Kasteel de Eiken

Grimbergen, Belgium, Belgium

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Kasteel de Eiken (also called Kasteel ter Eiken) is a historic 18th‑century neoclassical country house in the village of Humbeek, part of the municipality of Grimbergen in Flemish Brabant, Belgium, located at Voordestraat 50, and is best known for its large, park‑like estate with a 3‑hectare garden and a pond, rather than for any medieval defensive appearance.

The building was probably constructed around 1800 as a simple, symmetrical neoclassical “huis van plaisantie” (country pleasure house), and in the 19th century it was extended and modified, with a new service wing added and further adaptations at the beginning of the 20th century; in 1956.

The plaster was removed (ontpleisterd), giving the building its present brick‑and‑stone appearance, while the park and garden were kept in a landscape style, with winding paths, tree groups, open lawns and a water feature, making it a quiet, green domain in the northern part of the “Kouters en kastelen” area between Brussels and the Denderstreek.