Sunday, 13 September 2026

Charleroi 2026

Yesterday evening, a close friend of ours, together with her two daughters 9 and 3, walked 800m from Charleroi Central station to Charleroi West station. I had suggested her to take the bus through this "interesting" area instead. However, she wanted to quickly grab her kids something to eat. Until she walked out of Charleroi Central.

"Baigais ūķis", she described it, roughly translated: "shady shithole". She didn't like what she saw. Open consumption of heavy narcotics, and more. They ran quickly and caught the train to Leuven.

"Baigais ūķis", by a friend, very well-travelled and a survivor of the post-Soviet '90s absolute chaos.

If you're smarter and more motivated than me, feel free to see this as a call to action.

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