In Simenon's footsteps - Roture
Formerly the quintessence of a working class street. "I believe that there is only one city in the world, Liège, my home town, that boasts...Read more
In Simenon Footsteps - 58 rue Puits-en-Sock
The former millinery of Chrétien Simenon, Georges’ grandfather. The cradle of the family. My grandfather was a milliner. His shop...Read more
In Simenon Footsteps - rue Jean-d'Outremeuse
N° 44 : Café Littéraire
In Simenon Footsteps - rue Jean-d'Outremeuse - 57
N° 57; this was Ste Julienne’s nursery school, where Simenon was taught to read by Sister Adonie.
In Simenon Footsteps - Rue de l’Enseignement
No. 5: the former home of Simenon’s mother, Henriette Brull. She lived here until 1968, in particular with her second husband. This is where Georges...Read more
In Simenon Footsteps - Rue de la Loi
No. 48: the primary school attended by the young Georges. "In class, taught by the friars of the church schools, I was the teacher’s...Read more
In Simenon Footsteps - 25 Rue Simenon (formerly Rue Pasteur)
The Simenon family’s first home in Outremeuse. "The district was relatively new and mostly populated by minor civil servants, employees,...Read more
In Simenon Footsteps - Place du Congrès
This was the favourite playground of Georges as a small boy, and now plays host to a bust of the novelist. "It is a square peopled by...Read more
In Simenon Footsteps - The corner of Place du Congrès and Rue de la Province
The path taken by Simenon on his way to be an altar boy at the Bavière hospital chapel. The description of this route can be found in The Testimony...Read more
In Simenon Footsteps - Bavière Chapel
The former Bavière hospital chapel where young Georges was an altar boy. "The mass for which I was altar boy at the hospital chapel...Read more