Unique, Belgian Passport Made Like Tintin's Classic Comic

Belgian Passport (YT Ministry of Foreign Affairs Belgium)

JAKARTA - Belgium has renewed its passport and from February onwards. A large number of iconic buildings from the Tintin comics will decorate each page of the passport. Tintin is well known and loved by the people in Belgium.

Besides Tintin, his famous lunar rocket and his friend Captain Haddock's Moulinsart house, the passport also contains other comic characters such as the Smurfs and cowboy Lucky Luke.

Despite the cartoon book look, authorities say passport security has been increased, with the security element doubling to 48.

Quoted from ANTARA, Belgium is the home of the journalist figure made by Herge. Visiting Belgium, you will be greeted with many typical elements of the crested-haired journalist and his friends.

One of the places that you will certainly enjoy visiting is the Musée Hergé, or Hergé Museum, which is a museum in Belgium dedicated to the life and work of Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi (1907–1983), who wrote under the pen name Hergé, creator of the album series. comic "The Adventures of Tintin".

The museum is located in the city of Louvain-la-Neuve in Wallonia in the south of Brussels with the address, "Rue Labrador 26", Tintin's first home in the book. The museum was designed by French architect Christian de Portzamparc, with an interior designed by cartoonist Joost Swarte.

The groundbreaking took place in May 2007 for the centenary of Hergé's birth and opened in June 2009. The building consists of three floors with a total of nine exhibition spaces, and a cafe, museum shop and mini cinema.