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2026 desk calendar

Starting today, you can order the new 2026 desk calendar, which showcases unique doors in Kraainem. You can do so using a paper form (available at the Dutch-language library in Kraainem or by emailing Discover Kraainem at discoverkraainem@gmail.com) or via the link below.

Don't miss this opportunity to bring an original and local Christmas or end-of-year gift into your home!

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Recent activities

(1) Centenary of the Bouvier-Washer district in 2023! An information panel was unveiled on 26 March at 11.30am. See details here.

(2) Guided tours of the Visitation Cloister on 10 June 2023. For more information, click here.

(3) Bilingual conference: Silence is built - Dom Paul Bellot and the Cloister of the Visitation in Kraainem: Access to the powerpoint of the conference here. Here is the link to watch the video of the conference on YouTube.

Who are we?

Please check out our new FaceBook + Instagram + YouTube presence. You can find out more about the Bouvier-Washer Garden City with links to the conference on 8 November 2021 under "Projects" below.

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What we offer

Activities and Guided Tours

We offer guided tours in the historic center of Kraainem in English, Dutch and French. Using historical maps, old photos and postcards, we will bring the old rural village to life and study the stages of its urbanization.

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Kraainem Revisited

Discover Kraainem from north to south in a richly illustrated book with old pictures and recent photographs. “Kraainem Revisited”, from 1900 to 2012. Now available again. See below for sales points.

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Heritage

Get to know the heritage of your city Kraainem (building, cultural and landscapes): It is richer than you may think, and it needs to be protected!

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Projects/ Exhibition

We have the dream of rebuilding the wooden wheel of the ancient watermill on the Kleine Maelbeek stream. And we plan to set up multilingual panels explaining key historical monuments in our commune.

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Other services

 

Archives

Find useful links and documents to the history and historical sites of Kraainem. Site in ongoing development.

Activities (such as Origami)

Weather not good enough to join a guided tour? How about “building” with your kids the St. Pancras church of Kraainem as an origami? Click the button below to the instructions and plans that you can download, print-out, cut and assemble: Enjoy. We thank our neighbor and friend Daniel Baise for designing the plans and allowing us to share them with you.

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