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Anderlecht

What to do in Anderlecht? 6 ideas.

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Anderlecht · 6 ideasAuderghem · 3 ideasBerchem-Sainte-Agathe · 3 ideasBruxelles · 47 ideasEtterbeek · 4 ideasEvere · 2 ideasForest · 4 ideasGanshoren · 1 ideasIxelles · 9 ideasJette · 3 ideasKoekelberg · 2 ideasMolenbeek-Saint-Jean · 3 ideasSaint-Gilles · 9 ideasSaint-Josse-ten-Noode · 4 ideasSchaerbeek · 7 ideasUccle · 4 ideasWatermael-Boitsfort · 2 ideasWoluwe-Saint-Lambert · 3 ideasWoluwe-Saint-Pierre · 3 ideasAnderlechtAuderghemBerchemBruxellesEtterbeekEvereForestGanshorenIxellesJetteKoekelb.MolenbeekSt-GillesSt-JosseSchaerbeekUccleBoitsfortWoluwe-St-L.Woluwe-St-P.

Visit

MuseumErasmus HouseA historic house museum devoted to Erasmus, with its garden.AnderlechtMonumentCollegiate Church of St. Peter and St. GuyThe Gothic collegiate church at the heart of Anderlecht.AnderlechtParkFreeAstrid ParkAnderlecht's public park, next to the stadium.Anderlecht

Eat & drink

BreweryCantillon BreweryA lambic brewery still brewing in the city, with its gueuze museum.AnderlechtIllustration: meatballsButcherBoucherie De SpiegeleerAn Anderlecht butcher, public prize at the Brussels best meatball championship.Anderlecht

Sport

FootballRSC Anderlecht – Lotto ParkThe home of the Mauves.Anderlecht

Anderlecht through time

Residents
120,887in 2020
Area
17.91 km²
Density
6,700 per km²

Population and area: Wikidata, read on 1 October 2026.

When the commune was built

  • before 1400172
  • 1400 – 1599116
  • 1600 – 169985
  • 1700 – 1799316
  • 1800 – 18491,745
  • 1850 – 1879787
  • 1880 – 19133,525
  • 1914 – 19443,802
  • 1945 – 19694,866
  • 1970 – 19894,763
  • 1990 – 20091,048
  • since 20101,203

22,428 of today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction: outside the heritage inventory, the date is when the district was built up, not the exact age of each building.

A few dates

  1. 1864Luizenmolen
  2. 1880Church of St. Francis Xavier
  3. 1890Abattoirs of Anderlecht
  4. 1911Astrid Park
  5. 1970National Memorial to the Jewish Martyrs of Belgium

creation or opening, according to Wikidata.

The other communes

AuderghemBerchem-Sainte-AgatheBruxellesEtterbeekEvereForestGanshorenIxellesJetteKoekelbergMolenbeek-Saint-JeanSaint-GillesSaint-Josse-ten-NoodeSchaerbeekUccleWatermael-BoitsfortWoluwe-Saint-LambertWoluwe-Saint-Pierre