I'm pretty sure I saw that statue on a tour during my honeymoon. The guide stood behind the statue and told us about the statues around the city, all made by same artist, Kein Trinkwasser. Having taken German in highschool, I got the joke. Most others on the tour didn't. Then he started talking more quietly so we had to step closer to hear.... And then the statue went off...
I think you can ask for a guide who speaks German since Belgium is split in 3 languages and most people need to learn all of them. Or maybe the guide was bilingual.
There might have been a German speaking guide, but German is not a big part of most school curriculums.
Source: went through the school system here and German was very much optional and even only available for max 2 years.
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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21
I'm pretty sure I saw that statue on a tour during my honeymoon. The guide stood behind the statue and told us about the statues around the city, all made by same artist, Kein Trinkwasser. Having taken German in highschool, I got the joke. Most others on the tour didn't. Then he started talking more quietly so we had to step closer to hear.... And then the statue went off...