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Pol Leurs 

In Situ
Pol Leurs on the doors

The Luxembourg cartoonist Pol Leurs created a remarkable intervention in the building of the European Cartoon Center on the occasion of his solo exhibition in 2013.

He drew four cartoons that were printed on the ECC’s interior doors. Three toilet doors received an original Leurs: a lifebuoy for the men’s room in case the urinals get clogged (which, by the way, has never happened), a unicycle for the accessible toilets, and a voyeur peeking through a hole into the women’s restroom (his eye is also visible from the inside).

Leurs then made a fourth drawing showing traces of a break‑in for the storage room.


We remain grateful to Pol for his splendid idea and his interventions.


Born in 1947, Pol Leurs  built a professional career as an engineer. Additionally, he is a self-taught cartoonist whose work has been published in various newspapers and he has won over 83 prizes in international cartoon competitions, 19 of which were first prizes.

Practical information

  • Opening hours

    Every Sunday from 10-12 and 14-17 you can visit the ECC as an individual with free entrance

    Winterbreak: the European Cartoon Center is closed between the 22nd of December till the 22nd of January.

  • Fee

    As we want to promote cartoons as an art form to the general public and find it important that everyone has the possibility to see cartoons, you can visit the ECC on Sunday by the 'Pay what you wish'-principal. You decide what your visit to the exhibition is worth and according your own budget. This way of working is only possible because the European Cartoon Center is a non-profit organization that operates 100% on volunteers.

    Keep in mind that your voluntary contribution makes it possible to make cartoon art accessible to all. 

    For groups there are different paid formulas: 

    • Formula A: 5 euro per person (with a minimum of 50 euro) admission and introduction
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