Hallepoort/Porte de Hal, Brussel/Bruxelles (19-3-2006)

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"Er was eens / Il était un fois / Once upon a time"

The Hallepoort (Dutch name) / Porte de Hal (French name) is an old city gate tower in Brussels.
Most medieval cities in Europe used to have impressive city walls with big gates and defensive towers. But sadly most of the walls are gone and most of the gates too. In Belgium some city gates still remain and one beautiful example is the Hallepoort.

Nowadays it is used for exhibits. The current exhibit is about fairytales. It was a fun exhibit giving us some information on fairytale writers and the tales themselves. There were old and modern drawings of some of the best known fairytales.
And an old tower is ofcourse a brilliant setting for a fairytale. The nice thing about the exhibit was how all of the information was bi-lingual in a very inventive way. And it looked good ofcourse.
Another nice extra was the fact that you could visit the Hallepoort itself ofcourse.

Info: http://www.kmkg-mrah.be/nl/hallepoort/main_hallepoort.html#Sprookjes
you can get the info in Dutch and French, not sure if there's an English version ;-)