Brussels Planetarium

Brussels Planetarium
  • Planétarium de Bruxelles (French)
  • Planetarium van Brussel (Dutch)
Front of the Brussels Planetarium
General information
TypePlanetarium
AddressAvenue de Bouchout / Boechoutlaan 10
Town or city1020 Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region
CountryBelgium
Coordinates50°53′36″N 4°20′15″E / 50.89333°N 4.33750°E / 50.89333; 4.33750
Other information
Public transit access 6 Heysel/Heizel
Website
planetarium.be/en

The Brussels Planetarium (French: Planétarium de Bruxelles; Dutch: Planetarium van Brussel) of the Royal Observatory of Belgium is a planetarium located on the Heysel/Heizel Plateau in Laeken (northern part of the City of Brussels). It was established during the Brussels International Exposition of 1935 as the Alberteum and is now part of the institutions of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO).