Belgian Comic Strip Center
Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée
The birthplace of Tintin and The Smurfs. The comic museum is housed in a department store designed by Horta in the Art Nouveau style, and comic murals are scattered around the city to find.
Belgium is a major comic-strip nation in Europe. The Adventures of Tintin, The Smurfs, and Lucky Luke all originated here. The comic center is housed in the Wauquez textile department store, designed by Horta in 1906, and its high atrium and glass ceiling are themselves Art Nouveau masterpieces. Exhibits cover the comic creation process and Belgian comics history, including a Tintin rocket model and a section devoted to Hergé. The bookshop sells comic merchandise. Admission is about 13 euros, and the center is open daily. Outside, you can follow the Comic Strip Route to find more than 50 comic murals in the streets of the city center. It is about an 8-minute walk from Central Station.
Opening hours
10:00–18:00
Nearby sights
- Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula
- Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries
- Grand-Place
- Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium & Mont des Arts
- Royal Palace of Brussels
- Sablon & Notre-Dame du Sablon
- Manneken Pis
- Parlamentarium & European Quarter