Jette, Brussels

Name: Jette
Address: Brussels, Belgium

#129 among attractions in Brussels

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Jette is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the north-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Ganshoren, Koekelberg, and Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, as well as the Flemish municipalities of Asse and Wemmel. In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally bilingual. ()

Alternative names: Area: 2 mi²Coordinates: 50°52'34"N, 4°19'34"E

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Jette – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: KANAL - Centre Pompidou, Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Planetarium, René Magritte Museum.

1.5 miSE
Museum, Art museum
KANAL - Centre Pompidou, Brussels
39 min walk • KANAL - Centre Pompidou is museum for modern and contemporary art located in Brussels, Belgium, near the Brussels–Charleroi Canal, in the former buildings of a Citroën garage. The definitive opening is scheduled for 2023.
0.6 miSW
Church, Sacred and religious sites, Museum
Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Brussels
15 min walk • The National Basilica of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic Minor Basilica and parish church in Brussels, Belgium. The church is dedicated to the Sacred Heart, inspired by the Basilique du Sacré-Coeur in Paris.
1.3 miN
Museum, Observatories and planetariums
Planetarium, Brussels
33 min walk • The Planetarium of the Royal Observatory of Belgium is a Belgian planetarium on the Heysel Plateau in Brussels and part of the institutions of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office.
0.4 miE
Museum, History museum, René Magritte
René Magritte Museum, Brussels
11 min walk • René Magritte Museum is a museum in Jette, a municipality in Brussels, Belgium, devoted to the Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte. The museum is located at 135, rue Esseghem/Esseghemstraat, in the house where Magritte lived and worked for 24 years, between 1930 and 1954.
0.9 miSW
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Ganshoren, Brussels
23 min walk • Ganshoren is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the north-western part of the region, it is bordered by Jette, Koekelberg, and Sint-Agatha-Berchem, as well as the Flemish municipality of Asse.
1.2 miE
Cemetery
Laeken Cemetery, Brussels
31 min walk • Laeken Cemetery in Brussels is the city's oldest cemetery still in function and the resting place of the Belgian Royal Family. It is known as the Belgian Père Lachaise, after Paris' notorious cemetery, because it is the burial place of the rich and the famous and for the abundance of its funerary heritage.
0.7 miW
Forts and castles
Rivieren Castle, Brussels
17 min walk • Rivieren Castle is a twelfth-century castle in Ganshoren, Brussels, Belgium. Rivieren Castle is situated at an elevation of 40 meters.
1.3 miNE
Forts and castles
Château du Stuyvenberg, Brussels
33 min walk • Stuyvenberg Castle is a residence of the Belgian Royal Family, located in Laeken, Brussels. Château du Stuyvenberg is situated at an altitude of 56 meters.
1.5 miSE
Theater, Concerts and shows, Performing arts
Kaaitheater, Brussels
39 min walk • The Kaaitheater is a Dutch-speaking Brussels art center housed in a remarkable building of the city's heritage - the La Luna building - a transition between art deco and modernist styles, which originally housed the Lunatheater.
1 miE
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Laeken, Brussels
26 min walk • Laeken or Laken is a residential suburb in the north-western part of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. It belongs to the municipality of the City of Brussels and is mostly identified by the Belgian postal code: 1020.
1.3 miSE
Private tours, Tours
Tour & Taxis, Brussels
33 min walk • Tour & Taxis is a large former industrial site in Brussels, Belgium. It is situated on the Brussels Canal in the City of Brussels, just northwest of the city centre, immediately adjacent to Laeken and Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and about 1 kilometre west from the Northern Quarter business district.

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Which popular attractions are close to Jette?

Nearby attractions include René Magritte Museum, Brussels (11 min walk), Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Brussels (15 min walk), Rivieren Castle, Brussels (17 min walk), Musée des Soeurs Noires, Brussels (19 min walk).

How to get to Jette by public transport?

The nearest stations to Jette:

Tram

Lenoir • Lines: 19 (3 min walk)
Place Reine Astrid - Koningin Astridplein • Lines: 19 (5 min walk)

Bus

Verbeyst • Lines: 14 (6 min walk)
Léopold I - Leopold I • Lines: 14, 53 (7 min walk)

Train

Jette (10 min walk)
Tour et Taxis - Thurn en Taxis (19 min walk)

Metro

Belgica • Lines: 6 (18 min walk)
Pannenhuis • Lines: 6 (20 min walk)

Ferry

Sainctelette • Lines: Wb (37 min walk)
Quai des Péniches - Akenkaai • Lines: Wb (37 min walk)