More than three hundred meters of underground burial galleries extend beneath the cemetery of Laeken.
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More than three hundred meters of underground burial galleries extend beneath the cemetery of Laeken.
A wooden door surmounted by the Belgian coat of arms and the slogan 'L'Union fait la Force' conceals the royal salon, a separate waiting area for the king in Brussels Central Station.
In 2001, European leaders of state and government gathered in the royal castle of Laeken. With their meeting, King Leopold II's hundred-year-old dream became a reality: to turn Laeken into a Palace of Nations, home to international conferences.
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