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Leo Cendrowicz
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Brussels correspondent, i newspaper Editor of The Brussels Times Magazine Waterslide tester
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · Nov 29
Steampunk squid bursts out of the ground in Brussels
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 15d
Insularity. The inability to conceive that other countries can have such a system without losing basic freedoms (cf Americans with gun laws).
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 24d
Angela Dansby takes a weekend trip to the many-towered Tournai, Hugh Dow visits Ixelles cemetery, Breandán Kearney looks at some of the more obscure beers that deserve more recognition, and Geoff Meade grapples with post-Brexit pet bureaucracy.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 24d
This issue isn’t only about animals:

@goodclimate.bsky.social‬ finds out about recent archaeological excavations in Brussels.
Lisa Bradshaw talks to Maja-Ajmia Yde Zellama about her movie Têtes Brûlées.
Simon Taylor meets influential DJ Lefto.
And Colin Delfosse shows us real muscle building.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 24d
We also explore rescue pets, alpaca walks, cow cuddling and how Brussels deals with rats. Sometimes, wildlife is right under our noses. 🐀🦙🐄🐈
Beyond fur & feathers: medieval manuscripts show cheeky rabbits running amok in sacred texts. 📜🐇
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 24d
Belgian zoos showcase creatures from faraway lands. 🐼 Pairi Daiza has pandas in a former abbey; Antwerp Zoo balances august heritage with modern needs. Both try to keep animals in a respectful living culture.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 24d
In this issue we check out:
🐕 🦮🐕‍🦺 🐩Malinois, Tervuren, Bouvier and bichon frisé dogs
🐴 Brabant draft horses
🐄 Belgian Blue cows
🐔 Mechelse Koekoek/Coucou de Malines chickens
🐇 Flemish Giant rabbits
🐦 Belgian canaries
It’s a true menagerie!
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 24d
From parachuting dogs to musclebound cows, from mammoths to pig-sized rabbits, Belgian fauna tells stories of work, pride, art & survival.
We start off in the Institute of Natural Sciences. Among the dino bones are the remains of (perhaps) the world’s first dog – and he’s Belgian!
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 24d
The latest @BrusselsTimes.com Magazine is out now
🇧🇪🐾 Animals – wild, domestic, mythical – have always been part of the Belgian story. For this issue, we hear them bark, purr, moo and tweet.
Cover art by @lectrr.bsky.social
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · 25d
Robert Redford, 1936-2025
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · Sep 10
In this chaotic and scary world, we need good news stories.
Today, US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was at the Port of Antwerp, with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever.
Noem was introduced to one of the port's Malinois dogs.
The good news? The dog still lives.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · Sep 6
The French Revolution perfected the art of swift political justice with the guillotine. The blade is parliamentary rather than steel, but France’s embattled PM Bayrou will feel it on Monday when he face a confidence vote in the National Assembly: inews.co.uk/news/world/f...
France’s government is about to collapse - and the UK will pay a price
Prime Minister Francois Bayrou is a 'dead man walking' in confidence vote, and President Emmanuel Macron is imperilled
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · Aug 17
Until the next time, #Tirana
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · Aug 14
Rock on Ksamil beach in Albania looks like a face
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · Aug 13
Smoke from wildfire in Delvina, Albania rising behind Saranda. Corfu is on the left.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · Aug 13
Smoke from wildfire in Delvina, Albania rising behind Saranda. Corfu is on the left.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · Aug 12
Fires spread across the mountains near Saranda, Albania
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · Aug 2
Fascinated by the relief carvings - attributed to Renaissance sculptor Tullio Lombardo - around Saint Anthony’s tomb in Padua
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · Aug 1
Love the paving stones in Rovinj
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · Jul 27
Charming Ljubljana’s quirky architecture
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · Jul 21
Science is never just about equations.
It's a conversation across borders, and across time.
It’s about who we become when we unlock the atom – and what we choose to do next. Sometimes the quietest rooms – like those of Solvay – echo the loudest truths. 🇧🇪💣🧠
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · Jul 21
From bomb-builder to philosopher of science, Oppenheimer’s Solvay appearances traced the arc of a brilliant, conflicted life.
His legacy wasn’t only written in New Mexico deserts. It was debated in Brussels’ salons - in the magnificent Solvay library, where minds shaped the modern world.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · Jul 21
His final Solvay visit in 1964, which he chaired, was entitled ‘The Structure and Evolution of Galaxies’. Photos from that year show a man aged by politics and illness, yet still commanding attention in that year’s event
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · Jul 21
The 1961 conference, on quantum field theory was quieter, more reflective. Oppenheimer’s contributions weren’t about building weapons, but about understanding the universe. In Brussels, he found space to think, not defend himself.
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Leo Cendrowicz @leocendro.bsky.social · Jul 21
Then came 1961. By then, Oppenheimer was both revered and controversial. In the US, he was under suspicion, his security clearance revoked. But at Solvay, among European physicists, he remained a respected intellectual.
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