The Manneken Pis of Westmeerbeek is a statue located in Westmeerbeek, in the municipality of Hulshout, Belgium, depicting a boy urinating. The statue stands on a triangular square where Haverdries meets Hoogzand. Westmeerbeek is sometimes referred to as Little Brussels.
Galerie photos
Romaine, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
History
In the 1930s, a copy of the Manneken Pis statue in Brussels was placed in Westmeerbeek to honor the village’s mocking name.
A new statue was unveiled on May 1, 2008. Previous versions of the statue had been demolished or stolen.
In October 2015, the statue was vandalized again. In May 2016, a new Manneken Pis was installed, but it was not white like its predecessors, but black.
