Sint-Pieters-Leeuw Tower
The Sint-Pieters-Leeuw Tower, sometimes called the VRT Tower, although there are several by that name, is a 302-metre-tall free standing tower at Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, on the outskirts of Brussels, Belgium, built between 1991 and 1994.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Donarreiskoffer, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Tower
- Description: tower in Belgium
- Also known as: “Sint-Pieters-Leeuw TV Tower” and “VRT-toren”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sint-Pieterskerk and Heilig Hartkerk (Breedhout).
Sint-Pieterskerk
Church
Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sint-Pieterskerk is a church, which is situated 2 km northeast of Sint-Pieters-Leeuw Tower.
Heilig Hartkerk (Breedhout)
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Breedhout and Oudenaken.
Buizingen
Village
Buizingen is a village in the municipality of Halle, Belgium. It is around 15 km southwest of the centre of Brussels. On 15 February 2010, 19 people died and 171 were injured in a train collision in Buizingen. Buizingen is situated 3½ km southeast of Sint-Pieters-Leeuw Tower.
Sint-Pieters-Leeuw Tower
- Categories: transmitter mast and building
- Location: Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Arrondissement Halle-Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.76781° or 50° 46′ 4″ northLongitude
4.22424° or 4° 13′ 27″ eastElevation
50 metres (164 feet)Inception
1996Height
300 metres (984 feet)Operator
NorkringOpen location code
9F26Q69F+4MOpenStreetMap ID
way 251630322OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tower
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Portuguese—“Sint-Pieters-Leeuw Tower” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “সিন্ট-পিটার্স-লিউ টাওয়ার”
- Chinese: “圣彼得斯-莱乌塔”
- Chinese: “聖彼得斯-萊烏塔”
- Dutch: “VRT-toren van Sint-Pieters-Leeuw”
- Dutch: “Zendmast Sint-Pieters-Leeuw”
- Dutch: “Zendstation Sint-Pieters-Leeuw”
- French: “Tour de Leeuw-Saint-Pierre”
- German: “Fernsehturm Leeuw-Saint-Pierre”
- German: “Fernsehturm Sint-Pieters-Leeuw”
- German: “Sendeturm Sint-Pieters-Leeuw”
- Persian: “برج سن-پیوته-لئو”
- Portuguese: “BRTN Toren”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mekingen and Brukom.
Nearby Places
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