After the November 2015 Paris attacks, several people from the Brussels neighbourhood of Molenbeek were arrested in connection to it, following a four-day lockdown across the capital. The lockdown cost the city €350 million, while tourist numbers in December 2015 fell 20% on the previous December.[1] The Call Brussels website said "At the moment, many tourists still hesitate about coming to visit our magnificent capital. The Level 4 alert and lockdown are still fresh in their memory. Which is a pity because for those who live in Brussels, everything is normal in the city..."[2]
Via an Internet connection,[1] members of the public could ring one of three public phones, at the Mont des Arts/Kunstberg, the Place Eugène Flagey/Eugène Flageyplein and in Molenbeek.[2] Calls were answered from 7 to 11 January 2016.[3] After the calls ended, a video was compiled of them by Visit Brussels, including one in which a Belgian man says "Well actually it's the media that's made a whole fuss about it, but nothing is happening." The video was pulled after the 22 March Brussels attacks.[4]
