Astrid Park
| Astrid Park | |
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 Astrid Park's pond, facing north | |
 Interactive map of Astrid Park | |
| 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 |
| Status | Open year-round |
Public transit |  5 Saint-Guidon/Sint-Guido and Veeweyde/Veeweide
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Astrid Park (French: Parc Astrid, pronounced [paʁk astʁid]; Dutch: Astridpark, pronounced [ˈɑstrɪtˌpɑr(ə)k]) is an urban public park in the municipality of Anderlecht in Brussels, Belgium. It is named in honour of Queen Astrid, the fourth Queen of the Belgians and wife of King Leopold III. It is home to the historic football club RSC Anderlecht, with the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium being located in the park's north-western corner.
The park is surrounded by the Avenue du Roi-Soldat/Koning-Soldaatlaan, the Avenue Eugène Ysaÿe/Eugène Ysayelaan, the Avenue Théo Verbeeck/Théo Verbeecklaan and the Avenue Victor et Jules Bertaux/Victor en Jules Bertauxlaan. It is served by the metro stations Saint-Guidon/Sint-Guido and Veeweyde/Veeweide on line 5.
History
[edit]The park was inaugurated on 13 August 1911 and was designed in its current form by the landscape architect Jules Buyssens in 1926. It 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 fourth Queen of the Belgians and first wife of King Leopold III, who died in a car crash that year.[1][2]
Since 1917, the football club RSC Anderlecht has played its home matches in the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium (formerly called the Émile Versé Stadium and also known as the Lotto Park for sponsorship reasons[3]), located within the park.[4] Therefore, the stadium is sometimes metonymically referred to as Parc Astrid.[5][6]
Gallery
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View towards the pond
Upper part
Water feature
Jules Ruhl statue
See also
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References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ↑ "Astrid Park". www.visit.brussels. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ↑ "Parc Astrid | Brussels Gardens". gardens.brussels (in French). Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ↑ "Le stade Constant Vanden Stock officiellement rebaptisé 'Lotto Park'". RTBF (in French). 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ↑ "Parc Astrid et stade Constant Vanden Stock (Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht) | Anderlecht". www.anderlecht.be. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
- ↑ "La Supercup le 22 juillet au Parc Astrid". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 17 May 2026.
- ↑ Miller, Vincent (30 September 2025). "Huit ans plus tard, l'Union ramène la Ligue des champions au parc Astrid". Le Soir (in French). Retrieved 17 May 2026.
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
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Media related to Astrid Park, Anderlecht at Wikimedia Commons- Anderlecht page on Astrid Park (in French)
- Same, in Dutch (in Dutch)
