Brussels Sights

Manneken Pis

#491 of 495 things to do in Brussels

#491 of 495 things to do in Brussels

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Good for: the easily impressed

Not good for: the weak-bladdered

  • Address
    • Cnr Rue de l’Étuve & Rue du Chêne
  • Transport
    • Gare Centrale or premetro Bourse

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Lonely Planet review for Manneken Pis

Situated three souvenir-shop-lined blocks from the Grand Place is the little lad himself, sculpted by Jerôme Duquesnoy. The tourist office (in Hôtel de Ville) can tell you when he’ll be dressed in one of his costumes (on display at the Musée de la Ville de Bruxelles), at which time this youthful fountain sometimes spouts beer or wine instead of water.

 

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    Manneken Pis is taking the piss

    janinemareee does not recommend this,

    This is, hands-down, the most piss-weak 'sight' in all of Europe. It's tiny. It's unremarkable. It's eminently missable. Well it would be missable if it weren't for the hordes (literally!) of tourists standing around taking photos of it.

    That - not the ridiculous little statue - is the true sight. Happily, there's a lovely bar with an outdoor terrace just across from it, so you can settle down with a menu of hundreds of delightful Belgian beers and get progressively more mystified at the strange spell cast by a bronze, naked, urinating boy.

    Good for: the easily impressed

    Not good for: the weak-bladdered

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