Anderlecht
www.anderlecht.be

Anderlecht 2 1 Anderlecht 1 2 Anderlecht 3 3
1 'Cascatelles of Parc Astrid' - 2 'Collégiale Saint-Pierre-et-Guidon' -
3 'Windmill of Luizenmolen, natural site of Neerpede'



ANDERLECHT, the inexhaustible soul commune


Anderlecht is a wide municipality of Brussels' region at the border of Brussels city.

Anderlecht could be qualified of "urban-rural community" thanks to its wide territory (1,784 hectares) enables to have one foot in the city and the other in the countryside.
Anderlecht is composed of several heterogeneous entities mixing various types of housing and green areas with many functions.

The city centre of d'Anderlecht is mostly made of Art-Déco style houses. Old districts vary between neo-renaissance and eclectic style.

Anderlecht hosts four garden cities as well as districts built in the 1950-1960 at the time of entertaining modernism.

Green areas offer an unusual diversity for a municipality located at the periphery of the European Capital: numerous urban parks, two listed seminatural sites, a canal and a river, an area dedicated to sports and leisure, growing and farming areas, etc. This elements form a unique patchwork in the Brussels region. Moreover, the different districts are bound with a urban disposal called Park-system (green or blue) i.e. an ingenious set of parks and tree line streets in the heart of the city.

Beyond the city’s unusual geography, Anderlecht has a pertinent history: 2012 will be the time to celebrate the Millennium of the Collegial Saints-Pierre-et-Guidon.

Anderlecht is a "urban-rural community", a crossroad between city and countryside waiting for you to explore it!

(Extract from: Anderlecht, Take a walk on the Anderlecht side, éd. 2010, Commune of Anderlecht)

ANDERLECHT, cultural commune

Anderlecht counts no less than nine museums. Literature lovers will surely appreciate the visit of the Erasmus house or the museum of the poet Maurice Carême. Scientists will like the academic museum of Medicine, Anatomy and human embryology. Other places of interests are the Luizen mill, the Beguinage museum, the National museum of Resistance and the China museum. For art and exhibition fans the neo-classical house of artists will give you the opportunity to admire the work of exhibitors from various artistic movements. You will surely enjoy the Hall of Fame, huge open-air museums with mural paintings.
A stop at the Brussels Gueuze (beer) museum is a must, before continuing
on your way – Brewery Cantillon …

Numerous writers were born in or wrote about Anderlecht, like Caroline Lamarche, Francis Danemark, Jacques Brel, Nadine Monfils, Thomas Owen, and the comics stars Gos or Hergé.

Anderlecht is also a place for film shootings: “Potiche” with Deneuve, Depardieu and Luchini, “Françoise Dolto, a desire to live” with Josiane Balasko, “Protect and Serve” with Kad Merad and Carol Bouquet or “the eighth day” with Daniel Auteuil and Miou-Miou, etc.

Maurice Frydman, Michel Mouffe, Jacqueline Nicolas, N'Faly Kouyate, Urban Trad, Machiavel, Mika Reggae, Pauxeroso, Pierre Wattiez-Watch, et many other artists live in Anderlecht and you may see them on your way.

Anderlecht is an amazing commune which will give you much pleasure, laughter and many good memories !