African Village in Belgium
Friday, 12th January 2007 by Alex Turnbull
On the day this image was captured there was something slightly unusual going on in this derelict factory in Brussels, Belgium. Inside the walls of the roofless building, there's some tents and several lorries, a Helicopter, and... an African village?
How do I know it's an African village? Well, it transpires that on this very day the abandoned factory was actually being used as the set for a TV advert - an advert which features a man being chased through an African village by a helicopter! Here's a direct link to the 6.8MB Quicktime movie of the ad.
Spot the same car in both shots!
The tents and lorries to the west are presumably for the cast, crew and equipment and I suspect that the walled factory was chosen because it would hide Brussels from sight of the cameras perfectly. Suddenly it all makes sense!
Thanks to Romanov (via belgeoblog.be).
About the author
Alex has decided that his title will be Senior Vice President of Stuff.
Thanks a lot for the translation of my article. I found out about the advert thanks to a lot of luck. When I saw the helicopter, I phoned a wellknown helicopterpilot in Belgium, Wim Robberechts. Luckily my first phonecall was immediately the right one. It was his helicopter on the scene. He explained me about the advert. And another coïncidence: the two directors who made the advert, are two friends from school. – http://www.belgeoblog.be
What are the chances eh? Brilliant!
Incidentally – the whole african village/ helicopter is very cool but looking straight down inside a cooling tower is just as good in my book!
https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=50.802429,4.300563&z=18
A little bit down, there is a house with a big hole in the roof. What happened there? Maybe an Ufo crash? 😉
https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=50.793512,4.293463&z=19
it’s nice to know where this helicopter comes from, I had spotted it some time ago as well !
Any idea what this building might be?
https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=50.78814,4.331129&z=18
Uh, I’d have to guess a circus Dan! But in truth I don’t actually know…