Grimbergen

Grimbergen is a town of 37,000 inhabitants in , , just north of . The town is known for its abbey, castles and abbey beer.
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  • Type: Town with 37,000 residents
  • Description: municipality in Flemish Brabant, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Grimberghen”
  • Postal code: 1850
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Prinsenkasteel and Kasteel d’Overschie.

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was a castle located in Grimbergen, Belgium. It was the residence of the lords of Grimbergen from the 14th Century onwards. The castle ruins are located in Prinsenbos Park.

Castle
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is a castle.

Museum
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is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vilvoorde and Heysel.

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is a city of 44,000 inhabitants in the province of in . Lying just north of , the town functions more as a suburb of the national capital, having some regional importance due to its high schools and hospitals.

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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 a municipality in the province of , in the Flemish region of . The municipality comprises the towns of proper and , and several smaller villages like Sint-Brixius-Rode, Oppem, Meusegem, Impde/Imde, Rossem, Westrode and quarters as Bouchout, Nerom and Slozen.

Grimbergen

Latitude
50.9325° or 50° 55′ 57″ north
Longitude
4.3718° or 4° 22′ 18″ east
Population
37,000
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BE GRB
Open location code
9F26W9JC+XP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 266234967
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2797114
Wiki­data ID
Q633063
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Grimbergen” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Grimbergen”
  • Armenian: “Խրիմբերխեն”
  • Basque: “Grimbergen”
  • Breton: “Grimbergen”
  • Bulgarian: “Гримберген”
  • Catalan: “Grimbergen”
  • Cebuano: “Grimbergen (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Grimbergen”
  • Chinese: “赫林貝亨”
  • Chinese: “赫林貝爾亨”
  • Chinese: “赫林贝亨”
  • Chinese: “赫林贝尔亨”
  • Danish: “Grimbergen”
  • Dutch: “Grimbergen”
  • Esperanto: “Grimbergen”
  • French: “Grimbergen”
  • German: “Beighem”
  • German: “Grimbergen”
  • Hungarian: “Grimbergen”
  • Irish: “Grimbergen”
  • Italian: “Grimbergen”
  • Japanese: “グリムベルゲン”
  • Korean: “흐림베르헌”
  • Latin: “Grimberga”
  • Lithuanian: “Grimbergenas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Grimbergen”
  • Northern Frisian: “Grimbergen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grimbergen”
  • Norwegian: “Grimbergen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Grimbergen”
  • Persian: “گریمبرژان”
  • Polish: “Grimbergen”
  • Portuguese: “Grimbergen”
  • Romanian: “Grimbergen”
  • Russian: “Гримберген”
  • Serbian: “Grimbergen”
  • Serbian: “Гримберген”
  • Slovak: “Grimbergen”
  • Spanish: “Grimbergen”
  • Swedish: “Grimbergen”
  • Turkish: “Grimbergen”
  • Ukrainian: “Грімберген”
  • Urdu: “گریم برگن”
  • Vietnamese: “Grimbergen”
  • Vlaams: “Grimbergn”
  • Volapük: “Grimbergen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Grimbergen”
  • Zeeuws: “Grimbergen”
  • “Grimbergen”

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