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The Wall at Flanders Expo, Ghent

© Lode Anseel

A segment of the Berlin Wall has been on display in front of the main building at the “Flanders Expo” multi-purpose indoor arena since 1998. Lode Anseel, former chief accountant for the company and Berlin enthusiast, had the 2.6 tonne section of Wall brought to Belgium. He purchased it alongside a second piece in the mid-1990s in Berlin, where he remembered it had once separated Potsdamer Platz into East and West. Anseel succeeded in convincing the former Flanders Expo management to buy one piece and install it as an attraction on the company grounds. During a small public celebration, the segment was finally installed to the sounds of “The Wall” by British rock band Pink Floyd. The piece, branded on both sides with bright graffiti, is passed by tens of thousands of visitors on their way to the building every year.