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Ganshoren (French: [ɡansɔʁən, -ʁɛn], Dutch: [ˈɣɑnsˌɦoːrə(n)]) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the north-western part of the region, it is bordered by Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Jette, and Koekelberg, as well as the Flemish municipality of Asse. In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally bilingual (French–Dutch). , the municipality had a population of 25,252 inhabitants. The total area is , which gives a population density of . In…

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Atomium
Atomium
Overheembeek
The Atomium (English: /əˈtməm/ , French: [atɔmjɔm], Dutch: [aːˈtoːmijəm]) is a landmark modernist building in Brussels, Belgium, originally constructed as the centrepiece of the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (Expo '58). Designed by the engineer André Waterkeyn and the architects as a tribute to scientific progress, as well as to symbolise Belgian engineering skills at the time, it is located on the Heysel/Heizel Plateau in Laeken (northern part of the City of Brussels), where the exhibition took p…
wikipedia/Atomium
Park metro station
Park metro station
Brussels
Parc (French) or Park (Dutch) is a Brussels Metro station located beneath Brussels Park in central Brussels, Belgium. It has one entrance, at the intersection of the Rue Royale/Koningsstraat and the Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, two of the main roads of the City of Brussels. The station opened on 17 December 1969, as a premetro (underground tram) station on the tram line between De Brouckère and Schuman, and became a heavy metro station on 20 September 1976, serving former lines 1A and 1B. Following …
wikipedia/Parc_metro_station_(Brussels)
Mini-Europe
Mini-Europe
Heisel
Mini-Europe is a miniature park located in the Bruparck entertainment park, at the foot of the Atomium, in Brussels, Belgium. Mini-Europe has reproductions of monuments in the European Union and other countries within the continent of Europe on display, at a scale of 1:25. Roughly 80 cities and 350 buildings are represented. Mini-Europe receives 350,000 visitors per year and has a turnover of €4 million. The park contains live action models such as trains, mills, an erupting Mount Vesuvius, and …
wikipedia/Mini-Europe
National Botanic Garden of Belgium
National Botanic Garden …
Meise
The Meise Botanic Garden (Dutch: Plantentuin Meise, French: Jardin botanique de Meise), until 2014 called the National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Dutch: Nationale Plantentuin van België, French: Jardin Botanique National de Belgique), is a botanical garden located in the grounds of Bouchout Castle in Meise, Flemish Brabant, just north of Brussels. It is one of the world's largest botanical gardens, with an extensive collection of living plants and a herbarium of about 4 million specimens. The cu…
wikipedia/Meise_Botanic_Garden
Cantillon Brewery
Cantillon Brewery
Brussels
Brasserie-Brouwerij Cantillon ("Brewery Cantillon") is a small Belgian traditional family brewery based in Anderlecht, Brussels. Cantillon was founded in 1900 and brews exclusively lambic beers. Overview The brewery was founded in 1900 by Paul Cantillon, whose father was a brewer as well, and his wife, Marie Troch. , the owner is Jean-Pierre van Roy, fourth-generation brewer at Cantillon. Since launch, the only major change has been a shift to organic ingredients in 1999. Cantillon was one of mo…
wikipedia/Cantillon_(brewery)
Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Brussels
Basilica of the Sacred H…
Vergadering
The National Basilica of the Sacred Heart (French: Basilique Nationale du Sacré-Cœur, Dutch: Nationale Basiliek van het Heilig-Hart) is a Roman Catholic Minor Basilica and parish church in Brussels, Belgium. It is dedicated to the Sacred Heart, inspired by the Basilique du Sacré-Coeur in Paris. Symbolically, King Leopold II laid the first stone in 1905 during the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of Belgian Independence. The construction was halted by the two World Wars and finished only in 1…
wikipedia/Basilica_of_the_Sacred_Heart,_Brussels
Le clocher de l'église Royale de Laken et les buildings du quartier Nord
Le clocher de l'église R…
2 mi. NE Ganshoren
The Royal Greenhouses of Laeken (French: Serres Royales de Laeken, Dutch: Koninklijke Serres van Laken) are a vast complex of monumental heated greenhouses in the park of the Royal Palace of Laeken (northern part of the City of Brussels), Belgium. The historic complex contains tropical, subtropical and cold greenhouses. The greenhouses were designed and built by Alphonse Balat on behalf of King Leopold II. They are now part of the Royal Domain and the royal private gardens belonging to the Belgi…
wikipedia/Royal_Greenhouses_of_Laeken
Brussels Town Hall
Brussels Town Hall
Brussels
