Astrid Park

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.

Astrid Park
Parc Astrid (French) Astridpark (Dutch)
Astrid Park's pond, facing north
Type	Public park
Location	Anderlecht, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates	50°49′59″N 4°17′53″E / 50.83306°N 4.29806°E / 50.83306; 4.29806
Area	9.44 ha (23.3 acres)
Created	13 August 1911
Public transit access	Saint Guidon/Sint Guido

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), 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 of the Brussels Metro.

• View towards the pond

• Upper part

• Water feature

• Jules Ruhl statue

See also

•  Belgium portal

• List of parks and gardens in Brussels
• History of Brussels
• Belgium in "the long nineteenth century"

References

• (in French)
• (in Dutch)

External links

•   Media related to Astrid Park, Anderlecht at Wikimedia Commons