they've got some cool graffiti [just chanced across this when walking around]...
and this is a pic of the famous grote markt [big market] in the old part of the city
and me taking a photo of myself..
and yes, they have wall-tributes to their comic favourites! it is tintin [or kuifje in dutch] and captain haddock running down a flight of stairs!and then we were in the area of the ....
and this was our last stop for the day - we made it to the comic museum and it was in this art nouveau building by Horta and there was a museum shop that was....you've guessed it, A Comic Shop!!
the real-deal Manneken Pis!
and i have a small anecdote of this world famous sculpture; if any of you who are young enough, you will remember that Liang Court behind boat quay used to have a small fountain on the basement floor [right next to the burger king and long john silver's, and as a kid, i used to clap until my hands were numb because....there was a replica Manneken Pis between the ground and basement floors pissing the day away...and it was sound activated, so the louder you clapped, the harder he pissed....[amazing how easy it was to keep me entertained!]
yah...this is just some dynamic lighting on what was actually quite a hot day - i think we had almost 24degrees! and bright sunny rays everywhere!
yah...this is just some dynamic lighting on what was actually quite a hot day - i think we had almost 24degrees! and bright sunny rays everywhere!
and this was our last stop for the day - we made it to the comic museum and it was in this art nouveau building by Horta and there was a museum shop that was....you've guessed it, A Comic Shop!![gotta brush up on my dutch asap so i can start augmenting my local comic knowledge!!]
so it was a great day for just jalan-ing around and getting to know the city!
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