Laken Park

Laeken Park is a public park located in the Laeken/Laken district of Brussels, seven kilometres north-west of the city centre of Brussels. Originally, it belonged to the royal parks and was opened to the public in 1867 by King Leopold II. To the south-east of the park is the Château de Laken, the residence of the King of Belgium, including the Royal Greenhouses, and to the north-east the Château du Belvédère/Kasteel Belvédère. To the west is the Château du Stuyvenberg/Kasteel van Stuyvenberg. Between these spreads the park, the highest elevation of which is the Kattenberg. Between 1878 and 1880, on the initiative of King Leopold II, it was transformed into a landscape park with ponds, bridges and artificial rocks and valleys, so much so that it was called "Little Switzerland" and was a popular destination for excursions. On the highest point of the Kattenberg, Leopold II erected a monument to his father Leopold I, the first "King of the Belgians", also known as the monument of the dynasty.

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