You've Got Mail: Quirky Belgian Letterboxes: Bijzondere Belgische brievenbussen/Quirky Belgian Letterboxes

As a Dutchman living in Belgium, Peter Schouten has an outsider's
view on the country that he loves and is fascinated by. As a
photographer, he finds Belgium a rewarding subject: its infrastructure,
its cities, the diversity of its architecture, ... In Belgium,
it sometimes seems as if everyone just does as he pleases, unbothered
by rules or regulations.
Peter wanted to find a way to capture the uniqueness of his
surroundings, and found the answer one night while looking
through his photographs of an original house from the sixties.
It wasn't the house itself that grabbed his attention, but the
strange letterbox in front of it: it had the shape of a big eagle
sitting on a little concrete house, painted in bright colours. Ever
since, Peter has been photographing the weirdest, most puzzling
letterboxes all over Belgium. In six years' time he has built a collection
of over 300 photos of the most exceptional examples.
Looking at those photos, you'll agree with the photographer that
the Belgian letterboxes form a unique little piece of the country's
cultural heritage.