Het Zinneke

Het Zinneke (Brusselian dialect for "the mutt"), sometimes called Zinneke Pis by analogy with Manneken Pis, is a bronze sculpture in central Brussels, Belgium, erected in 1999.

[6] Zinneke is a nickname chosen to represent a person from Brussels who was not born there (the opposite of ketje for a native local).

[1][7] The sculpture was created in 1999 by the artist Tom Frantzen, also known for other public statues in Brussels, such as the Vaartkapoen (1985) on the Place Sainctelette/Sainctelettesquare in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean,[1][8] Madame Chapeau (2000) on the Rue du Midi/Zuidstraat,[1][9] and L'Envol (2017) on the Place de la Vieille Halle aux Blés/Oud Korenhuisplein.

Het Zinneke was reported as stolen in the night of 11 March 2007,[12] but a quick investigation revealed that it had been taken away for repairs by local residents who own the statue after vandals had tried to rip it out with force.

Frantzen repaired the slightly damaged statue, which was reinstalled in its original place.