Astrid Park

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]

Astrid Park
Parc Astrid (French) Astridpark (Dutch)
Astrid Park's pond, facing north
Type	Public park
Location	Anderlecht, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates	50°49′59″N 4°17′53″E
Area	9.44 ha (23.3 acres)
Created	13 August 1911 (1911-08-13)
Public transit access	5 Saint-Guidon/Sint-Guido and Veeweyde/Veeweide

Since 1917, the football club R.S.C. Anderlecht plays its home matches in the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium (also known as the 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
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  Upper part
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  Water feature
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  Jules Ruhl statue

See also

• Belgium portal

• List of parks and gardens in Brussels
• History of Brussels
• Belgium in the long nineteenth century