How to find the Manneken Pis Brussels: One of the things I really wanted to do when we visited Brussels was to see the famous peeing statue. The Manneken Pis. It wasn’t until I started to research it did I realise that there were three different peeing statues. Of course, Monkey being six he thought the whole idea was hilarious and wanted to find them all.
Walking Tour of the peeing statues in Brussels
We decided to do this on our second full day and had earmarked an hour to do it. However, what I hadn’t expected was that google maps would stop working. I can only guess it is because the buildings are so high but it sent upon a merry goose chase. It made what should have been a lot of fun difficult since we ended up walking in the wrong direction constantly. So I am writing this to help other unwitting holidaymakers.
How to find the Manneken Pis Brussels
Jeanneke Pis – Impasse de la Fidélité 10, 1000 Bruxelles
We started our journey looking for Jeanneke Pis which the little girl. On route, we accidentally stumbled upon the ‘cafe’ to try out Belgium Beer – Delirium Cafe. We decided to stop for a quick drink and to allow the boys to rest their feet. As we were sitting down we noticed the crowd of people outside and that’s when we saw her. She is behind iron bars to stop vandalism and is a lot smaller than imagined. If we hadn’t have stopped I am not sure we would have spotted her. Our next stop was the Manneken Pis.
Directions to Manneken Pis from Jeanneke Pis (550m 7 minutes walking)
- Walk south-west on Impasse de la Fidélité towards Rue des Bouchers (36m)
- Turn right onto Rue des Bouchers (30m)
- Turn left onto Rue de Greepstraat (96m)
- Turn right onto Grasmarkt Straat (46m)
- Turn left onto Rue de Taborastraat (78m)
- Continue onto Rue du Zuidstraat (290m) on the left
Manneken Pis Rue du Zuidstraat, 1000 Bruxelles
I already knew that the Manneken Pis was on the small side. But I didn’t anticipate that he was also quite high up and again surrounded by bars. A popular tourist spot there are a number of waffle shops nearby that looked delicious. There was also a lot of souvenirs in the shape of the statue. When we visited he was not wearing any costumes although they do tend to dress him up on a regular basis.
Directions to Zinneke Pis from Manneken Pis (700m 8 minutes walking)
- Walk south-west on Rue du Midi towards Rue des Grands Carmes(21 m)
- Turn right onto Rue des Grands Carmes (69 m)
- Turn left onto Rue du Marché au Charbon (100m)
- Turn right onto Place Fontainas (53m)
- Place Fontainas turns slightly right and becomes Rue de la Grande (170m)
- Turn left onto Rue des Riches Claires (70m)
- Turn right onto Rue Saint-Christophe (200m)
- Turn right onto Rue des Chartreux (7m) on the left
Zinneke Pis Rue des Chartreux 35, 1000 Bruxelles
This is Monkey’s favourite one. Partly I think because you can actually get close to it. Although this does mean it’s been vandalised. When we visited it was popular with walking tour guides which means you may need to wait for a little while to get close to the statue for photos.
So something that should have taken at most around forty minutes with the kids ended up taking us around an hour and twenty. I hope that these steps will help you do it a lot quicker. If you would like some other ideas of things to do with kids in Brussels.
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34 Responses
That’s a lot of statues . what fun!
What a fun trip!
What a BRILL idea loads of fun too
My kids would find these statues absolutely hilarious! I’ve never heard of these before but would love to visit Brussels one day. If I did I would have to see these!
These statues are such fun! It’s understandable they are mostly behind bars, but always a shame when you can’t touch them – bronze cries out to be touched!
thanks for the travel guide–im sure my 8 year old nephew Max would find the statues just as hilarious!
amazing, i especially liked the dog one
That’s so funny! A treasure hunt with a difference! Brussels sounds like a great place to visit too.
I would love to visit Brussels and this would definitely appeal to my 6 year old too! Sounds like a great way to get them walking around too x
I went to Brussels many years ago to visit a pal – fortunately, they knew where mannequin pis was. I was surprised how small he is too – it’s good to see he’s got some pals. thanks for the info.
They are all wee-ing aren’t they?!!! (Sorry, it takes me a while to catch up!) I do like the dog one!!!
Ahhh looks fun!
What a fun day – even if it was a wild goose chase! Plus at least you had plenty of chances to buy waffles!
LOL never heard of it until now!
A perfectly good statue hunt to go on! Oh how funny. I would love to explore Brussels one day.
That’s really interesting, I also only knew about the little boy one!
What fun. My 5 year old would also find this hilarious. It’s a shame the pig had been vandalised
It must have been a fun visit. My children would have loved seeing the peeing statues.
Its like the kid is having a time of his life eh. Haha! Thanks for sharing your pictures, they are awesome.
This looks so much fun. Wha a great idea to see a city by way of a treasure hunt
The waffles look delicious!
Hehe! Now that’s a gigglesome statue hunt. I’m not sure mine would be that keen on visiting weeing statues – given how serious she can be, but Brussels does sound like a fab place to visit for a short break. x
These sound like neat places to visit. It’s too bad that they have been vandalized, and also that they are so crowded! That is a long wait to have to see the statues.
Statue hunt, that is awesome! And there is plenty of them in Belgium, so so cool.
This must be a really fun trip. Thanks for sharing.
I think my kids would find a peeing statue hilarious too
Are those waffles? OMG! I didn’t know waffles can be presented that way. Apart from the scenic view of the place, the waffles are also the showstopper.
I had never heard of these but my five-year old son would also find them hilarious!
Wow this sounds like so much fun. I would love to pay a visit. A great idea for a day out.
Oh that sounds like fun and something my kids would really enjoy! We are hoping to go this year, I will have to bear this in mind!
It’s not a place I’ve been but it’s defo on my list of places I want to go. I will get there one day x
My kids would have found these so funny. What cool statues 😂
This looks fun
I’ve been to Brussels and seen ‘it’ but didn’t realise there was 3!