The first attraction on this walk is a sundial by the artist Catherine Podolski. This sundial is located at the house of the artist, who focuses on ceramics, and was made in 1971.
- This house (number 152) has an altimetric point on the left. When this point was measured on February 9, 2018, it was 61,819 meters above sea level.
- At this roundabout, you can see a Foucault pendulum. It is a blue steel structure with a nylon thread suspended from it. A nylon thread is attached to the top, from which a gold-colored weight hangs.
On March 26, 1851, the French physicist Léon Foucault demonstrated that the Earth rotates on its axis with his construction in the Pantheon in Paris. A pendulum swings back and forth, but because the Earth rotates on its axis, the weight's pendulum motion changes. In the original experiment, the pendulum was placed above a container of sand, so the change in the pendulum's motion was clearly visible. This artwork (called "Pensée verticale") is striking because the changing pendulum motion cannot be observed, and the water beneath the pendulum also makes it difficult to set it in motion.
- On one of the houses on this street stands a sundial from 1996 by P.P. Struye. At the bottom of the sundial is the motto "SICUT DONAT SOL LUCEM AMOR VITAM." This means "Just as the sun gives us light, love gives life." Above the bench by the sundial, there is also more information on how to use the sundial to determine the correct time.
- At the Auderghem cultural center, there is another section of the "Ruimte voor Muco" (Space for Muco) project. Here you can catch a glimpse of the planet Mercury, which has a diameter of 12 cm. This planet is the smallest in our solar system. The artwork was inaugurated on May 16, 2004.
This scale model is an initiative of the Belgian Association for the Fight against Cystic Fibrosis, which organises an annual national mucus day. In 2004, this day was organised for the tenth time and, in honour of this anniversary, ten works of art were installed that represent the link between “the world” and the constant battle that cystic fibrosis patients wage against their disease. These are a symbol of solidarity. The Earth and the Moon are located on the driveway of the Royal Observatory in Uccle.
- Can you find the altimetric point next to the bridge, 30 cm above the second step? At this point, you are exactly 56,638 meters (measured on January 1, 1981) above sea level.
- At the end of the walk, you will see a symbolic representation of the planet Venus.
This Venus is part of a scale model (1/40,000,000) of space. Venus was inaugurated on October 2, 2004, and it is by the artist Tim Roosen.
Extra:
To shorten the walk, you can skip the sundial P.P. Struye. You can do this after passing Foucault's pendulum by taking the stairs to the railway walk instead of going under the bridge (this point is just after you pass a climber on a house).
The walk crosses the "Green Walk." This 60 km walk takes you around Brussels and is divided into 7 sections.
The first attraction on this walk is a sundial by the artist Catherine Podolski. This sundial is located at the house of the artist, who focuses on ceramics, and was made in 1971.
- This house (number 152) has an altimetric point on the left. When this point was measured on February 9, 2018, it was 61,819 meters above sea level.
- At this roundabout, you can see a Foucault pendulum. It is a blue steel structure with a nylon thread suspended from it. A nylon thread is attached to the top, from which a gold-colored weight hangs.
On March 26, 1851, the French physicist Léon Foucault demonstrated that the Earth rotates on its axis with his construction in the Pantheon in Paris. A pendulum swings back and forth, but because the Earth rotates on its axis, the weight's pendulum motion changes. In the original experiment, the pendulum was placed above a container of sand, so the change in the pendulum's motion was clearly visible. This artwork (called "Pensée verticale") is striking because the changing pendulum motion cannot be observed, and the water beneath the pendulum also makes it difficult to set it in motion.
- On one of the houses on this street stands a sundial from 1996 by P.P. Struye. At the bottom of the sundial is the motto "SICUT DONAT SOL LUCEM AMOR VITAM." This means "Just as the sun gives us light, love gives life." Above the bench by the sundial, there is also more information on how to use the sundial to determine the correct time.
- At the Auderghem cultural center, there is another section of the "Ruimte voor Muco" (Space for Muco) project. Here you can catch a glimpse of the planet Mercury, which has a diameter of 12 cm. This planet is the smallest in our solar system. The artwork was inaugurated on May 16, 2004.
This scale model is an initiative of the Belgian Association for the Fight against Cystic Fibrosis, which organises an annual national mucus day. In 2004, this day was organised for the tenth time and, in honour of this anniversary, ten works of art were installed that represent the link between “the world” and the constant battle that cystic fibrosis patients wage against their disease. These are a symbol of solidarity. The Earth and the Moon are located on the driveway of the Royal Observatory in Uccle.
- Can you find the altimetric point next to the bridge, 30 cm above the second step? At this point, you are exactly 56,638 meters (measured on January 1, 1981) above sea level.
- At the end of the walk, you will see a symbolic representation of the planet Venus.
This Venus is part of a scale model (1/40,000,000) of space. Venus was inaugurated on October 2, 2004, and it is by the artist Tim Roosen.
Extra:
To shorten the walk, you can skip the sundial P.P. Struye. You can do this after passing Foucault's pendulum by taking the stairs to the railway walk instead of going under the bridge (this point is just after you pass a climber on a house).
The walk crosses the "Green Walk." This 60 km walk takes you around Brussels and is divided into 7 sections.