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IF A BELGIAN citizen needed a passport over the past century, it was the intrepid cartoon journalist Tintin as he traveled the world looking to root out trouble. Now, he will travel with every Belgian going abroad.
Belgium has renewed its passport and from February onwards, a large number of iconic buildings from the comics will adorn each page of the passport — which people in Belgium know and love.
Besides Tintin, his famous lunar rocket and his friend Captain Haddock’s Moulinsart house, the passport also contains other comic characters such as the Smurfs and cowboy Lucky Luke.
Despite the cartoony appearance, authorities say passport security has been increased, with the security element doubling to 48. Belgium is the home of Herge’s journalist character. Visiting Belgium, you will be greeted with many typical elements of the crested-haired journalist and his friends.
One of the places that you will certainly enjoy visiting is the Musée Hergé, or Hergé Museum, which is a museum in Belgium dedicated to the life and work of Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi (1907–1983), who wrote under the pen name Hergé, creator of the album series. comic “The Adventures of Tintin”.
The museum is located in the city of Louvain-la-Neuve in Wallonia in the south of Brussels with the address, “Rue Labrador 26”, Tintin’s first home in the book. The museum was designed by French architect Christian de Portzamparc, with an interior designed by cartoonist Joost Swarte.
The groundbreaking took place in May 2007 for the centenary of Hergé’s birth and opened in June 2009. The building consists of three floors with a total of nine exhibition spaces, and a cafe, museum shop and mini cinema. [antaranews/photo special]
