Kraainem
Kraainem is a municipality on the outskirts of the Brussels Capital Region, administratively belonging to Flemish Brabant. It began as a rural village, but the expansion of Brussels has led to a fast-paced urbanization of Kraainem throughout the 20th century, and the municipality has become a popular residence for Eurocrats and expats alike.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Brussels Airport and Hof ter Musschen.
Brussels Airport
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Brussels Airport is the main international airport of Belgium. It is located in the municipality of Zaventem in Flemish Brabant, 12 kilometres northeast of Brussels.
Hof ter Musschen
Convention center
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Hof ter Musschen is a convention center.
UCLouvain Brussels Woluwe
University
UCLouvain Bruxelles Woluwe, also known as Louvain-en-Woluwe or Alma, is a campus of the University of Louvain in Brussels, Belgium. The campus, built in the 1970s following the Leuven crisis, houses the Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry, Pharmacy and…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zaventem and North-East.
Zaventem
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Zaventem is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is located in the Dijleland area, one of the three large recreational areas which together form the Groene Gordel around the Brussels-Capital Region.
North-East
The North-East of Brussels is a residential and commercial district of Belgium's capital, bordering Schaarbeek to the south-west and Woluwe to the south.Kraainem
- Type: Locality with 13,700 residents
- Also known as: “23099”, “Crainhem”, and “克拉伊內姆”
- Location: Arrondissement Halle-Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.862° or 50° 51′ 43″ northLongitude
4.4718° or 4° 28′ 18″ eastPopulation
13,700Elevation
49 metres (161 feet)Open location code
9F26VF6C+QPGeoNames ID
2794017
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Zeeuws—“Kraainem” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kraainem”
- Breton: “Kraainem”
- Bulgarian: “Крайнем”
- Catalan: “Kraainem”
- Cebuano: “Kraainem”
- Chinese: “克拉伊内姆”
- Dutch: “Kraainem”
- Esperanto: “Kraainem”
- French: “Kraainem”
- German: “Kraainem”
- Hungarian: “Kraainem”
- Irish: “Kraainem”
- Italian: “Kraainem”
- Lithuanian: “Krainemas”
- Luxembourgish: “Kraainem”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kraainem”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Kraainem”
- Persian: “کرنم”
- Polish: “Kraainem”
- Portuguese: “Kraainem”
- Romanian: “Kraainem”
- Russian: “Крайнем”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kraainem”
- Slovak: “Kraainem”
- Spanish: “Kraainem”
- Swedish: “Kraainem”
- Turkish: “Kraainem”
- Vietnamese: “Kraainem”
- Volapük: “Kraainem”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kraainem”
- Zeeuws: “Kraainem”
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