{"id":439,"date":"2013-09-06T17:43:36","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T17:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress?p=439"},"modified":"2015-07-19T15:15:20","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T15:15:20","slug":"by-the-canal-in-brussels-2004-2013-13-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/?p=439","title":{"rendered":"By the canal in Brussels (B), 2004-2013 (13 photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rapidly changing area around the Brussels-Charleroi Canal in the neighbourhoods to the north of the centre of Brussels. The area was full of derelict buildings when I first went there, but now tall new buildings are being built and many gems of various architectural styles are being restored.<!--more--><em>Retrospectively posted on 2015-01-09<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Boulevard de la Neuvi\u00e8me Ligne, 2013-09-03<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/1-BE-Brussels-Brussels-Boulevard-de-la-Neuvi\u00e8me-Ligne-Boulevard-de-Dixmude-Rue-de-la-For\u00eat-de-Houthulst-2013-09-03-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-440 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/1-BE-Brussels-Brussels-Boulevard-de-la-Neuvi\u00e8me-Ligne-Boulevard-de-Dixmude-Rue-de-la-For\u00eat-de-Houthulst-2013-09-03-2.jpg\" alt=\"1-BE-Brussels-Brussels-Boulevard-de-la-Neuvi\u00e8me-Ligne-Boulevard-de-Dixmude-Rue-de-la-For\u00eat-de-Houthulst-2013-09-03-2\" width=\"683\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/1-BE-Brussels-Brussels-Boulevard-de-la-Neuvi\u00e8me-Ligne-Boulevard-de-Dixmude-Rue-de-la-For\u00eat-de-Houthulst-2013-09-03-2.jpg 683w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/1-BE-Brussels-Brussels-Boulevard-de-la-Neuvi\u00e8me-Ligne-Boulevard-de-Dixmude-Rue-de-la-For\u00eat-de-Houthulst-2013-09-03-2-256x300.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2-BE-Brussels-Brussels-Boulevard-de-la-Neuvi\u00e8me-Ligne-2013-09-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-441 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2-BE-Brussels-Brussels-Boulevard-de-la-Neuvi\u00e8me-Ligne-2013-09-03.jpg\" alt=\"2-BE-Brussels-Brussels-Boulevard-de-la-Neuvi\u00e8me-Ligne-2013-09-03\" width=\"659\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2-BE-Brussels-Brussels-Boulevard-de-la-Neuvi\u00e8me-Ligne-2013-09-03.jpg 659w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2-BE-Brussels-Brussels-Boulevard-de-la-Neuvi\u00e8me-Ligne-2013-09-03-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/><\/a>Behind Brussels-North station, 2004-07-03<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/3-BE-Brussels-Tour-et-Taxis-derelict-2004-07-03-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-442 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/3-BE-Brussels-Tour-et-Taxis-derelict-2004-07-03-2.jpg\" alt=\"3-BE-Brussels-Tour-et-Taxis-derelict-2004-07-03-2\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/3-BE-Brussels-Tour-et-Taxis-derelict-2004-07-03-2.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/3-BE-Brussels-Tour-et-Taxis-derelict-2004-07-03-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/3-BE-Brussels-Tour-et-Taxis-derelict-2004-07-03-2-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>Rue du Laekenveld, 2012-11-23<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/4-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-du-Laekenveld-2012-11-03-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-443 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/4-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-du-Laekenveld-2012-11-03-3.jpg\" alt=\"4 BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-du-Laekenveld-2012-11-03-3\" width=\"814\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/4-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-du-Laekenveld-2012-11-03-3.jpg 814w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/4-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-du-Laekenveld-2012-11-03-3-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/a>Rue de Rotterdam, 2012-11-03<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/5-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-de-Rotterdam-2012-11-03-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-444 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/5-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-de-Rotterdam-2012-11-03-1.jpg\" alt=\"5-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-de-Rotterdam-2012-11-03-1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"685\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/5-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-de-Rotterdam-2012-11-03-1.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/5-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-de-Rotterdam-2012-11-03-1-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>New construction on Avenue du Port, 2013-09-03<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/6-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Avenue-du-Port-2013-09-03-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-445 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/6-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Avenue-du-Port-2013-09-03-13.jpg\" alt=\"6-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Avenue-du-Port-2013-09-03-13\" width=\"437\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/6-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Avenue-du-Port-2013-09-03-13.jpg 437w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/6-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Avenue-du-Port-2013-09-03-13-131x300.jpg 131w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/a>Rue Picard, 2012-11-03<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/7-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-Picard-2012-11-03-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-446 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/7-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-Picard-2012-11-03-2.jpg\" alt=\"7-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-Picard-2012-11-03-2\" width=\"1000\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/7-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-Picard-2012-11-03-2.