Frédéric Moreau
@goodclimate.bsky.social
Brussels stuff, from the slopes of the Wyngaerd Berg.
Journalism here
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Journalism here
https://www.brusselstimes.com/author/frederic-moreau
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If you seek my monument, look around you. Architect Jean Delhaye pictured in Victor Horta's 1893 Tassel mansion, which he bought in 1976 and restored. Delhaye sacrificed his own career to save his old teacher's masterpieces. My Brussels Times Magazine article.
www.brusselstimes.com/1892203/how-...
www.brusselstimes.com/1892203/how-...
Ed and David Miliband's father grew up in a house in this row in Saint-Gilles. He fled to Britain from the Nazis as a boy in 1940.
February 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Ed and David Miliband's father grew up in a house in this row in Saint-Gilles. He fled to Britain from the Nazis as a boy in 1940.
Ceiling of the Monnaie opera house in Brussels. You only get a really good look if you're lying dead on stage.
February 15, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Ceiling of the Monnaie opera house in Brussels. You only get a really good look if you're lying dead on stage.
BBC radio, 1924. Opera live from La Monnaie in Brussels, transmitted by telephone.
February 15, 2026 at 8:04 PM
BBC radio, 1924. Opera live from La Monnaie in Brussels, transmitted by telephone.
Now and then #Brussels. The Monnaie royale de Belgique/Koninklijke Munt van België in Saint-Gilles. Opened in 1880, closed in 1969 and demolished in the mid-1980s. Apart from this little mint triangle.
February 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Now and then #Brussels. The Monnaie royale de Belgique/Koninklijke Munt van België in Saint-Gilles. Opened in 1880, closed in 1969 and demolished in the mid-1980s. Apart from this little mint triangle.
Postcard from Le Grand Hôtel boulevard Anspach to a pal in Moscow. February 14, 1912. 'Arrived in Brussels this morning. Delicious oysters from Ostend. Tonight we're going to La Monnaie to see Fidelio by that old Beethoven. If only Lucie was there. Paris tomorrow. Kisses.'
February 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Postcard from Le Grand Hôtel boulevard Anspach to a pal in Moscow. February 14, 1912. 'Arrived in Brussels this morning. Delicious oysters from Ostend. Tonight we're going to La Monnaie to see Fidelio by that old Beethoven. If only Lucie was there. Paris tomorrow. Kisses.'
Brussels on tour. Cherubs in the Parc de la Dodaine, Nivelles. Created for the facade of the main post office in place de la Monnaie (opened 1892, demolished 1966).
February 15, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Brussels on tour. Cherubs in the Parc de la Dodaine, Nivelles. Created for the facade of the main post office in place de la Monnaie (opened 1892, demolished 1966).
Brussels, 8 August 1914. Three Germans are caught cutting telephone wires and chased across the rooftops next to the Grand-Place. They were arrested, along with a German woman discovered in a bolthole hidden behind a chaise longue.
February 15, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Brussels, 8 August 1914. Three Germans are caught cutting telephone wires and chased across the rooftops next to the Grand-Place. They were arrested, along with a German woman discovered in a bolthole hidden behind a chaise longue.
In addition to Midi station, Fernand Petit's career took in his own house, an odd Elizabethan fantasy from 1914 when he was 29. And the 1927 Cousin American car dealership, now Brico Saint-Gilles.
February 15, 2026 at 6:22 PM
In addition to Midi station, Fernand Petit's career took in his own house, an odd Elizabethan fantasy from 1914 when he was 29. And the 1927 Cousin American car dealership, now Brico Saint-Gilles.
Maison Pelgrims, Saint-Gilles. Terrace on the garden facade with art-deco/renaissance balustrade in imitation stone.
February 15, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Maison Pelgrims, Saint-Gilles. Terrace on the garden facade with art-deco/renaissance balustrade in imitation stone.
Maison Pelgrims, 1927 Saint-Gilles. Stained-glass lantern roof of the winter garden.
February 15, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Maison Pelgrims, 1927 Saint-Gilles. Stained-glass lantern roof of the winter garden.
Stained glass, 1927. Bathroom of the Maison Pelgrims, Saint-Gilles.
February 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Stained glass, 1927. Bathroom of the Maison Pelgrims, Saint-Gilles.
Good day for a winter garden. This one in Saint-Gilles is from 1927. It's by Fernand Petit who also co-designed Midi station.
February 15, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Good day for a winter garden. This one in Saint-Gilles is from 1927. It's by Fernand Petit who also co-designed Midi station.
Winter sunlight in the bas-fonds , Parc de Bruxelles.
February 15, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Winter sunlight in the bas-fonds , Parc de Bruxelles.
We should be able to tag things as local content.
Lure the public onto the new benches by replacing the statue of Godefroid with the waffle van.
February 14, 2026 at 8:49 PM
We should be able to tag things as local content.
Lure the public onto the new benches by replacing the statue of Godefroid with the waffle van.
February 14, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Lure the public onto the new benches by replacing the statue of Godefroid with the waffle van.
Finally, somewhere to sit in Place Royale.
February 14, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Finally, somewhere to sit in Place Royale.
The renewed place Royale. A busy T-junction with no road markings pretending to be a pedestrianised square.
February 14, 2026 at 4:16 PM
The renewed place Royale. A busy T-junction with no road markings pretending to be a pedestrianised square.
Belgian train operator to improve in-carriage mobile coverage by skimming a layer off the windows using lasers. They can do the graffiti at the same time.
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Certaines rames de la SNCB à étage vont subir un traitement pour améliorer le réseau GSM
Seuls les nouveaux wagons à étage de la SNCB bénéficieront d'un traitement des vitres visant à améliorer la couverture mobile à bord. Au total, un peu...
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February 14, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Belgian train operator to improve in-carriage mobile coverage by skimming a layer off the windows using lasers. They can do the graffiti at the same time.
www.lalibre.be/dernieres-de...
www.lalibre.be/dernieres-de...
Reposted by Frédéric Moreau
Rare sighting of the River Fleet feeding the Highgate ponds
February 14, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Rare sighting of the River Fleet feeding the Highgate ponds
The Brewdog company is up for sale.
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news.sky.com/story/brewdo...
February 14, 2026 at 12:11 PM
The Brewdog company is up for sale.
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Who could have guessed there would be asbestos in the ceilings?
February 13, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Who could have guessed there would be asbestos in the ceilings?
"We ave to do away with dual citizenship," says Lee from Brentwood, just one of the fearsome racists calling LBC in the wake of Radcliffe's 'apology'.
February 13, 2026 at 7:02 PM
"We ave to do away with dual citizenship," says Lee from Brentwood, just one of the fearsome racists calling LBC in the wake of Radcliffe's 'apology'.
Asbestos in the Art & History Museum at the Cinquantenaire:
'the Antiquity galleries are closed to the public indefinitely'.
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'the Antiquity galleries are closed to the public indefinitely'.
www.bruzz.be/actua/cultuu...
Onderzoek naar asbest in Museum voor Kunst & Geschiedenis: zijgebouw gesloten
De zalen van de Klassieke Oudheid in het Koninklijk Museum voor Kunst & Geschiedenis (KMKG) in het Brusselse Jubelpark zijn voor onbepaalde duur gesloten.
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February 13, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Asbestos in the Art & History Museum at the Cinquantenaire:
'the Antiquity galleries are closed to the public indefinitely'.
www.bruzz.be/actua/cultuu...
'the Antiquity galleries are closed to the public indefinitely'.
www.bruzz.be/actua/cultuu...