Tour et Taxis railway station

Tour et Taxis railway station or Thurn en Taxis railway station is a railway station in Laeken, in the north-west of the City of Brussels, Belgium, opened in 1883.

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Type: Railway stop
Description: railway station in Belgium
Also known as: “gare de Pannenhuis”, “Pannenhuis railway station”, “Station Pannenhuis”, “Thurn en Taxis railway station”, “Tour and Taxis railway station”, and “Tour et Taxis - Thurn en Taxis”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Line 28 Park and Human Rights Monument.

Line 28 Park

Park

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Line 28 Park is situated 240 metres southwest of Tour et Taxis railway station.

The Human Rights Monument is a monument in Tour & Taxis Park, in the City of Brussels, Belgium, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Human Rights Monument is situated 410 metres southeast of Tour et Taxis railway station.

Tour & Taxis Park

Park

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Tour & Taxis Park is an urban public park located in and named after the neighbourhood of Tour & Taxis in Brussels, Belgium. It was designed by Bureau Bas Smets. Tour & Taxis Park is situated 380 metres southeast of Tour et Taxis railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tour & Taxis and Maritime Quarter.

Tour & Taxis

Neighborhood

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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.

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.