Tourism in the Ugliest Place on Earth | European Journal

Artist Nicolas Buissart says Charleroi is the ugliest place on earth. But that doesn't stop him showing tourists round it.Once the industrial heart of Belgium's French-speaking Wallonia region and still home to 200 thousand people, Charleroi is now an industrial wasteland with high unemployment. Buissart organizes tours of Charleroi that offer tourists an insight into his decaying home town.