Freddy De Chou, mayor of the Belgian town of Geraardsbergen, was quoted today in the main square of its people. The meeting should end the mystery that haunts its inhabitants for several days: Where is your beloved Manneken Pis, the statue of the boy who pees, the literal translation of the Dutch? The sculpture disappeared mid-morning on Monday.
Hours later, the self-styled Liberation Front announced Manneken Pis particular responsibility for the kidnapping and explained his motives: to claim that your child is the oldest in the country. Data from 1459, ie, is 160 years older than that captures all eyes of the tourists near the Grand Place in Brussels.
A program to promote tourism in the Flemish television, Vlaanderen Vakantieland, stated the opposite, giving credence to a version that various historical investigations have refuted (which was to Geraardsbergen Brussels who gave a replica of his statue). "It felt good to get back to that story, but relations between the guilds of the Manneken Pis in Brussels and Geraardsbergen are good," said the mayor by phone.
The City Council put the facts in the hands of the police from the outset, but were convinced, as it has been proven today, that was not just a play action. A group of local college students, Sint-Catharina, has led the mayor to a medieval tower in which, as expected, found the statue. "There was also a letter signed by the Liberation Front, dissatisfied because people will react to his action, but those behind were students of that school.
It was just a project team building the school, but we are thinking of strengthening the security of the statue so that does not happen again, "says Chou. Manneken look again at their normal location, under a staircase in the main square of town. The story is another one of those surrealistic stories that really deserve the label only in Belgium (only in Belgium), the promotional brand is to cancel the negative international perception of the country, currently serving 248 days without government.
But if what's Liberation Front Manneken Pis wanted was more attention for his beloved statue, he has succeeded. It is possible that from now on most tourists come for the people to contemplate the statue with different eyes. Also find that the Flemish town, known among cycling aficionados for its steep cobbled has a rich folklore tradition can overshadow the story of your child pisser.
Every year, hundreds of people roaming the streets and forests of people dressed in druid, imps and knights to celebrate the transition from winter to spring with a ceremony that ends the public throwing thousands of cookies with a bow. Despite the fierce battle waged by environmentalists, the festival includes a ritual pre-Christian roots has received the seal of Unesco: the intake of a glass of wine with live minnows.
The Manneken Pis of Geraardsbergen wanted not break the appointment. 
Hours later, the self-styled Liberation Front announced Manneken Pis particular responsibility for the kidnapping and explained his motives: to claim that your child is the oldest in the country. Data from 1459, ie, is 160 years older than that captures all eyes of the tourists near the Grand Place in Brussels.
A program to promote tourism in the Flemish television, Vlaanderen Vakantieland, stated the opposite, giving credence to a version that various historical investigations have refuted (which was to Geraardsbergen Brussels who gave a replica of his statue). "It felt good to get back to that story, but relations between the guilds of the Manneken Pis in Brussels and Geraardsbergen are good," said the mayor by phone.
The City Council put the facts in the hands of the police from the outset, but were convinced, as it has been proven today, that was not just a play action. A group of local college students, Sint-Catharina, has led the mayor to a medieval tower in which, as expected, found the statue. "There was also a letter signed by the Liberation Front, dissatisfied because people will react to his action, but those behind were students of that school.
It was just a project team building the school, but we are thinking of strengthening the security of the statue so that does not happen again, "says Chou. Manneken look again at their normal location, under a staircase in the main square of town. The story is another one of those surrealistic stories that really deserve the label only in Belgium (only in Belgium), the promotional brand is to cancel the negative international perception of the country, currently serving 248 days without government.
But if what's Liberation Front Manneken Pis wanted was more attention for his beloved statue, he has succeeded. It is possible that from now on most tourists come for the people to contemplate the statue with different eyes. Also find that the Flemish town, known among cycling aficionados for its steep cobbled has a rich folklore tradition can overshadow the story of your child pisser.
Every year, hundreds of people roaming the streets and forests of people dressed in druid, imps and knights to celebrate the transition from winter to spring with a ceremony that ends the public throwing thousands of cookies with a bow. Despite the fierce battle waged by environmentalists, the festival includes a ritual pre-Christian roots has received the seal of Unesco: the intake of a glass of wine with live minnows.
The Manneken Pis of Geraardsbergen wanted not break the appointment.
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