FLOWERTIME - BRUSSELS

August 17, 2015

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.

THE FLOWER CARPET IN BRUSSELS 2008

Every two years in August a wonderful flower carpet is displayed on the Grand' Place, the market square of Brussels.

For just three days you can admire this exceptional and ephemeral creation.

There are tourists from all over the world who come to see the flower carpet. Therefore I went very early to be able to take some pictures. At 7.15 I was there and Japonese tourists too ! Of course the cafés around the place were still closed.

And here are the pictures I took this morning.

Each Sunday there is also a flower market on this place

This last picture I was able to take from the balconee of a café which had just opened

The nice inside of the café

and it's terrace

The owner was so kind to invite me to the first floor, where of course I had a nice overlook. Some tourists arrived quickly to have their breakfast or a cup of coffee.

Officially, the first Floral Carpet as its present-day form was created in 1971 on the Grand-Place by the landscape architect E. Stautemans. I showed the flower carpet of 2006 here

If you want to read more about the history and see pictures from the years before please go here.