The Yoko Tsuno mural on Stalingrad Street features a woman with short dark hair in a bright yellow tunic, clutching a ray gun. Roger Leloup, the Belgian artist who created her, originally designed Yoko as a side character for other comics…
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 wall featuring Olivier Rameau stands out for its soft, whimsical color palette tucked into the dense stone of Brussels. This mural captures a scene from the comic strip created by artist Dany and writer Greg in the nineteen sixties. It…
3. Tintin Comic Mural
The Tintin mural covering the side of a building near the Grand Place shows the young reporter and his dog Snowy climbing down a fire escape. Hergé, the creator of the series, lived and worked in Brussels his entire life. He chose this…
4. Ric Hochet - Mur BD - Street Art
The Rue de la Victoire wall features a sprawling, multi-story mural of Ric Hochet, the intrepid reporter and detective from Belgian comics. He holds a magnifying glass, frozen in a moment of investigation against a backdrop of classic…
5. Comic Mural
The wall at the corner of Rue des Fabriques and Rue d'Alost carries a massive, colorful scene from the Tintin comic book series. A ladder stretches toward the top of a building, and the boy reporter Tintin climbs it alongside his dog,…
6. Cori de Scheepsjongen - Stripmuur - Straatkunst
A sprawling comic strip mural covers the side of this building, depicting a young boy in a sailor suit clinging to the rigging of a ship. It is part of the Brussels Comic Book Route, an ongoing project that celebrates the city’s deep ties…
7. Lucky Luke - Comics Street Art
The mural of Lucky Luke painted on the side of the building shows the cowboy firing his pistol so fast that his shadow is still holstering its own gun. This work is part of the Brussels Comic Book Route, a project launched in the nineties…
8. Asterix en Obelix - Stripmuur - Straatkunst
The giant mural of Asterix and Obelix covers the entire side of a gray brick building on a quiet corner in the Anneessens neighborhood. It is one of many comic book murals scattered across Brussels, a city that claims the medium as a local…