"Is this it? he's much smaller than i thought! Indeed, the pissing boy called Mannekin pis is the ideal national symbol for a country that is also very small and absurd. In 2007, for example, the guy did not pee for one day, with a sign warning for a prostate cancer. His suit is changed a few times per month, always by a guy called Jean-Marc." you can see all of his "costumes"
Schaerbeek cherries macerate in two-year old lambic for 5 to 6 months. 30% of young lambic added beofre bottling causes refermentation. basically it has cherries. It had an interestingtaste... pretty sour, kinda tasted more like wine than beer... but it was obviously really bubbly like beer.
This is like Belgium's Eiffel tower: its outside of the centre of the city, you have to pay a lot to enter, it looks the same up close as it does from a distance, but you go there anyway because you think you have to. The atomium was built for the world exhibition in 1958 when everybody still believed that the future was bright and that atomic energy would save the world. The nine balls represent an iron crystal, magnified 165 billion times. You can go from ball to ball inside, on long moving staircases."
Grand Place Grote Markt
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