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/7-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-Picard-2012-11-03-2-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>Laeken, 2004-04-03<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/8-BE-Brussels-Tour-et-Taxis-derelict-2004-04-03-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-447 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/8-BE-Brussels-Tour-et-Taxis-derelict-2004-04-03-2.jpg\" alt=\"8 BE-Brussels-Tour-et-Taxis-derelict-2004-04-03-2\" width=\"1000\" height=\"782\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/8-BE-Brussels-Tour-et-Taxis-derelict-2004-04-03-2.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/8-BE-Brussels-Tour-et-Taxis-derelict-2004-04-03-2-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>Rue Dieudonn\u00e9 Lef\u00e8vre, 2012-11-03<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/9-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-Dieudonn\u00e9-Lef\u00e8vre-2012-11-03-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-448 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/9-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-Dieudonn\u00e9-Lef\u00e8vre-2012-11-03-2-1024x458.jpg\" alt=\"9-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-Dieudonn\u00e9-Lef\u00e8vre-2012-11-03-2\" width=\"1024\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/9-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-Dieudonn\u00e9-Lef\u00e8vre-2012-11-03-2-1024x458.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/9-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-Dieudonn\u00e9-Lef\u00e8vre-2012-11-03-2-300x134.jpg 300w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/9-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-Dieudonn\u00e9-Lef\u00e8vre-2012-11-03-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-Dieudonn\u00e9-Lef\u00e8vre-Rue-Charles-Demeer-2012-11-03-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-449 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-Dieudonn\u00e9-Lef\u00e8vre-Rue-Charles-Demeer-2012-11-03-2-1024x508.jpg\" alt=\"10 BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-Dieudonn\u00e9-Lef\u00e8vre-Rue-Charles-Demeer-2012-11-03-2\" width=\"1024\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-Dieudonn\u00e9-Lef\u00e8vre-Rue-Charles-Demeer-2012-11-03-2-1024x508.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-Dieudonn\u00e9-Lef\u00e8vre-Rue-Charles-Demeer-2012-11-03-2-300x149.jpg 300w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-Dieudonn\u00e9-Lef\u00e8vre-Rue-Charles-Demeer-2012-11-03-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/11-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-Dieudonn\u00e9-Lef\u00e8vre-Rue-Charles-Demeer-2012-11-03-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-450 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/11-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-Dieudonn\u00e9-Lef\u00e8vre-Rue-Charles-Demeer-2012-11-03-3.jpg\" alt=\"11 BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-Dieudonn\u00e9-Lef\u00e8vre-Rue-Charles-Demeer-2012-11-03-3\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/11-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-Dieudonn\u00e9-Lef\u00e8vre-Rue-Charles-Demeer-2012-11-03-3.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/11-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Rue-Dieudonn\u00e9-Lef\u00e8vre-Rue-Charles-Demeer-2012-11-03-3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>Quai des Usines, 2013-09-03<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/12-BE-Brussels-Quai-des-Usines-2013-09-03-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-451 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/12-BE-Brussels-Quai-des-Usines-2013-09-03-1.jpg\" alt=\"12 -BE-Brussels-Quai-des-Usines-2013-09-03-1\" width=\"718\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/12-BE-Brussels-Quai-des-Usines-2013-09-03-1.jpg 718w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/12-BE-Brussels-Quai-des-Usines-2013-09-03-1-269x300.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a>Near Buda, a few kilometers to the north, 2012-11-03<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/13-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Chauss\u00e9e-de-Vilvorde-2012-11-03-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-452 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/13-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Chauss\u00e9e-de-Vilvorde-2012-11-03-3-1024x517.jpg\" alt=\"13-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Chauss\u00e9e-de-Vilvorde-2012-11-03-3\" width=\"1024\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/13-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Chauss\u00e9e-de-Vilvorde-2012-11-03-3-1024x517.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/13-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Chauss\u00e9e-de-Vilvorde-2012-11-03-3-300x152.jpg 300w, http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/13-BE-Brussels-Laeken-Chauss\u00e9e-de-Vilvorde-2012-11-03-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class='sfsi_Sicons left' style='float:left'><div style='float:left;margin:0px 8px 0px 0px; line-height: 24px'><span><\/span><\/div><div class='sfsi_socialwpr'><div class='sf_fb' style='width:49px'><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/?p=439\" width=\"180\" send=\"false\"  data-layout=\"button\" data-action=\"like\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-share=\"false\"><\/div><\/div><div class='sf_google' 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