The Town Hall (French: Hôtel de Ville, Dutch: Stadhuis) of the City of Brussels is a landmark building and the seat of the City of Brussels municipality of Brussels, Belgium. It is located on the south side of the famous Grand-Place/Grote Markt (Brussels' main square), opposite the neo-Gothic King's House or Bread House building, housing the Brussels City Museum. Erected between 1401 and 1455, the Town Hall is the only remaining medieval building of the Grand-Place and is considered a masterpiec…
wikipedia/Brussels_Town_Hall
Finance Tower
Finance Tower
Brussels
The Finance Tower (French: Tour des Finances, Dutch: Financietoren) is a skyscraper in the Northern Quarter central business district of Brussels, Belgium. It was designed by the architects Hugo Van Kuyck, Marcel Lambrichs and Léon Stynen and built between 1968 and 1982. The height of the building is , and it has 36 floors. It is the second tallest building in Belgium after the South Tower, and has the most office space of any building in Belgium. The Finance Tower is situated to the crossroads …
wikipedia/Finance_Tower
Saint-Catherine/Sint-Katelijne metro station
Saint-Catherine/Sint-Kat…
Brussels
Sainte-Catherine (French) or Sint-Katelijne (Dutch) is a Brussels Metro station. It is located at the /, between the / and the /, in the municipality of the City of Brussels, Belgium. It is also situated near Saint Catherine's Church, which gives the station its name. The station was inaugurated on 13 April 1977, when Brussels' first metro line (line 1) was converted from premetro (underground tram) to heavy metro. Following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served …
wikipedia/Sainte-Catherine/Sint-Katelijne_metro_station
Bouchout Castle
Bouchout Castle
Meise
Bouchout Castle (Dutch: Kasteel van Bouchout, Dutch: [kɑˈsteːl fɑm ˈbuxʌut]; French: Château de Bouchout, French: [ʃɑto də bukaut]) is a castle in Meise, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. In the 12th century, this territory of the young Duchy of Brabant was strategically positioned between the County of Flanders and the Berthout family, lords of Grimbergen. Most likely, the first fortification was built by Wouter van Craaynem at the end of the Grimbergen Wars (1150–1170). Bouchout Castle is situated at …
wikipedia/Bouchout_Castle
Cauchie house
Cauchie house
Etterbeek
The Cauchie House (French: Maison Cauchie, Dutch: Cauchiehuis) is a town house in Brussels, Belgium. It was built in 1905 by Art Nouveau architect, painter, and designer Paul Cauchie, in Etterbeek, next to the Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark. Its facade is remarkable for its allegorical sgraffiti. Background Paul Cauchie was sixteen when he began his architectural studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp (in the classes of Joseph Schadde and Léonard Blomme). Very soon afterwards, he…
wikipedia/Cauchie_House
Broussaille (Rue du Marché au Charbon)
Broussaille (Rue du Marc…
2 mi. SE Ganshoren
; Dutch: [ˌmɑnəkə(m) ˈpɪs]) is a landmark bronze fountain sculpture in central Brussels, Belgium, depicting a puer mingens; a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin. Though its existence is attested as early as the mid-15th century, it was designed in its current form by the Brabantine sculptor and put in place in 1618 or 1619. Its stone niche in rocaille style dates from 1770. Manneken Pis has been repeatedly stolen or damaged throughout its history. The current statue is a repl…
wikipedia/Manneken_Pis
071 - Rue du Marché au Charbon - Broussaille (Frank Pé)
071 - Rue du Marché au C…
2 mi. SE Ganshoren
The Ancienne Belgique (French for "Old Belgium") is a concert hall for contemporary music in Brussels, Belgium. Located in the historic heart of Brussels, it is one of the leading concert venues in Belgium, hosting a wide variety of international and local acts. The venue The venue consists of three concert halls: the "Main Hall", the "ABBox", and the "ABClub". The Main Hall is, logically, the Ancienne Belgique's main hall, and has a capacity of 2,000 people. It is said to be one of the best con…
wikipedia/Ancienne_Belgique
Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History
Royal Museum of the Arme…
Etterbeek
The Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History (French: Musée Royal de l'Armée et d'Histoire Militaire, often abbreviated to MRA, Dutch: Koninklijk Museum van het Leger en de Krijgsgeschiedenis, KLM) is a military museum that occupies the two northernmost halls of the historic complex in the Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark in Brussels, Belgium. The park is set on the continuation of the Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, which starts at the end of Brussels Park before the Royal Palace. Histor…
wikipedia/Royal_Museum_of_the_Armed_Forces_and_Military_History
AutoWorld
AutoWorld
Etterbeek
Autoworld is a museum of vintage cars in Brussels, Belgium. It is located in the South Hall of the Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark, and displays a large and varied collection of over 250 European and American automobiles from the late 19th century to the 1990s. It is notable for its collections of early and Belgian-produced vehicles, including Minervas and several limousines belonging to the Belgian Royal Family. History The core of the museum was formed by the collections of two collectors: Ch…
