{"id":5384431,"date":"2025-05-23T15:23:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T15:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.life.com\/?p=5384431"},"modified":"2025-05-23T15:23:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T15:23:32","slug":"what-fun-looked-like-in-brussels-1945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.life.com\/destinations\/what-fun-looked-like-in-brussels-1945\/","title":{"rendered":"What Fun Looked Like in Brussels, 1945."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The magic of photography is that it takes people to places they could never go on their own\u2014whether it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/history\/the-war-after-d-day-deeper-into-hell-2\/\">the front lines of battle<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/people\/marilyn-monroe-at-home-in-hollywood-color-portraits-1953\/\">the home of Marilyn Monroe<\/a>. The power of the photograph to transport its viewers is what made LIFE magazine so popular in its early heyday, when photography was the principal means for gaining a window to the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes LIFE&#8217;s photographers took its readers to a places they would never have thought to go\u2014for example, a nightclub in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/City_of_Brussels\">Brussels<\/a> during the waning days of World War II, and months after German occupation of Belgium had ended. Here&#8217;s how the magazine set the scene in <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=L1MEAAAAMBAJ&amp;pg=PA12&amp;source=gbs_toc_r&amp;cad=2#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">a story that ran in its issue of March 26, 1945<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>By New York and Paris standards, most nightclubs in Brussels are drab and dingy. There is little glamor and no fancy decor. After 10 o&#8217;clock the only light is from oil lamps, and by midnight, when civilians must be home, the nightspots are empty. Still, they do a good business because liberated Belgians are in a mood to celebrate and so are the weary soldiers\u2014British, Canadians and Poles\u2014who go there on leave. There are champagne, friendly girls and musicians trying to earnestly play American swing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The description of the club makes it sound like it could be the setting for a seedy film noir, or possibly even a romantic comedy. And on the particular night that LIFE photographer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.life.com\/photographer\/george-silk\/\">George Silk<\/a> visited a cellar bistro called La Parisiana, which was said to have the best floor show in Brussels, the entertainment included snakes. A pair of &#8220;old-time circus performers&#8221; named Hamid and Aicha danced for customers with pythons draped around them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During World War II <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belgium_in_World_War_II\">Belgium was occupied by Germany<\/a> from May 1940 until late 1944 and early 1945, when the Allied Forces liberated Belgium in stage. At the time of this snake show, the country had just been through years of hell.  In short, the clientele of La Parisiana was truly in need of some entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_682e21d25df62\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384433 desc=\"\" caption=\"George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"A dancer named Aicha, with two pythons wrapped around her, entertained patrons at the La Parisiana nightclub in Brussels, 1945.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/21185634\/00632756-1024x907.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">A dancer named Aicha, with two pythons wrapped around her, entertained patrons at the La Parisiana nightclub in Brussels, 1945.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_682e22c95df63\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384435 desc=\"\" caption=\"George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Former circus performers Hamid and Aicha, pythons draped around them, entertained patrons at the La Parisiana nightclub in Brussels, 1945.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/21185644\/00632758-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Former circus performers Hamid and Aicha, pythons draped around them, entertained patrons at the La Parisiana nightclub in Brussels, 1945.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_682e22d65df64\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384442 desc=\"\" caption=\"George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"A dancer named Aicha, with two pythons wrapped around her, entertained patrons at the La Parisianna nightclub in Brussels, 1945.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/21185712\/115945610-1012x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">A dancer named Aicha, with two pythons wrapped around her, entertained patrons at the La Parisianna nightclub in Brussels, 1945.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_683077b2194f8\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384460 desc=\"\" caption=\"George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"The floor show at the La Parisiana nightclub in Brussels, 1945.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/23132725\/115945578-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">The floor show at the La Parisiana nightclub in Brussels, 1945.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_68308a32f3e7a\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384439 desc=\"\" caption=\"George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"The floor show at the La Parisiana nightclub in Brussels, 1945, months after Belgium had been liberated from German occupation.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/21185657\/115945574-1004x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">The floor show at the La Parisiana nightclub in Brussels, 1945, months after Belgium had been liberated from German occupation.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_682e23015df66\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384441 desc=\"\" caption=\"George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Patrons at the La Parisiana nightclub in Brussels, 1945.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/21185708\/115945609-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Patrons at the La Parisiana nightclub in Brussels, 1945.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_682e23165df67\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384437 desc=\"\" caption=\"George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"An American flier enjoyed a night at the Brussels nightclub La Parisiana, 1945.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/21185650\/00632760-840x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">An American flier enjoyed a night at the Brussels nightclub La Parisiana, 1945.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_682e233c5df69\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384434 desc=\"\" caption=\"George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Hamid held a python aloft while Aicha, in the background, sat before crosses as part of the floor show at the Brussels nightclub La Parisiana, 1945.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/21185639\/00632757-1024x831.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Hamid held a python aloft while Aicha, in the background, sat before crosses as part of the floor show at the Brussels nightclub La Parisiana, 1945.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_682e239b5df6d\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=5384432 desc=\"\" caption=\"George Silk\/Life Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"A dancer named Aicha, with two pythons 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