Het Zinneke

1999 bronze dog urinating against a bollard in Brussels — the youngest member of the Manneken Pis trilogy and a symbol of Brussels self-deprecating folk humour.

Het Zinneke is a bronze sculpture installed in 1999 in central Brussels, depicting a dog urinating against a street bollard. Created by sculptor Tom Frantzen, it was conceived as a deliberate companion to the world-famous Manneken Pis fountain figure (1619) and its female counterpart Jeanneke Pis (1985) — together forming a folk trilogy of Brussels humour. The word "Zinneke" is a mildly derogatory Brussels dialect term for a scruffy mongrel dog and symbolises the city's mixed, multilingual identity. The sculpture stands at the corner of Rue des Chartreux and Rue du Vieux-Marché aux Grains, and serves as a small, charming monument to the typical Belgian "zwanze" — the self-deprecating folk humour of the Bruxellois.