Tour & Taxis
Tour & Taxis is a large former industrial site in Brussels, Belgium. It is situated on the embankment of the Brussels Canal in the City of Brussels, just north-west of the city centre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: former railway station, now mixed-use neighbourhood in Brussels, Belgium
- Also known as: “T&T”, “Thurn & Taxis”, “Thurn and Taxis”, “Thurn en Taxis”, “Tour et Taxis”, and “Tour et Taxis - Thurn en Taxis”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Human Rights Monument and Herman Teirlinckgebouw.
Human Rights Monument
Obelisk
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maritime Quarter and Business District.
Maritime Quarter
Neighborhood
The Maritime Quarter is a quarter of Brussels, Belgium. Located in the north of the municipality of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, with a piece extending into the City of Brussels, it lies adjacent to the Brussels Canal and forms part of the broader Canal Zone, an area that has long served as a logistical and economic artery for the city.
Business District
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Business District is a district in Brussels, Belgium.
Northern Quarter
Neighborhood
Tour & Taxis
- Categories: neighbourhood of Brussels and locality
- Location: Brussels, Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital, Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.86651° or 50° 51′ 59″ northLongitude
4.34709° or 4° 20′ 50″ eastElevation
24 metres (79 feet)Named after
House of Thurn and TaxisOpen location code
9F26V88W+JROpenStreetMap ID
node 9170351736OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
11592437Wikidata ID
Q2320851
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Satellite Map
Discover Tour & Taxis from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Slovenian—“Tour & Taxis” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “图恩和塔克西斯”
- Dutch: “T&T”
- Dutch: “Thurn & Taxis”
- Dutch: “Thurn en Taxis”
- French: “T&T”
- French: “Tour & Taxis”
- French: “Tour et Taxis”
- German: “T&T”
- German: “Thurn & Taxis”
- German: “Thurn und Taxis”
- Luxembourgish: “T&T”
- Luxembourgish: “Thurn & Taxis”
- Luxembourgish: “Thurn an Taxis”
- Luxembourgish: “Tour et Taxis”
- Slovenian: “T&T”
- Slovenian: “Thurn & Taxis”
- Slovenian: “Thurn en Taxis”
- Slovenian: “Thurn in Taxis”
- Slovenian: “Tour et Taxis”
- “T&T”
- “Thurn & Taxis”
- “Thurn en Taxis”
- “Tour & Taxis”
- “Tour et Taxis”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tivoli and Alhambra Quarter.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gare Maritime Food Market and Quai aux Poissons.
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