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Laken

Laeken or Laken is a residential suburb in the north-western part of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. It belongs to the municipality of the and is mostly identified by the Belgian postal code: 1020.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: part of the City of Brussels, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Laeken”
  • Postal code: 1020

Places of Interest

Highlights include Florist Stuyvenberg Gardens and castle Laken.

Park
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is a park.

Castle
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The Palace of Laeken or Castle of Laeken is the official residence of the King and Queen of the Belgians and the Belgian royal family. It lies in the Brussels-Capital Region, 5 km north of the , in Laeken, and sits in a large private park called the Royal Domain of Laeken.

Park
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bruparck and Heysel.

Locality
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is a locality.

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The is northern most district, and its most leisure centered district. The Atomium is its most famous attraction, but the district has a lot more opportunities for activities and interesting sights to offer.

Town
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is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the north-western part of the region, it is bordered by the , , , and , as well as the municipalities of and .

Laken

Latitude
50.88339° or 50° 53′ 0″ north
Longitude
4.34871° or 4° 20′ 55″ east
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
Open location code
9F26V8MX+9F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 17428149
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2793656
Wiki­data ID
Q730506
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Laken” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لاكن”
  • Armenian: “Լակեն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Laken”
  • Belarusian: “Лакен”
  • Belarusian: “Лякен”
  • Breton: “Laeken”
  • Breton: “Laken”
  • Bulgarian: “Лакен”
  • Catalan: “Laeken”
  • Catalan: “Laken”
  • Chinese: “拉肯”
  • Czech: “Laeken”
  • Czech: “Laken”
  • Danish: “Laeken”
  • Danish: “Laken”
  • Dutch: “Brussel (Laken)”
  • Dutch: “Laeken”
  • Dutch: “Laken”
  • Esperanto: “Laeken”
  • Esperanto: “Laken”
  • Estonian: “Laeken”
  • Finnish: “Laeken”
  • French: “1020 Bruxelles”
  • French: “Bruxelles (Laeken)”
  • French: “Laeken”
  • French: “Laken”
  • Galician: “Laeken”
  • Georgian: “ლაკენი”
  • German: “Laeken”
  • German: “Laeken/Laken”
  • German: “Laken - Laeken”
  • German: “Laken”
  • German: “Résidence Royale”
  • Greek: “Λάκεν”
  • Haitian: “Laeken”
  • Hebrew: “לאקן”
  • Hungarian: “Laeken”
  • Indonesian: “Laeken”
  • Irish: “Laeken - Laken”
  • Italian: “Laeken”
  • Japanese: “ラーケン”
  • Latin: “Laca”
  • Latin: “Lacum”
  • Latin: “Laeken”
  • Latin: “Résidence Royale”
  • Luxembourgish: “Laeken”
  • Luxembourgish: “Laken”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Laeken”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Laken”
  • Norwegian: “Laken”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Laeken”
  • Persian: “لاکن”
  • Picard: “Laeken”
  • Polish: “Laeken”
  • Portuguese: “Laeken”
  • Portuguese: “Laken”
  • Romanian: “Laeken”
  • Russian: “Лакен”
  • Slovak: “Laeken”
  • Slovenian: “Laeken”
  • Spanish: “Laaken”
  • Spanish: “Laâken”
  • Spanish: “Laeken”
  • Spanish: “Laken”
  • Swedish: “Laeken”
  • Thai: “ลาเกิน”
  • Thai: “ลาเคิน”
  • Turkish: “Laeken”
  • Ukrainian: “Лакен”
  • Vlaams: “Laeken”
  • Vlaams: “Laken”
  • Walloon: “Laeken”
  • Walloon: “Laken”
  • Walloon: “Låken”
  • Walloon: “Résidence Royale”
  • Welsh: “Laeken”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Laken”. Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.