Mr Monkey jumped out the subway at Merode, and scampered off into the Parc du Cinquantenaire. This park, which includes lawns, a triumphal arch and two large exhibition halls, dates from 1880, when Leopold I wanted to celebrate Belgium being 50 years old.
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