Astrid Park (French: Parc Astrid; Dutch: Astridpark) is an urban public park in the municipality of Anderlecht in Brussels, Belgium. The park was inaugurated on 13 August 1911 and was named the Parc du Meir/Meirpark ("Meir Park") until 1935, when the mayor of Anderlecht decided to change its name in memory of Queen Astrid, the first wife of King Leopold III, who died in a car crash that year.[1][2]
Since 1917, the football club R.S.C. Anderlecht plays its home matches in the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium (currently known as Lotto Park for sponsorship reasons[3]), located within the park. Hence, the stadium is sometimes metonymically referred to as Parc Astrid.
This park is served by the metro stations Saint-Guidon/Sint-Guido and Veeweyde/Veeweide on line 5.
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View towards the pond -
Upper part -
Water feature -
Jules Ruhl statue
See also
References
Citations
- ^ "Astrid Park". www.visit.brussels. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Parc Astrid | Brussels Gardens". gardens.brussels (in French). Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Le stade Constant Vanden Stock officiellement rebaptisé 'Lotto Park'". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 12 January 2023.
Bibliography
- Demey, Thierry (2010). Bruxelles en vert. Le guide des jardins publics (in French). Brussels: Badeaux. ISBN 978-2-930609-00-3.
External links
Media related to Astrid Park, Anderlecht at Wikimedia Commons- Anderlecht page on Astrid Park (in French)
- Same, in Dutch (in Dutch)
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