Manneken Pis

The most popular statue in Brussels

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May 17th 2015
While out walking today we found the widely viewed and most photographed statue in Brussels. It's called Manneken Pis. It is a statue on a fountain of a small boy going pee. You can buy copies of this statue in varying sizes and colors all over the place. This is a bronze statue made in about 1619. Since that time the statue has often been dressed up in a costume on special occasions. We saw some ... 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