Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Laeken bụbu obodo dị n'ebe ugwu nke Brussels-Capital Region, nke obodo Brussels jikọtara na 1921. Laeken bụ ebe obibi, n'etiti ndị ọzọ, Royal Domain nke Laeken, Castle nke Laeken, Royal Greenhouses nke Laeken (1873), Church of Our Lady of Laeken (nke crypt nwere ili nke Belgian Royal Family) na Laeken Cemetery, nke a maara maka akụ na ụba nke ihe ncheta na ihe oyiyi. N'ókèala Laeken, enwekwara &lt;a href="Heysel%20Plateau"&gt;"Heysel"/"Heizel" Plateau&lt;/a&gt;, ebe emere ihe ngosi ụwa nke 1935 na
1958 na nke gụnyere King Baudouin Stadium, Bruparck (nke nwere Atomium, ogige ntụrụndụ Mini-Europe na sinima Kinepolis), Centenary Palace, ebe obibi nke Brussels Exhibition Centre (Brussels Expo), na Port nke Brussels, n'akụkụ nke "Ncheta Ọrụ" nke Constantin Meunier wuru.