Brussels lockdown: The cat’s out of the bag

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Brussels has been in the eye of the storm this past week. But the way the city and its inhabitants handled the situation was unprecedented. The cat wink on the social media generated sympathy from within the country and abroad. visit.brussels, Toerisme Vlaanderen and Wallonie-Bruxelles Tourisme are proud of the people in Brussels and want to show their support to the capital of Belgium. That’s why they also let the cat out of the bag during the lockdown. The result? A surreal ode to the city in a 20-second video.

Last Monday, a camera crew went to the centre of of town. Even though the city was in lockdown, they met smiling locals, enthusiastic tourists and a suspiciously high number of cats…

See the video here.