Great Party for the national holiday of Belgium with concert and drone show and 100k people in the Jubelpark. #21July

Brussels pride for the belgian National holiday  #21July #KingsDay #Regenbogenflagge

On the occasion of Belgium‘s National Day on 21 July, I once again took the opportunity to visit the Palace of the Nation, the Belgian Federal Parliament.

Belgium has (for the time being) a bicameral system: there is the Chamber of Representatives and the Senate. The current Federal Government wants to completely abolish the Senate by 2029. This requires a constitutional amendment that must be approved by two-thirds of the representatives.

During the visit, I took a few photos.

(1) Bust of Leopold I (1790–1865), the first king of the Belgians, who took the constitutional oath on 21 July 1831. This date marks the origin of Belgium‘s National Day, not the country‘s independence on 4 October 1830.

(2) Detail of a brass door handle with lion motif.

(3) Bust of Leo Tindemans (1922–2014), Prime Minister of Belgium for two terms (from 25 April 1974 to 20 October 1978).

(4) Detail of a tapestry (1935) based on a design by Belgian painter Antoine ‘Anto’ Carte (1886-1954), depicting the triumphant return of King Albert I (1875-1934) at the head of his troops after the First World War, in Brussels on 22 November 1918.

(5) Six flags, from left to right: flag of Europe, flag of the Brussels-Capital Region, flag of the Flemish Region and the Flemish Community, national flag of Belgium, flag of the Walloon Region and the French Community, flag of the German-speaking Community of Belgium.

All photos were taken with the Project Indigo app, a new (currently free) camera app from Adobe for iOS with algorithms that aim to further improve the image quality of smartphone photography.

#Belgium #NationalDay #21July #be2107 #parliament #ProjectIndigo

The 21st of July is the national holiday of my country.
As tradition goes we drape our houses 10 days in advance with these colours.
#21Juli #21July #21Juillet