Jeanneke Pis
Everyone’s heard om Manneken Pis, but did you know that Brussels also has a Jeanneke Pis?
It was made by Denis-Adrien Debouvrie and erected in the mid-1980s and endowed with its own instant legend, the better to amuse strollers. This half-metre-high statue of blue-grey limestone depicts a woman with her hair in bunches, squatting and urinating, apparently very contentedly. It is located on the east side of the Impasse de la Fidélité / Getrouwheidsgang (Faith Alley), a narrow dead-end street some 100 metres long leading northwards off the restaurant-packed Rue des Bouchers / Beenhouwersstraat (Butchers’ Street). The alley also hosts a café where around 2000 different kinds of beer are served.
Sunday 05 Mar 2006 | Paul | Brussels
