Instead of the biannual flower carpet this year Brussels presented a "Flowertime" display on the Grand'Place and in the Brussels City Hall. The theme was "Italian Baroque".
Not to be in a huge crowd I arrived early on the Grand'Place and noticed that lots of people had had the same idea as me.
Here is an overlook on the Grand'Place
A long line of people was already standing there and waited that the City Hall door would open at 10 am.
Meanwhile I wandered around
Flower arrangement in yellow
and the details. There were thousands of yellow roses
It continued with red roses
This was not a pond but a puddle from the rain of the day before
I went inside the City Hall for the first time, although I live in Brussels since 1959 !
Over our heads hang this
The inner courtyard
We were greated by busts of King Albert I and Queen Elisabeth
On the walls our actual King and Queen and a variety of paintings
The first flower arrangement with details
A huge shoe
and different other creations
Around this painting was this beautiful flower frame
At the entrance to the rooms stood this statue
The first glance inside took my breath away
Flowers everywhere
a tapestry
The ceiling
Entrance to the wedding room
This is the place where inhabitants of Brussels are getting married
A huge table was dressed unfortunately not for me
Everywhere in the staircases were flowers.
From time to time I had a glance through the window and saw more and more people lining up
Then I went out and walked across the place
In the afternoon I took a picture of my screen, the webcam of the Grand'Place showed all the people walking around and an overlook on these streams of flowers.
Ohh it's jawdropping selection of flowers. I wonder how each of them smell. I so adore beautiful flowers.
ReplyDeleteThose streams of flowers look so pretty from up high, and down close. I liked the reflection in the puddle too. Such a lovely display of floral arrangements.
ReplyDeleteWhat a joy to see all those flowers. I love the way they have decorated the city hall. You were wise to get there early as those people must have been queueing for hours.
ReplyDeleteTruly impressive!
ReplyDeleteJust amazing what they can do with flowers in your capital.
ReplyDeleteThe inside of the town hall is magnificent but I don't think I would queue for hours.
ReplyDeleteAmazing flowers - I love the yellow roses.
ReplyDeleteImpressive and beautiful.
ReplyDeleteImpressive and beautiful.
ReplyDeleteVery nice photos!
ReplyDeleteFor me, soon as I saw the cobblestone streets and the flowers, I was more than gratified :)
So nice to see street where people can actually walk, wander, without having to worry about automobile traffic.
Have a Beautiful Week, Gattina!
Peace :)
This is stunning! I don't know if it's more beautiful the arrangement of the flowers or the building itself!
ReplyDeleteWhat spectacular arrangements and architecture. It must have been quite an event.
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