Various photo's of Charleroi

On this page I show some photo's I made on various locations in Charleroi.

Railwaystation Charleroi-Sud.

Promenade along the river Sambre. It just goes nowhere and people don't walk here.

My Flemish road-map indicates this structure as "fietsdraaitoren", meaning as much as bike-turn-tower. This ingenious onramp was made in vain as the people of Charleroi don't ride bikes.

Tram station Providence near Rockerill with a view in the mirror.

Disused rail wagons.

Locomotive 6231.

Brazil at Avenue de l'Europe.

Mosaic at a roundabout on Avenue des Alliés.

House of the infamous Marc Dutroux in Marcinelle.

Airbus Cafe, Rue de Villez, Gilly. Opening hours unknown.

Airbus Cafe

The Airbus Café at the Route de la Basse Sambre is a depreciated Airbus A310. It was built in 1984 for Nigeria Airways and it was named "Lekki Peninsula". In 1993 it was detained at Brussels airport for unpaid bills. After a long period of neglect next to hangar 8 it was moved to Gilly, Charleroi in 1999. It was made into a restaurant and meeting room. Now it is a nightclub "Air US", and it has the colors of Alitalia. However, the website www.airus.com is off-line now. Opening hours unknown...

Marc Dutroux

In 1996 the world was shocked when the kidnapped children Laetitia and Sabine were released from a house in Marcinelle while four other kids were murdered. The city now owns the house and there are plans to create an open space with a memorial site here.

Restaurants

It is rather difficult to find a good restaurant when walking at random through the city center. Some are too hamburger-like, others expensive. The site www.resto.be is very useful to find a good restaurant. From this site I have some suggestions in the medium prize-range (about €25):

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