If you're near Brussels this August 14-17, there's magic happening in the Grand Place! This only happens every other year, and only for a few days, because it's made entirely of fresh flowers. The Grand Place will be turned into an oriental carpet designed in flowers. For the best view buy a ticket to go up a level in a surrounding building so you can look down upon it in its entirety. It's spectacular!
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San Antonio TX, United States
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Would love to see that in person - I've seen photos and it looked spectacular!
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New York, NY, USA
11294 posts
It's shown in the film Pauline and Paulette, and ever since seeing that movie, I've thought of going back to Brussels just for this.
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IJzendijke, The Netherlands
2106 posts
How interesting Harold, Pauline and Paulette is not directly a blockbuster, so was it somewhere in the US you have seen it and was it in the original language (Flemisch, with Ann Petersen and Dora van der Groen)? I´m just a bit curious.
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New York, NY, USA
11294 posts
Yes, Pauline and Paulette played in New York in the original Flemish (films in the US are always subtitled, never dubbed). I don't know if it played other US cities. It is now available on DVD: http://www.amazon.com/Pauline-Paulette-Dora-van-Groen/dp/B000069CD1/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1407269582&sr=8-2&keywords=pauline+and+paulette
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IJzendijke, The Netherlands
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As I live close to the border and has family in Belgium I´m quiet familiar with the way of life in Flanders. A lot of things in the movie are very recognizable, but actually reminds me more how Belgium was some 40 years ago, in general nowadays Belgium is different. I think the way of life represented in the movie is nowadays more and more disappearing, but nevertheless the atmosphere and how people behave give a good detailed impression about the daily life of an elderly generation of common people in Flanders. Family of me also lived long ago in a little farmhouse like the one in the beginning of the movie where Pauline lived with her sister Martha, so a lot of memories. I appreciate your interest in this kind of movies and good you have seen the subtitled version as dubbing would have killed the character of this movie.