wikipedia/Autoworld_(museum)
Rue de la Loi
Rue de la Loi
Brussels
The (French: [ʁy d(ə) la lwa]) or (Dutch), meaning "Law Street", is a major street running through central and eastern Brussels, Belgium, which is famous due to the presence of several notable Belgian and European Union (EU) governmental buildings. The road runs from the Rue Royale/Koningsstraat, in central Brussels, to the Robert Schuman Roundabout in its European Quarter. It forms the first (westerly) part of the N3 road that runs to Aachen, Germany. The terms in French or in Dutch are use…
wikipedia/Rue_de_la_Loi
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Royal Museums of Fine Ar…
Brussels
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (French: Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Dutch: Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België) are a group of art museums in Brussels, Belgium. They include six museums: the Oldmasters Museum, the Magritte Museum, the Fin-de-Siècle Museum, the Modern Museum, the Antoine Wiertz Museum and the Constantin Meunier Museum. The Royal Museums contains over 20,000 drawings, sculptures, and paintings, covering a period extending from the early 15th c…
wikipedia/Royal_Museums_of_Fine_Arts_of_Belgium
Avenue de Tervueren
Avenue de Tervueren
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
The (French: [avny də tɛʁvyʁən]) or (Dutch: [tɛrˈvyːrə(n)ˌlaːn]) is a major thoroughfare in Brussels, Belgium. It was originally commissioned by King Leopold II as part of his building campaign, and was finished in 1897, in time for the Brussels International Exhibition of that year. Geographically, the Avenue de Tervueren forms a continuation of the Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, which ends at the western end of the Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark, running from Merode station in the west, connect…
wikipedia/Avenue_de_Tervueren
Église Notre-Dame de Laeken
Église Notre-Dame de Lae…
2 mi. NE Ganshoren
The Palace of Laeken or Castle of Laeken (French: Château de Laeken, Dutch: Kasteel van Laken, German: Schloss zu Laeken) is the official residence of the King of the Belgians and the Belgian Royal Family. It lies in the Brussels-Capital Region, north of the city centre, in Laeken (part of the City of Brussels), and sits in a large private park called the Royal Domain of Laeken. The palace was built between 1782 and 1784 for the Governors of the Habsburg Netherlands, and was originally named…
wikipedia/Palace_of_Laeken
Flemish Parliament
Flemish Parliament
Brussels
The Flemish Parliament (Dutch: Vlaams Parlement, formerly called Flemish Council or Vlaamse Raad) constitutes the legislative power in Flanders for matters which fall within the competence of Flanders, both as a geographic region and as a cultural community of Belgium (unlike the French Community and Wallonia, which each have separate legislatures: the Parliament of the French Community and the Parliament of Wallonia). The Flemish Parliament approves decrees, which are Flemish laws, applicable t…
wikipedia/Flemish_Parliament
La Monnaie
La Monnaie
Brussels
The Royal Theatre of La Monnaie (French: Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, French: [te.atʁ ʁwa.jal də la mɔ.nɛ]; Dutch: Koninklijke Muntschouwburg; both translating as the "Royal Theatre of the Mint") is an opera house in central Brussels, Belgium. The National Opera of Belgium, a federal institution, takes the name of this theatre in which it is housed—La Monnaie in French or De Munt in Dutch—referring both to the building as well as the opera company. As Belgium's leading opera house, it is one of …
wikipedia/La_Monnaie
Musical Instrument Museum
Musical Instrument Museum
Brussels
The Musical Instruments Museum (MIM) (French: Musée des instruments de musique, Dutch: Muziekinstrumentenmuseum) is a music museum in central Brussels, Belgium. It is part of the Royal Museums of Art and History (RMAH) and is internationally renowned for its collection of over 8,000 instruments. Since 2000, the museum has been located in the former Old England department store, built in 1899 by Paul Saintenoy out of girded steel and glass in Art Nouveau style, as well as the adjoining 18th-centu…
wikipedia/Musical_Instrument_Museum,_Brussels
Montgomery metro station
Montgomery metro station
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Montgomery is an underground station on the Brussels Metro, the first station on the eastern branch of line 1 (formerly line 1B), in the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. The station also serves a number of tram lines and buses: Brussels tram routes 7 and 25 pass through, and 39 and 44 terminate there, while tram route 81 and a number of buses stop at surface level. History The metro station opened on 30 January 1975 and is named after the roundabout above (Square Maréchal Montgomery/Maarschalk …
wikipedia/Montgomery_metro_station
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