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# Vaartkapoen · OpenVibe.Tours

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# Vaartkapoen

A sculpture by Flemish artist Tom Frantzen, known from Het Zinneke in Brussels and the Bandundu Water Jazz Band in Tervuren.

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![Vaartkapoen](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M70HZVFV04P3ZYPWEHJ2Z35N) Photo: David R Edgar - https://www.loughrigg.org/bxlLandmarks/ · CC BY 2.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABruxelles-Sainctelette.jpg) · [licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)

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## Why go

Its name literally means channel rascal (from vaart meaning canal and kapoen meaning rascal in Dutch. Vaartkapoen is also the name given to people born in the Molenbeek suburb in the first half of the 20 th century; the bronze sculpture was erected in 1985. Tom Frantzen stages a scene on 2 levels: the sewers (which used to be discharged into the canal), and the level of the pavement represented by the lamp post, the cobblestones, and the manhole cover.

Source: [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Brussels/Molenbeek_and_surroundings)

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