Astrid Park
Astrid Park | |
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Type | Public park |
Location | Anderlecht, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
Coordinates | 50°49′59″N 4°17′53″E / 50.83306°N 4.29806°E |
Area | 9.44 ha (23.3 acres) |
Created | 13 August 1911 |
Public transit access | 5 Saint-Guidon/Sint-Guido and Veeweyde/Veeweide |
Astrid Park (French: Parc Astrid; Dutch: Astridpark) is an urban public park in the municipality of Anderlecht in Brussels, Belgium. The park was inaugurated on 13 August 1911 and was named the Parc du Meir/Meirpark ("Meir Park") until 1935, when the mayor of Anderlecht decided to change its name in memory of Queen Astrid, the first wife of King Leopold III, who died in a car crash that year.
Since 1917, football club R.S.C. Anderlecht plays its home matches in the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium (currently known as Lotto Park for sponsorship reasons[1]), located within the park. Hence, the stadium is sometimes metonymically referred to as Parc Astrid.
This park is served by the metro stations Saint-Guidon/Sint-Guido and Veeweyde/Veeweide on line 5.
- View towards the pond
- Upper part
- Water feature
- Jules Ruhl statue
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ "Le stade Constant Vanden Stock officiellement rebaptisé 'Lotto Park'". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 12 January 2023.
Bibliography
[edit]- Demey, Thierry (2010). Bruxelles en vert. Le guide des jardins publics (in French). Brussels: Badeaux. ISBN 978-2-930609-00-3.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Astrid Park, Anderlecht at Wikimedia Commons
- Anderlecht page on Parc Astrid (in French)
- Same, in Dutch (in Dutch)