Brussels residents obliged the orders, but gave the world a taste of their larrikin nature and instead flooded the #BrusselsLockdown hashtag with cats.
“I got this” #BrusselsLockdown pic.twitter.com/l97iQz47Pb
— Lore De Witte (@loredewitte) November 22, 2015
Now, it is in no way near the worst outcome of the terror attacks (that should go without saying), but the violence in Brussels has done a number of their tourism industry, with loads of hotels reporting cancellations.
“The way Brussels and its inhabitants handled the crisis was exemplary and generated worldwide sympathy,” Visit Flanders wrote. “We wanted to show our support to the capital of Belgium. That’s why we let the cat out of the bag during the #BrusselsLockdown.”
And please enjoy this skateboarding cat:
via Visit Flanders.