Wood cobbles
Pave ways with missing cobblestones are really annoying. On the start of the Rue des Echevins, on the square, in front of nr. 7, the gaps have been filled with wooden planks that are cut to size. No more wobbely walking, or twisted ankles. more…
Serious at work
café Lecoq, 1050 Ixelles, Bxl 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…
Don’t hit your head protection
Brulabo, Avenue de Maelbeek 3, 1000 Bruxelles Seen during a visit on the occasion of the heritage days 2016: Cut open tennis balls serving as ‘don’t hit your head protection’, mounted at the ends of a cast iron staircase. more…
All together now: Basement covers
Here are some images of improvised repairs, alterations to covers of coal cellars that are no longer in use. Some quite decorative ones such as the one above, others are more pragmatic. The basements that were used back in the days to stock coals in general now serve some other function. It used to be […] more…
Giant exhaust
Metro Louiza, 1050 Brussels Crazy curled up pipe connected to the airconditioning system of the Leonidas chocolate shop in metrostation Louise. Less space consuming but equally weird alternatives could have been to cut the exhaust through the window pane such as in this shop in Saint-Gilles, or to lift up the pipe above head level […] more…
Split BUS
Avenue de la Couronne New pavement at a busstop has transformed the B, U and S to abstract striping. Pimped or confused ? more…
Poitri(n)ne + oreille(s) tombante(nt)
Rue de la paix more…
Comfort m (NL+E) = n (F) Confort
Contrary to English and Dutch, comfort is written in French with an ‘N’. Here on the Chaussee d’Ixelles it is corrected to proper French. The other way around happens as well: here’s a correction to Dutch from 2005 to a sign of the public transport company: more…
Santa spotting
Avenue de la Renaissance more…
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