{"id":3793,"date":"2019-01-11T12:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T10:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.charleroi-metropole.be\/?p=3793"},"modified":"2019-01-28T18:54:11","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T16:54:11","slug":"i-gave-a-party-on-a-slagheap-in-charleroi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cm-site.fidelodev.be\/en\/i-gave-a-party-on-a-slagheap-in-charleroi\/","title":{"rendered":"I gave a party on a slagheap in Charleroi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Panorama Pique-nique, Charleroi<\/h2>\n

\u201cClimbing a slagheap in Charleroi, drinking a beer at the top, listening to music and socialising with strangers, that\u2019s how a friend from Charleroi persuaded me to come to Panorama. After having experienced this event, I am sure that I will come back next year,\u2019 explains Muriel, from Brussels.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Muriel is 29 years old, she lives in Brussels. Despite the railway strike, she has come to meet a friend from Charleroi, Charlotte, at the panorama Pique-nique event<\/a>. \u201cI expected a bigger place. It\u2019s quite jolly. But it was an adventure getting here<\/em>\u201d, she says.<\/p>\n

For Muriel, the adventure started at Charleroi railway station to find the way to the slagheap from Hiercheuses to Marcinelle. \u201cAfter a short walk, we arrived at the foot of the slagheap. Musicians showed us the way. In exchange, we helped them to put their guitar in a wheelbarrow<\/em>\u201d, she adds. The tone is immediately set: happy organised chaos and a friendly atmosphere.<\/p>\n

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The Panorama Pique-nique brings together more than 500 people on the Charleroi slagheap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just a small party with friends<\/h2>\n

Axel, one of the organisers, launched the Panorama Pique-Nique event in 2007 with some friends. \u201cWe often came to the slagheap when we were young, the desire to create a cultural event came from this<\/em>\u201d, he explains.<\/p>\n

Above all, it\u2019s a symbolic place. The slagheaps make reference to the post-industrial era, they are under-exploited places to showcase.\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Axel, one of the organisers<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The idea came from having a small party with friends which this year had around 700 participants. Christian, 52 years old, from Charleroi, has come for the atmosphere. \u201cI always come, I love it, we feel like we\u2019re in a bubble, separate from the rest of the world<\/em>\u201d, he laughs, taking a sip of beer.<\/p>\n

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The slagheap, covered in trees, offers an impressive view of Charleroi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Picnic atmosphere with music<\/h2>\n

A bit further away, sat on a blanket, Fran\u00e7ois, 32 years old from Beaumont, has come for the concerts. Every afternoon, around ten groups are scheduled, from relaxed background music to livelier music in the evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want to call it a festival, the Panorama event is primarily a nice place to be with friends and family. Hence, the idea of a picnic, rather than a festival. The groups are not the highlight in the publicity but give a harmony to the slagheap\u201d, explains Axel.<\/p>\n

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The Panorama Pique-nique takes place at the top of the slagheap. It is accessed on foot via a path through the vegetation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nature at the heart of Charleroi<\/h2>\n

In the end, it is the slagheap \u2013 also called Thierry, the slagheap \u2013 which is the hero of the day. Next to an old railway carriage on the slagheap with \u2018Panorama\u2019 written on it in large letters, Shon, 47 years old, from London, accosts us : \u201cSee that incredible view of Charleroi. And bizarrely, we are in nature, everything is green, it changes the image we have of the city”.<\/em>\u00a0He came here by accident, with friends who wanted to do \u2018something different\u2019.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m discovering Charleroi in nature, it changes the image that we generally have of the city.\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Shon, 47 years old, is originally from London but has adopted Charleroi as his home<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The same for Adrien, 28 years old. He has come with some friends to have a good time : \u201cThere, we found a lot of people that we knew. Charleroi is still a small village, it\u2019s a bit like a friend reunion\u2019<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

However, the event was more open that it appeared. Among the participants, Axel counts almost half as Charleroi residents, the other half coming from elsewhere. \u201cWe don\u2019t advertise anymore, information on the event is only passed around by word of mouth and via Facebook. We didn\u2019t want to grow too much, we had the right number of people<\/em>\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n

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Sunset from the top of the slagheap at the Panorama Pique-nique presents Charleroi in a unique light<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The final test: descending the slagheap in pitch black<\/h2>\n

At around 10:00 p.m., Muriel enjoys the last rays of light and a magnificent sunset, in particular. The Panorama Pique-nique ends gently. \u201cAh yes, the final detail: don\u2019t forget that you have to descend the slagheap. And in the dark, with limited means, it\u2019s not a given<\/em>\u201d, she says.<\/p>\n

In the end, Muriel gets her train easily.<\/p>\n

Next year, we will come earlier to better take advantage of it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Contact:<\/strong>
\nPanorama Pique-nique on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9Pictures\/Leslie Artamonow<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Panorama Pique-nique, Charleroi \u201cClimbing a slagheap in Charleroi, drinking a beer at the top, listening to music and socialising with strangers, that\u2019s how a friend from Charleroi persuaded me to come to Panorama. After having experienced this event, I am sure that I will come back next year,\u2019 explains Muriel, from Brussels. Muriel is 29 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[168,404],"tags":[21,284,338,326,292,331,293,34,112,113,123,125,43,115,116,121],"class_list":["post-3793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-and-heritage","category-discovery","tag-art","tag-autres-en-17","tag-autres-en-31","tag-autres-en-26","tag-autres-en-19","tag-autres-en-28","tag-autres-en-20","tag-bar","tag-children","tag-group","tag-history","tag-music","tag-nature","tag-region","tag-tour","tag-unseen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cm-site.fidelodev.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3793"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cm-site.fidelodev.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cm-site.fidelodev.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cm-site.fidelodev.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cm-site.fidelodev.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3793"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/cm-site.fidelodev.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4159,"href":"https:\/\/cm-site.fidelodev.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3793\/revisions\/4159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cm-site.fidelodev.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cm-site.fidelodev.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cm-site.fidelodev.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cm-site.fidelodev.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}