Horta design for warehouse which is now the Cartoon Strip Museum

Brussels

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January 17th 2020
Brussels Half hour ride from Lille to Brussels. Four stops on Red metro line to Porte de Namur station, right beside Hotel Chambord. Took a walk down Rue de Numar. Coffee in TICH, a vegan cool kids large order-at-the-counter joint. Opposite a similar Café called JAT. Then to the Musical Instruments Museum. ‘Old England’ a Horta building. A riveted cast iron structure with a ... read more

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Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 and was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. It has prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Tensions bet... ... read more