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Royal Castle of Laken Avenue du Parc Royal Bruxelles - Landmark/Attraction. Drive, bike, walk, public transport directions on map to Royal Castle of Laken - HERE WeGo. Laeken (French: ) or Laken (Dutch: ˈlaːkə(n) ) is a residential suburb in north-west Brussels in Belgium. It belongs to the municipality of the City of Brussels and is mostly identified by the Belgian postal code: 1020. Prior to 1921 it was a separate municipality.

• Nu wij tot slot Laeken naderen, komt allereerst het enorme koninklijk paleis in het vizier. Finally, as we approach Laeken, first the king's mighty castle appears on the horizon.
• Nu wij tot slot Laeken naderen, komt allereerst het enorme koninklijk paleis in het vizier. Finally, as we approach Laeken, first the king's mighty castle appears on the horizon.
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castle Laken

• Type: Castle
• Description: château and official residence of the monarch of the Belgians
• Category: château
• Location: Brussels, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
• Latitude: 50.8875° or 50° 53' 14.9' north
• Longitude: 4.3591° or 4° 21' 32.7' east
• Elevation: 54 metres (177 feet)
• OpenStreetMap ID: way 23944255
• GeoNames ID: 6948636

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Also Known As

• Belarusian: Лакенскі палац
• Belarusian: Палац Лакен
• Catalan: Castell Reial de Laeken
• Catalan: Castell de Laeken
• Catalan: Palau de Laeken
• Cebuano: Schloss Laken
• Chinese: 拉肯王家城堡
• Chinese: 拉肯皇家城堡
• Czech: Laeken
• Czech: Zámek Laeken
• Danish: Laken Slot
• Dutch: Kasteel Van Laken
• Dutch: Kasteel van Laken
• Dutch: Koninklijk Kasteel van Laken
• Dutch: Koninklijk Paleis van Laken
• English: Palace of Laeken
• English: Royal Castle of Laeken
• English: Royal Palace of Laeken
• Esperanto: Reĝa Palaco de Laeken
• Estonian: Laekeni kuningaloss
• French: Chateau de Laeken
• French: Château de Laeken
• French: Château de Schoonenberg
• French: Domaine royal de Bruxelles
• French: Palais royal de Laeken
• French: château de Laeken
• German: Schloss Laeken
• German: Schloss Laken
• Hebrew: הטירה המלכותית של לאקן
• Indonesian: Istana Laeken
• Italian: Castello di Laeken
• Italian: Castello reale di Laeken
• Japanese: ラーケン宮殿
• Korean: 라컨궁
• Portuguese: Castelo Real de Laeken
• Portuguese: Castelo Real de Laken
• Portuguese: Castelo de Laeken
• Portuguese: Castelo de Laken
• Portuguese: Castelo de Schoonenberg
• Portuguese: Kasteel van Schoonenberg
• Portuguese: Palácio Real de Laeken
• Portuguese: Palácio Real de Laken
• Portuguese: Palácio de Laeken
• Portuguese: Palácio de Laken
• Russian: Дворец Лакен
• Russian: Лакен
• Russian: Лакенский дворец
• Slovenian: Kraljevi grad Laeken
• Spanish: Castillo Real de Laeken
• Swedish: Schloss Laken
• Thai: พระราชวังลาเกิน
• Ukrainian: Лакенський палац
• Château de Laeken - Kasteel Van Laken

In the Area

Localities

• Heysel - HeizelNeighborhood, 1¼ km west
• MutsaardVillage, 1½ km north
• Esseghem - EssegemNeighborhood, 2 km southwest

Landmarks

• Château du StuyvenbergCastle, 760 metres west
• Notre-Dame de LaekenChurch, 1 km south
• AtomiumBike rental, 1½ km northwest
• Mini Europe Eiffel TowerMonument, 1½ km northwest

Other Places

• Serres Royales - Koninklijke SerresBus stop, 230 metres northwest
• Serres Royales - Koninklijke SerresBus stop, 250 metres northwest
• Schola EuropeaBus stop, 460 metres southwest
• Schola EuropeaBus stop, 470 metres southwest

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Laeken (French: [lakɛn]) or Laken (Dutch: [ˈlaːkə(n)](listen)) is a residential suburb in north-west Brussels in Belgium. It belongs to the municipality of the City of Brussels and is mostly identified by the Belgian postal code : 1020. Prior to 1921 it was a separate municipality.

Buildings and key features[edit]

Royal Castle[edit]

The Royal Castle of Laeken, official home of the Belgian Royal Family, is situated here. The castle was built in 1782–1784 by Charles de Wailly. It was partly destroyed by fire in 1890 and rebuilt and extended by Alphonse Balat. French architect Charles Girault gave it its present outline in 1902. It has been the royal residence since the accession to the throne of King Leopold I in 1831. The former King Albert II and Queen Paola live in the Belvédère in the grounds of this castle, while King Philippe and Queen Mathilde live in the main castle.^[1]

Royal Greenhouses[edit]

The royal domain also contains the magnificent Royal Greenhouses of Laeken, a set of dome-shaped constructions, accessible to the public only a few days a year. They were designed by Alphonse Balat, with the cooperation of the young Victor Horta.

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Chinese Pavilion and Japanese Tower[edit]

A little north of the royal palace stand the contrasting Chinese Pavilion and the Japanese Tower. The Chinese Pavilion was commissioned by King Leopold II. The halls are designed in Louis XIV-style and Louis-XVI-style and decorated with Chinese motifs, chinaware and silverware. The Japanese Tower is a pagoda, inspired by a construction Leopold saw at the Paris Exposition of 1900. King Leopold II asked its architect Alexandre Marcel to build him a similar one in Laeken.

Church of Our Lady[edit]

A little south of the royal palace, one can find the neogothicChurch of Our Lady, initially built as a mausoleum for queen Louise-Marie, wife of Leopold I, whose children included Leopold II of Belgium and Empress Carlota of Mexico. The architect was Joseph Poelaert, designer of the famed Brussels Palace of Justice. The church contains the royal crypt, where the members of the Belgian Royal Family are buried.^{[citation needed]} In February each year, a memorial mass for deceased members of the royal family is held at the church. In the nave of the church, the tomb of Cardinal Joseph Cardijn can be found.

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Laeken Cemetery[edit]

The cemetery behind the church is known as the 'Belgian Père Lachaise' because it used to be the burial place of the rich and the famous. It harbours the graves of, among others, Fernand Khnopff and Maria Malibran and also features an original cast of The Thinker (Le Penseur), by Auguste Rodin.

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Other places of interest[edit]

Other places of interest in Laeken are the Atomium, the former multimodal transit hub Tour & Taxis, Brupark, the King Baudouin Stadium and the Heysel exhibition park.

Coordinates: 50°52′N4°21′E / 50.867°N 4.350°E

Notable inhabitants[edit]

• Paul Ooghe (1899–2001), war veteran
• Stromae, a Belgian singer^[2]

References[edit]

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1. ^'Opulent homes of Europe's royal families'. Daily Telegraph.
2. ^lesoir.be. 'Archives - lesoir.be'. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2020-02-22.

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