leopold II laan, 1080 Molenbeek Leopold II renamed to Boulevard Patrice Lumumba laan. See also: Boulevard de la Honte/ Schande laan Picture by Femke Snelting more…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
No Fiets
Belgradostraat, 1060, Brussels more…
Parkins9
Chaussee de Forest, 1060, Brussel more…
Stone/s
Rue du Viaduc, Grand Sarts, Pont-a-celles more…
Entree totem
Main entrance NMBS building, Boulevard du Midi, Brussels more…
Lost Sole
Mysterious map on orphan sandal. Sainqtelette square, brxl more…
Plaffonage Heureuse / Gezegende Bezetting
Place Simonis, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Brussels more…
Aanaarding Remblai Aanvulling
Photo’s by Femke Snelting more…
S(N)A(C)K A(T)LAS
Ernest Laudestraat, 1030, Schaarbeek, Brussels more…
de 21h, van 20u
Brussel Deze Week, date unknown, photo Saskia Vanderstichele more…
Vousetesici !
picture by Lo-bat more…
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