I’ll often ask in a tourist office for the city’s top landmarks. I was surprised to learn the most popular site in Brussels is a two foot, bronze statue of a naked boy urinating in a fountain called Manneken Pis. The 1619 version was created by Hiëronymus Duquesnoy the Elder. This attraction is on display at the Maison du Roi Museum. The 1965 replica on the corner of Rue de l’Etuve and Rue des Grands Carmes draws huge, snickering crowds. Frankly, I was more impressed by this giant, chocolate version in the store window of Leonidas, a famous Belgian chocolatier.
