Bizarre Art and Useless Elevators: Exploring Surrealism in Belgium’s Metro Stations

2023-12-29 09:06:00

In the history of art, Belgium is often considered the motherland of surrealism. Renowned artists like Pol Bury and, of course, René Magritte have excelled in their field. But where our country excels best is in the transposition, into reality, of totally absurd facts like a staircase that leads nowhere, a window that opens onto a wall, or even a glass of water with a hole in the bottom. .

In this context, we probably found the most useless elevator in the world. And to find it, you just have to go to the heart of the capital. More precisely at the metro station located under the royal park. This elevator allows you to enter the metro station by going down one floor and then releases its passengers in front of a long corridor which leads… to a staircase/escalator which itself leads to a staircase/escalator. The story could be laughable if it did not have painful consequences for PRMs. Friday noon, a man in a wheelchair experienced the worst difficulties reaching his metro. And was only saved thanks to the help of supportive commuters. Certainly, we will find at the Stib the excuse of a metro station under construction. But admit that in the European Capital which promotes soft mobility, still having such inaccessible stations is a stain.

This is what the seven future metro 3 stations in Schaerbeek and Evere will look like: several modifications have been made (PHOTOS)
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