BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: SMURF LOVE & “STARBUCKS ENTERPRISE”

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“The Smurfs” is a Belgian comic franchise by artist Peyo. This is street artist Space Invader’s homage to the comic in the heart of Brussels…

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Fire

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Remnants of the first city walls from the 12th or 13th century…
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from 1695, having been rebuilt…

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Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven’s door…

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Royal Theatre of the Mint. Built in 1700. Renovated three times since,  in 1856 , 1985 , and 2017.

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The coolest looking Starbucks I’ve ever seen.

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Starbucks Enterprise

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23aug19. Brussels, Belgium.

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: 2 FEMALE NUDES EMBRACING

This larger than life sculpture is located in front of the Finance Tower in the center of Brussels. I believe the sculptor is from Milan, Italy. ” ‘Fonderia D’Arte De Andreis, Milano’ (Milan, Italy). And an engraved inscription gives a name that appears to be ‘Nat Helligan’, and the apparent dates 1952-1984. ” https://www.flickr.com/photos/22325431@N05/4038175688

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23aug19. Brussels, Belgium.

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: MANNEKEN PIS

There are many myths about this little ‘rebel of Brussels,’ but my favorite is the one that claims he is Duke Godrey lll of Leuven and as a 2-year old Lord, his troops put him in a basket and hung him in a tree for encouragement. The enemy troops of Berthout walked by and he urinated on them. Berthout eventually lost the battle.

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august2019. Brussels, Belgium

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM 🇧🇪: SNAPSHOTS ~ MY BELGIAN SUMMER 2019

July/August 2019 Belgium 🇧🇪 and The Netherlands 🇳🇱

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM 🇧🇪: TRAPPIST BEER 🍺

𝒪𝓃𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝓎 𝓅𝒶𝓈𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 ~

𝒯𝓇𝒶𝓅𝓅𝒾𝓈𝓉 𝐵𝑒𝑒𝓇 ~ 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝑅𝓊𝓁𝑒𝓈:

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𝟣. 𝑀𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑒 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝓌𝑒𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝒶 𝒯𝓇𝒶𝓅𝓅𝒾𝓈𝓉 𝑀𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓎

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𝟤. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝓌𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓈𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒹𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝒾𝓂𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓎

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𝟥. 𝒩𝑜𝓉 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝒶 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒻𝒾𝓉-𝓂𝒶𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒. 𝐼𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑒𝓍𝓅𝑒𝓃𝓈𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓀𝓈. 𝒲𝒽𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓇𝑒𝓂𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓈, 𝒾𝓈 𝒹𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓈𝑜𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓁 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓀

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𝟣 ~ 𝒪𝓇𝓋𝒶𝓁, 𝟣𝟫𝟥𝟣, 𝐵𝑒𝓁𝑔𝒾𝓊𝓂

𝟤 ~ 𝑅𝑜𝒸𝒽𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓉 𝟪, 𝟣𝟪𝟫𝟫, 𝐵𝑒𝓁𝑔𝒾𝓊𝓂

𝟥 ~ 𝒲𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓂𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒 𝒯𝓇𝒾𝓅𝑒𝓁, 𝟣𝟪𝟥𝟨, 𝐵𝑒𝓁𝑔𝒾𝓊𝓂

𝟦 ~ 𝒮𝓅𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓇 𝒜𝓁𝑒, 𝟤𝟢𝟣𝟥, 𝒰𝒮𝒜

𝟧 ~ 𝒵𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓉 𝒯𝓇𝒾𝓅𝑒𝓁, 𝟤𝟢𝟣𝟥, 𝒩𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈

𝟨 ~ 𝐿𝒶 𝒯𝓇𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒 𝐼𝓈𝒾𝒹’𝑜𝓇, 𝟣𝟪𝟪𝟦, 𝒩𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈

𝟩 ~ 𝑅𝑜𝒸𝒽𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓉 𝟨, 𝐵𝑒𝓁𝑔𝒾𝓊𝓂

𝟪 ~ 𝒞𝒽𝒾𝓂𝒶𝓎 𝐵𝓇𝓊𝓃𝑒, 𝟣𝟪𝟨𝟥, 𝐵𝑒𝓁𝑔𝒾𝓊𝓂

𝟫 ~ 𝒲𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓂𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒 𝒟𝓊𝒷𝒷𝑒𝓁, 𝐵𝑒𝓁𝑔𝒾𝓊𝓂

𝟣𝟢 ~ 𝒞𝒽𝒾𝓂𝒶𝓎 𝒯𝓇𝒾𝓅𝑒𝓁, 𝐵𝑒𝓁𝑔𝒾𝓊𝓂

𝒥𝓊𝓁𝓎-𝒜𝓊𝑔𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝟤𝟢𝟣𝟫 𝒾𝓃 𝐵𝓇𝓊𝓍𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓈, 𝐵𝑒𝓁𝑔𝒾𝓆𝓊𝑒

BELGIUM 🇧🇪 & NETHERLANDS 🇳🇱 GRAFFITI: FROM THE 🚂

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