Spirou and Spip Statue, Charleroi-Sud Station

Spirou, in his red bellhop uniform with the squirrel Spip on his arm, waves travelers off the trains outside Charleroi-Sud station, photographed in 2019. Charleroi is the home of Dupuis, which has published Spirou for more than 80 years, so the greeting doubles as a welcome to the city of Belgian comics. The statue arrived in October 2018, and its two artists worked from André Franquin's drawing of the character.