Beach is constructed on Brussels canal side

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Brussels - July 2007 1. Various of boat transporting beach sand for man-made beach along the canal 2. Skipper docking boat 3. Various of crane collecting beach sand from boat and depositing it in a container 4. Various of truck depositing beach sand on area where beach will be created 5. Heaps of beach sand and crane depositing sand 6. Close-up crane depositing and smoothing down beach sand over cobblestones 7. Various of crane depositing sand over beach area 8. Workers carrying beams to mark beach area 9. Cabins to be transformed into beach cabins 10. Various of worker attaching roofing to beach cabins 11. SOUNDBITE (French): Philippe Close, Brussels' tourism city councillor: "Brussels is one of the best known cities in the world; because it is the institutional capital of Europe and NATO. But it is most renowned for being an administrative capital, which does not always give it a good image. And so we have tried to develop various initiatives in the city to allow for Brussels to be known differently. To show that one can live well here, that the inhabitants are friendly, and that there are plenty of things to see. And in addition to all that, this project is part of a redevelopment scheme of this industrial zone, which we wanted to transform into a pastime area during the summer. At the same time we want to redevelop the waterways, because Brussels' rivers were covered more than a century ago, the only one that remains is this canal, which is mainly an industrial canal. Therefore to show to the inhabitants of Brussels and visitors that there still exists a waterway along which one can have a pleasant stay. " 12. Workers laying down grass areas 13. Various of workers laying down grass mats 14. Pan from canal to beach area 15. Beach cabins 16. Various of workers attaching striped fabric to beach cabins 17. Cabins along man-made beach 18. SOUNDBITE (French): Philippe Close, Brussels' tourism city councillor: "There are more than 300 people working on this project, on top of that the people that will be running various stalls, numerous students, 3000 tons of sand, a lot of vegetation, over 50 sports personnel, and entertainers for children. We expect between 400,000 and 500,000 visitors depending on the weather. Because naturally a project like this only works when the weather is good, for people who come during the summer to relax on this urban beach." 19. Palm tree along canal 20. Palm trees and beach cabins 21. Various of palm trees along man-made beach 22. Beach cabins and palm trees where Brussels' beach is to open 23. Various of Brussels' beach 24. Meteorologist Vincent Sclamender verifying satellite images on computer screens 25. Satellite image on computer screen illustrating precipitation and cloud movements over Europe 26. European weather forecast map on computer screen, with meteorologist Vincent Sclamender in the background: UPSOUND: (French) " We can see here a small improvement around Belgium for Friday, and for the first part of Saturday. But as you can see here, we are not far off this storm area here." 28. SOUNDBITE (French): Vincent Sclamender, Meteorologist at Belgium Royal Meteorology Institute: " For the next four to five days I can tell you, that tomorrow it will still be cloudy over Belgium with some precipitation and some showers. This weekend, areas of depression will descend southwards towards France bringing warm air to our region. So this weekend will be warmer, especially Saturday. But on the other hand, there is still a risk of rain and storms." 29. Close up weather forecast map for Belgium 30. Wide tilt up from Grand Place to Brussels city hall 31. Various of tourists taking pictures at Grand Place 32. Tilt up Grand Place house You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/ea3377b61319ca5b36e2c625ba3af4f8 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork