The Yoko Tsuno mural on Rue Terre-Neuve is defined by the image of the Japanese electrical engineer floating in space. Spanning fifty-five square meters, this wall depicts the heroine reaching toward a glowing star, a scene captured from…
Downtown Comic Strip Walls
This self-guided walk leads you through the winding alleys of downtown Brussels to find giant, colorful murals dedicated to Belgium's iconic comic strip heritage. It is a nostalgic stroll past legendary heroes like Tintin, Lucky Luke, and Asterix that reveals the city's unique graphic humor.
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1. Yoko Tsuno - Mur BD - Street Art
2. Olivier Rameau - Mur BD - Street Art
The comic mural at number nine Rue du Chêne depicts the colorful, surreal world of the legal clerk Olivier Rameau and his partner Colombe Tiredaile. Painted in June nineteen ninety-seven by G. Oreopoulos and D. Vandegeerde, the fresco…
3. Tintin Comic Mural
The Tintin mural on Rue de l'Etuve features a large, hand-painted scene of the young reporter Tintin, his dog Snowy, and Captain Haddock descending a metal fire escape. Created in two thousand five by the organization Art Mural, the…
4. Ric Hochet - Mur BD - Street Art
High on a building wall at nine rue du Bon Secours, a dramatic scene unfolds in paint. A journalist named Ric Hochet, hero of a long-running comic series, is captured mid-air as he swings from a gutter to rescue his girlfriend, Nadine,…
5. Comic Mural
Brussels is home to a sprawling collection of over sixty large-scale comic strip murals that adorn the sides of buildings across the city center. These artworks, which began appearing in nineteen ninety-one, were initially commissioned to…
6. Cori de Scheepsjongen - Stripmuur - Straatkunst
The mural of Cori de Scheepsjongen depicts a young sailor waving from the top of a mast, his figure set against the backdrop of an adventurous voyage. Spanning forty-eight square meters, this artwork captures the protagonist of the comic…
7. Lucky Luke - Comics Street Art
The corner of Rue de la Buanderie and Rue T'Kint features a towering mural depicting the legendary cowboy Lucky Luke. Painted in nineteen ninety-three by the Art Mural collective, the artwork captures a chaotic scene from the American Old…
8. Asterix en Obelix - Stripmuur - Straatkunst
The Asterix and Obelix mural at number thirty-three Rue de la Buanderie covers the side of a building overlooking a playground used by a local primary school. Created in two thousand five by the Art Mural collective, the fresco depicts a…