![]() Visitors are invited on an artistic journey with numerous special musical and (audio-)visual performances by contemporary artists who will interpret the sounds and images of the train in a unique way. Especially for this event, the SNCB will open the doors of this huge industrial site, where trains and their components are converted and repaired for the Belgian railway network. In Brussels, the audience will step aboard a special train to the impressive SNCB Central Workshop in Mechelen. La Flèche et l'Eléphant is a one-time event paying homage to that very first ride and was developed on the occasion of EUROPALIA TRAINS &TRACKS by EUROPALIA arts festival and Ictus Ensemble. ![]() ![]() That pioneering journey took place in Belgium, on, between Brussels and Mechelen. La Flèche and L'Elephant are the names of the two locomotives that were used to pull the coaches of the very first passenger train on the European continent.
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