Vilvoorde (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvɪlvoːrdə], French: Vilvorde, historically known as Filford in English) is a Belgian municipality in the Flemish province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the city of Vilvoorde proper with its two outlying quarters of Koningslo and Houtem and the small town of Peutie.
Population: 36,955
Latitude: 50° 55' 41.30" N
Longitude: 4° 25' 45.77" E
The Woluwe is a stream that goes through several municipalities in the southeast and east of Brussels and is a right tributary of the Senne/Zenne (in Vilvoorde). The Kleine Maalbeek is a tributary of the Woluwe (in Kraainem). Many ponds formed along…
The Wavre radio transmitter is a facility for mediumwave, shortwave, FM and TV broadcasting near Wavre in Belgium. For the mediumwave transmissions it uses a grounded 250-metre high guyed mast. Furthermore there is a backup mast for medium wave tran…
The Watermael railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Watermael-Boitsfort in Brussels, Belgium operated by SNCB/NMBS. The station is located on the line 161 connecting Brussels to Namur, between the stations of Etterbeek and Boit…
The Villa Empain is a private house in the Art Deco style designed and built between 1930 and 1934 by Swiss architect Michel Polak for Baron Louis Empain, son of Belgian industrialist Baron Édouard Empain, located in Brussels, Belgium.
The Uccle-Calevoet railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Uccle in Brussels, Belgium. The station is operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium and located on line 124 between the stations of Uccle-Stalle and Linkebeek.
The Trône/Troon metro station is an Brussels metro station on the southern segment of line 2. It opened as a premetro on 20 December 1970 under the name of Luxembourg. The station became a heavy metro on 2 October 1988 and its name changed to its na…
The Tomberg metro station is a Brussels metro station on the eastern branch of line 1 (line 1B prior to 4 April 2009). It is located in the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert / Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe; one of the entrances of the station is directl…
Stockel metro station (Dutch: Stokkel) is the eastern terminus of line 1 (formerly line 1B) on the Brussels Metro.
Solvay Castle (French: Château Solvay, also called Château de La Hulpe), is a château located in the municipality of La Hulpe, Walloon Brabant, Belgium.
The Saint-Job railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Uccle in Brussels, Belgium. The station operated by SNCB/NMBS is located on line 26 between the stations of Boondael and Moensberg.
Rue Belliard (French) or Belliardstraat (Dutch) is a major street in Brussels, Belgium. The street runs parallel to the Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat.
Rouge-Cloître Abbey (French: Abbaye du Rouge-Cloître, Dutch: Rood-Klooster) is an Augustinian abbey, founded in 1367. It is located in the Sonian Forest, in south-eastern Brussels, Belgium.
The Porte de Namur/Naamsepoort metro station is an Brussels metro station on the southern segment of line 2. It opened as a premetro on 20 December 1970 and became a heavy metro on 2 October 1988. The station is located under the small ring in the m…
Parc/Park station is a station on the Brussels metro network (Brussels, Belgium) that is located beneath the Brussels Park in the center of the city.
Nekkerspoel is a hamlet of Mechelen, Belgium, immediately east of the city. The name means pool of one or more Nekkers or water demons (in older Flemish necker, devil, evil spirit; from Latin niger, negr-, black), and it is assumed that in earlier c…
The Madou metro station is a Brussels metro station on the northern segment of line 2. It opened on 20 December 1970, then serving a premetro line, and became a heavy metro station when this line was converted on 2 October 1988. The station is locat…
The Maelbeek or Maalbeek is a stream that runs through several municipalities in Brussels, including Etterbeek, Ixelles, St-Josse-ten-Noode, Schaerbeek. It is a tributary of the Zenne, which it joins in Schaerbeek, and its source is located near the…
Li Yuen Street East (利源東街) is a lane situated in Central on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. Its north-eastern end connects to Des Voeux Road Central and its southwestern tip joins Queen's Road Central. It is the first street which is named after a Ch…