Jeanneken Pis, Brussels

The female version of Manneken Pis. I was shocked to see that there is something like this ;-)

Unfortunately both times I saw here the little lady (which is bigger than her male friend by the way) was taking a break from peeing. Maybe because too many people were looking... or maybe because girls would never go to the toilet on her own, anyway?

Unfortunately Jeanneken is sitting behind iron bars which destroys the impression a lot.

Jeanneken Pis is somewhat famous as the "sister" of Manneken Pis. Though much younger than her brother, she has gathered quite a following to her dark little alley in Brussels, as she squats behind the bars of her cage and continuously pisses on her stone pedestal.

She pisses near the restaurant district beside the Grande Place.

Duquenoy's sculpture called Manneken Pis later on it will be a nightmare of the gardens of nouveau riches in almost every country.There are several anecdotes about the origins of the statue -- one of them that the little boy was found resorting to this natural kind of fire-extinguisher to douse an arsonist's fuse, thus saving part of the town from what might have been a murderous fire at the time when many houses were still built in wood. Manneken Pis has a whole wardrobe of costumes.Belges have really a great sense of humor and definitely this small statue is a "blague" of belgium to the world.

Since the mid-1990s, the Manneken Pis has had a female equivalent, Jeanneke Pis which is about the same distance away on the other side of the Grand'Place. It is located on the east side of the Impasse de la Fidélité/Getrouwheidsgang or Faith Alley, some 100 metres long leading northwards off the restaurant-packed Rue des Bouchers / Beenhouwersstraat or Butchers' Street.

Not many tourist or people know about Jeanneke Pis but she was worth a visit. Ask the local they know where it is.

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Jeanneke Pis is a modern fountain
and statue in Brussels, which forms
a counterpoint in gender terms to the
city's trademark Manneken Pis, as it
does aurally and geographically, being
about the same distance away on the
other side of Grand Place / Grote Markt.

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It was made by Denis Adrien Debouvrie and erected in the mid
1980s and endowed with its own instant legend, the better to
amuse strollers.

This half metre high statue of blue grey limestone depicts a
woman with her hair in bunches, squatting and urinating,
apparently very contentedly.

Everyone seems to know about Mannekin Pis but not everyone knows about Jeanneke Pis. The poor girl is actually locked behind bars at the end of an alley while the lucky boy gets to do his deed in front of everyone on a street corner -- and he gets dressed up for the day.

She was created in 1985 by Denis Adrien -- and the local tourist office as far as I know does not recognize her as an official site.

Jeanneke Pis is a bronze statue of a young child urinating, just like the more famous Manneken Pis .
The little girl Jeanneke is a recent work, commissioned by a group of local merchants in response to the popularity of the little boy Manneken. It was installed during the 1980s.

If you thought Manneken Pis was a bit of a disappointment, then just don't visit this statue. It will only be more disappointment .......

Janneken Pis
This little girl is really hard to find and really hard to take picture of (most of the time she is hidden behind the bars).

This girl was created in late 1990s opposed to the peeing boy ;)))