Parc Astrid or Astridpark (Dutch

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) is an urban public park in Anderlecht

Anderlecht

Anderlecht is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region.There are several historically and architecturally distinct districts within the Anderlecht municipality.-Pronunciation:* Dutch: * French:...

, Brussels

Brussels

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, Belgium

Belgium

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, inaugurated on August 13, 1911. It was named Parc du Meir/Meirpark until 1935, when the mayor of Anderlecht decided to change the name in memory of Astrid of Sweden

Astrid of Sweden

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, who died in a tragic car accident that year. Since 1917, football club R.S.C. Anderlecht

R.S.C. Anderlecht

Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the...

 plays its home matches in the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium is a football stadium in the municipality of Anderlecht, Brussels. It is home to R.S.C. Anderlecht. It also hosted the UEFA Euro 1972 semifinal Hungary against Soviet Union, as well as several games of the Belgium national football team.It is in 1917 that RSC...

(previously known as the 'Stade Emile Versé'), located within the park. Besides, that stadium is sometimes referred to as Parc Astrid.