Schaerbeek
Schaarbeek (
Dutch) or Schaerbeek (
French) is one of the nineteen
municipalities located in the
Brussels-Capital Region of
Belgium. Schaerbeek is an old Dutch spelling for Schaarbeek, and literally means “cut brook”.Schaarbeek is nicknamed "the commune of donkeys" (la commune des ânes or de ezelsgemeente). This name is reminiscent of times when people of Schaarbeek, who were cultivators of
sour cherries primarily for
Kriek production, would arrive at the Brussels marketplace with
donkeys laden with sour cherries.
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