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The Laekener Park ( French. Parc de Laeken; Dutch. Park van Laken ) is a public park that is located in the Brussels district of Laeken / Laken , seven kilometers northwest of downtown Brussels. Originally it belonged to the royal parks and was opened to the public in 1867 by King Leopold II .
Laken Castle , the residence of the Belgian King, including the Royal Greenhouses, and the Château du Belvédère / Kasteel Belvédère to the northeast, adjoin the park to the southeast . To the west is the Château du Stuyvenberg / Kasteel van Stuyvenberg . The park spreads out between these, the highest elevation of which is the Kattenberg ( Dutch katte = ski jump). Between 1878 and 1880, on the initiative of King Leopold II, it was transformed into a landscape park with ponds, bridges and artificial rocks and valleys, so that it was called "Little Switzerland" and a popular destination. On the highest point of the Kattenberg, Leopold II erected a monument to his father Leopold I , the first "King of the Belgians", also known as the Monument to the Dynasty.
On the southern boundary is the Sankt-Annenquelle with chapel, which was built in 1625 by Archduchess Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain . Further south, the European School Brussels IV joins the former royal cadet school.
In the northwest close to the Heyselplateau just east next to the Atomium the Park Ossegem Parc d'Osseghem / to the 1927 to 1935 on 17 hectares of the landscape architect Jules Buyssens for the Universal Exhibition of 1935 was designed and later for the Expo 58 again was redesigned. There is also a forest stage, the Théâtre de verdure / Groentheater , which was set up in 1932 and where several music festivals take place in summer. The first festival was the Brosella jazz and folk festival, which was first organized by Henri Vandenberghe in 1977 and has since taken place annually in July.
The 2004 World Cross Country Championships were held in Parc de Laeken / Park van Laken.
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- ↑ Danny Vileyn: "Nog atijd zonder ooordopjes" Bruzz 1532 of August 4, 2016, pages 6-7
Coordinates: 50 ° 53 '33 " N , 4 ° 20' 55" E