{"id":3512,"date":"2016-08-24T12:01:12","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T12:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.diningtraveler.com\/?p=3512"},"modified":"2016-08-24T12:01:12","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T12:01:12","slug":"magic-brussels-flower-carpet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diningtraveler.com\/2016\/08\/magic-brussels-flower-carpet.html","title":{"rendered":"The Magic of the Brussels Flower Carpet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Every other year, the European Capital comes to full bloom (literally) as it celebrates the Brussels Flower Carpet. \u00a0Those who live or have lived in Brussels can attest that it is one of the most exciting summer events in the city. \u00a0The event consists of covering the floor of the Grand Place with more than 600,000 flowers to create a unique design. Every two years, the design has a different theme, usually inspired by a country or region. This year, inspiration came from Japan, as the City of Brussels partnered with the Government of Japan to create\u00a0this unique design.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/179959700\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/179959700\">Dining Traveler @ <\/a>Brussels Flower Carpet\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/rahulvenkit\">Rahul Venkit<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><em>Behind the Scenes: Brussels Flower Carpet\u00a0<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>The Event:<\/strong> <\/em>\u00a0The 2016 Brussels Flower Carpet took place from August 12th until August 15th. \u00a0The event was open to the public but guests were\u00a0also able buy a pass for 5 Euros to gain a view\u00a0from above from the balcony of Brussels City Hall. \u00a0The city has been hosting\u00a0this event for years, highly recommend\u00a0to make your way to Brussels during this event. \u00a0What also makes the event special is that many volunteers from young to old, from every part of Belgium, come together to manually place the flowers one by one on the design which literally covers most of the area of the Grand Place.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3514\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3514\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diningtraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/brussels-flower-carpet-volunteers.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3514\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/diningtraveler.com\/2016\/08\/magic-brussels-flower-carpet.html\/brussels-flower-carpet-volunteers\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diningtraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/brussels-flower-carpet-volunteers.jpg?fit=800%2C533&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;13&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D750&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1470998180&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;42&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Brussels Flower Carpet Volunteers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Volunteers Assembling the Brussels Flower Carpet&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diningtraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/brussels-flower-carpet-volunteers.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diningtraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/brussels-flower-carpet-volunteers.jpg?fit=696%2C464&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3514\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diningtraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/brussels-flower-carpet-volunteers.jpg?resize=696%2C464&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\" Volunteers Assembling the Brussels Flower Carpet\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diningtraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/brussels-flower-carpet-volunteers.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diningtraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/brussels-flower-carpet-volunteers.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diningtraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/brussels-flower-carpet-volunteers.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diningtraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/brussels-flower-carpet-volunteers.jpg?resize=696%2C464&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diningtraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/brussels-flower-carpet-volunteers.jpg?resize=630%2C420&amp;ssl=1 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volunteers Assembling the Brussels Flower Carpet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>The Theme:<\/strong><\/em> \u00a0As mentioned before, the city partnered with the Japanese Government to come up with the design. Young \u00a0Japanese designer\u00a0Fuji Suzuki, says she\u00a0drew inspiration from Japanese representations of <span class=\"il\">flowers<\/span>, birds, the wind and the moon to depict the beauty of nature. She also mentioned that she was inspired by patterns\u00a0she had seen in kimonos to come up with the design. Belgian Mark Schautteet, the architect of the Brussels Flower Carpet decided which flowers fit best into Ms Suzuki&#8217;s design. \u00a0Although this was her first time in Brussels, Ms Suzuki felt that &#8220;she had been there many times before&#8221; as she spent time in the city.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3513\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3513\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diningtraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img-20160812-wa0003-01.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3513\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/diningtraveler.com\/2016\/08\/magic-brussels-flower-carpet.html\/img-20160812-wa0003-01\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diningtraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img-20160812-wa0003-01.jpeg?fit=1600%2C746&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,746\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dining Traveler Flower Carpet\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diningtraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img-20160812-wa0003-01.jpeg?fit=300%2C140&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diningtraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img-20160812-wa0003-01.jpeg?fit=696%2C324&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-3513\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diningtraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img-20160812-wa0003-01-1024x477.jpeg?resize=696%2C325&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dining Traveler Brussels Flower Carpet\" width=\"696\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diningtraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img-20160812-wa0003-01.jpeg?resize=1024%2C477&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diningtraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img-20160812-wa0003-01.jpeg?resize=300%2C140&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diningtraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img-20160812-wa0003-01.jpeg?resize=768%2C358&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diningtraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img-20160812-wa0003-01.jpeg?resize=696%2C325&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diningtraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img-20160812-wa0003-01.jpeg?resize=1068%2C498&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diningtraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img-20160812-wa0003-01.jpeg?resize=901%2C420&amp;ssl=1 901w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diningtraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img-20160812-wa0003-01.jpeg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diningtraveler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img-20160812-wa0003-01.jpeg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We&#8217;re enjoying the view from the Brussels Flower Carpet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Thoughts:<\/strong><\/em> \u00a0This was my first time back in Brussels after the city experienced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diningtraveler.com\/2016\/03\/je-suis-bruxelles.html\" target=\"_blank\">terror attacks on March 22nd<\/a>. \u00a0My friends who live here are still\u00a0trying to recover from\u00a0the horrendous effect it had on the city. \u00a0Hotels and restaurants have seen a drop in guests, which sadly affects small, local owned businesses the most.\u00a0\u00a0Sad to see that many people are still afraid to visit this beautiful and vibrant city. \u00a0I tell you, as a traveling pregnant woman, I felt incredibly safe in Brussels. \u00a0As I stood at the balcony of Brussels City Hall, with a view of the beautiful Brussels Flower Carpet I knew the city will heal fully from the unfortunate events of March 22nd. 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