• Source: Bronze Zinneke

The Bronze Zinneke is an award handed out by the cabinet of the Brussels Region to individuals, personalities, organisations, or companies that perform a role as informal ambassador of the Brussels Region or otherwise add to the positive image of the City and Region of Brussels.
The award is a miniature bronze version of Het Zinneke, a bronze sculpture of a urinating dog in central Brussels. A "zinneke" is a mutt or bastard in Brusselian dialect, a cross between different races of dogs, and as such a symbol of the diversity of races and cultures in Brussels.
The first Bronze Zinneke was awarded in 2001 to singer Johan Verminnen.




Recipients


Past recipients of the award include:

footballers Paul Van Himst, Vincent Kompany and Youri Tielemans [1]
cycling legend Eddy Merckx
chef Pierre Wynants
jazz musician Toots Thielemans
actor Pascal Duquenne
patissier Herman Van Dender
Paralympic bronze medal winner Pieter Cilissen
foundation Fonds Carine Vyghen for organ donation
football trainer Besnik Hasi
racing car driver Jacky Ickx
founder and former director of Brosella Folk & Jazz Festival Henri Vandenberghe
illustrator, cartoonist, caricaturist and comic strip artist Eddy Vermeulen aka Ever Meulen and political cartoonist, graphic artist and painter Gerard Alsteens aka GAL
Olympic silver medal winner Lionel Cox (sport shooter)
entrepreneur Eric Everard
owners of World Heritage Site Hôtel Solvay, the Wittamer family
choreographer and founder of dance company Rosas, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
singers Salvatore Adamo and Angèle
former rectors of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Caroline Pauwels and Paul De Knop
artist Marie-Pierra Kakoma aka Lous and the Yakuza
organist, composer, conductor and opera director Bernard Foccroulle
2022 world champion road cycling Remco Evenepoel
estaminet 'In 't Spinnekopke'
president of the Companions of St. Lawrence, organizers of the Meyboom procession, Jan Brusten




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Angèle
• Jeanneke Pis
• Bronze Zinneke
• Het Zinneke
• Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
• Toots Thielemans
• Senne (river)
• Manneken Pis
• Paul Van Himst
• Pascal Duquenne
• Timeline of Brussels (21st century)
• Salvatore Adamo