Comic strips

There are no fewer than four comic strip museums in Brussels:

• The Belgian Comic Strip CenterExternal link: 4,200 m² of exhibition space and a documentation centre in an imposing art nouveau building (Rue des Sables 20, 1000 Brussels)
• The Maison de la bande dessinée (FR)External link close to Brussels-Central Station (Boulevard de l'Impératrice 1, 1000 Brussels)
• The Marc Sleen Foundation and MuseumExternal link: one of the biggest names in Flemish comic strip art (Rue des Sables 33-35, 1000 Brussels, opposite the Belgian Comic Strip Center)
• Museum of Original Figurines (FR/NL) (MooF) External link, (Boulevard Auguste Reyers 32, 1030 Brussels)

Comic strip characters are immortalized on Brussels murals.

Enjoy the huge murals depicting comic strip characters External linkthat grace a large number of walls in the various Brussels communes.

For more information and a mapExternal link visit the visit.brussels website.
The Tintin company has also put together a Tintin WalkExternal link, which takes you deep into the world of the famous Brussels reporter and his creator Hergé.

The City of Brussels (one of the 19 communes of the Brussels-Capital Region) has renamed a host of streets after comics characters (FR)External link.

Brussels makes good on its boast to be the comic strip capital of the world by hosting a number of comics festivals.

• The Ganshoren-Brussels Comic Strip Festival (FR/NL)External link (May-June)
• Festival Cultures MaisonExternal link (September)
• Brussels-Belgium Comic Strip Festival (FR/NL)External link (October)
• Comic strips are also represented at the Foire du Livre (FR)External link (March)
• For an up-to-date list of festivals, signings and activities (FR)External link see the Brussels BD Tour website

If you are a comic strip fan looking to bolster your collection, the four museums mentioned above each have their own comic-book shop. You could also visit one of the many specialised comic-book shops in Brussels (FR/NL)External link. Most of them are on Boulevard Anspach and Boulevard Lemonnier or on Rue du Midi.

A comic book market (FR/NL)External link is also held on the first Sunday afternoon of every month inside and outside Halles Saint-Géry (depending on the weather). You can pick up new and second hand comic books there. Simply curious or avid collector, you’ll not want to miss the online auction site (FR)External link entirely devoted to the world of comics.

• The Brussels BD Tour website is the place to go for news about comics, sales and exchanges (FR)External link.