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7 unusual facts about Etterbeek


Alexandre Galopin

His name has been given to a street; avenue Alexandre Galopin, in Etterbeek, Brussels.

Chaussée de Wavre

The Chaussée de Wavre (French) or Waversesteenweg (Dutch) in Brussels, Belgium is a major street crossing the municipalities of Ixelles, Etterbeek and Auderghem.

Delta station

The main railway station, located within the same complex, encompasses two platforms and is served by the suburban services of NMBS/SNCB line 26 linking Vilvoorde with Halle via Etterbeek.

Federal Police Special Units

The CGSU consists of an intervention unit, observation unit and a technical unit all stationed in the Police caserne in Etterbeek, also the home of the Mounted Police (Politie te Paard/Police à Cheval) and the Specialized Intervention service (dienst Gespecialiseerde Interventie/service Intervention Spécialisée) .

Macrodontopteryx

If Macrodontopteryx is indeed a distinct genus, perhaps some pseudotooth bird fossils found in Lutetian (Middle Eocene, MP11-13, about 45 Ma) deposits at Etterbeek (Belgium) belong therein.

Marcantonio Mario Dimitri Ruspoli, 3rd Prince of Poggio Suasa

Marcantonio Mario Dimitri dei Principi Ruspoli (Etterbeek, Brussels, November 28, 1926 – Recife, Pernambuco, August 1, 2003) was the 3rd Principe di Poggio Suasa, son of Costantino Ruspoli (Costantino is an eldest son of Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa), and wife Elisabeth Catherine Adrienne Marie Anne Comtesse van der Noot d'Assche.

Yvan Mayeur

Yvan Mayeur (born 24 January 1960 in Etterbeek) is a Belgian politician, member of the Socialist Party and mayor of Brussels since 2013.


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Alexandre de Mérode

Prince Alexandre de Merode (born May 24, 1934 in Etterbeek, Belgium - died November 19, 2002) was a member of the Belgian princely House of Merode and was the head of drug testing policy for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) until his death.

Chaussée de Wavre

It starts at a crossroad with the Chaussée d'Ixelles near the Porte de Namur square in Ixelles, goes down to the Place Jourdan in Etterbeek, then goes up to the La Chasse crossroad, continues to the Arsenal crossroad with the greater ring road.

Christophe Cuvillier

Christophe Cuvillier (born December 5, 1962 in Etterbeek) is a French businessman and current chief executive officer of the European real-estate group Unibail-Rodamco.

Delta station

Delta station is located near the intersection of "Boulevard du Triomphe/Triomflaan" and "Boulevard des Invalides/Invalidenlaan" and provides access to the adjacent campus Plaine of the Université Libre de Bruxelles and to the campus Etterbeek of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Edmond Thieffry

A metro station (Thieffry metro station) and a street (Rue Aviateur Thieffry / Vlieger Thieffry Straat) have also been named after him in Etterbeek.

Giani Esposito

Giani Esposito was born from the union of a French mother with an Italian father in Etterbeek (Belgium), and he died from viral hepatitis in Neuilly-sur-Seine (France).

Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station

Close nearby (also on Chaussée d'Etterbeek/Etterbeekse steenweg) is an entrance leading to the SNCB/NMBS (heavy rail) southbound platforms of Schuman railway stations; this entrance is located under the railway bridge with stairs up to the platforms.


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