Planetarium

The Planetarium of the Royal Observatory of Belgium (Dutch: Planetarium van de Koninklijke Sterrenwacht van België; French: Planétarium de l'Observatoire royal de Belgique; German: Planetarium der Königlichen Sternwarte von Belgien), commonly known as the Brussels Planetarium (Dutch: Planetarium van Brussel; French: Planétarium de Bruxelles; German: Planetarium von Brüssel), is the country's primary planetarium.

The planetarium was first established during the Brussels International Exposition of 1935 as the Alberteum Aedes Scientiae under the patronage of King Albert I; it closed in 1966. In the 1970s, the current building was constructed in its place. In 1979, the institution was integrated into the Royal Observatory of Belgium and it is now part of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO).

The building is located on the Heysel/Heizel Plateau in Laeken (northern part of the City of Brussels), on the border of the Bruparck entertainment park (with the Atomium, Mini-Europe miniature park and Kinepolis cinema).

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