Tour & Taxis
Tour & Taxis
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The Royal Depot of Tour & Taxis seen from the Avenue du Port/Havenlaan's side | |
| Nickname: T&T | |
| Coordinates: 50°51′51″N 04°20′55″E / 50.86417°N 4.34861°E | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Region | Brussels-Capital Region |
| Arrondissement | Brussels-Capital |
| Municipality | City of Brussels |
| Construction start | 22 July 1900 |
| Opening | 12 November 1922 |
| Redevelopment | 2001–present |
| Named after | Princely House of Thurn and Taxis |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 1000, 1020 |
| Area codes | 02 |
| Website | tour-taxis |
Tour & Taxis (French: Tour et Taxis; Dutch: Thurn en Taxis) is a large former industrial site in Brussels, Belgium. It is situated on the embankment of the Brussels Canal in the City of Brussels, just north-west of the city centre. The location is immediately adjacent to Laeken and Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and about 1 kilometre (0.62 miles) west from the city's Northern Quarter business district.
The site is composed of large warehouses and commercial buildings at a former freight train station called the Maritime Station (French: Gare Maritime; Dutch: Maritiem Station), and its spacious central hall known as the Royal Depot (French: Entrepôt Royal; Dutch: Koninklijk Pakhuis). The main buildings on the site are made of brick, glass and wrought iron, and are prime examples of 19th-century industrial architecture.
Though the site was long disused following its loss of importance as a transshipment and customs hub, it has been partially regenerated, and is now used for shops, offices, eateries, as well as for large cultural events, which have included Couleur Café Festival, the Brussels Design Market, BRAFA Art Fair, Art Brussels, The Color Run Belgium and Salon du Chocolat.