A Gothic church, whose choir is still visible in the cemetery, has existed in Laeken since the 13th century. The old church was destroyed in 1872-3 to make way for the new church of Our Lady of Laeken, which was commissioned by Leopold I to house the remains of his wife Queen Louise-Marie of Orléans. Since then, this splendid neo-gothic church has served as a necropolis for the Belgian royal family.
St. Elizabeth's Church is a neo-gothic church that was built between 1913 and 1916 according to the plans of the architect Florent Van Roelen. The Polish community of Brussels celebrates mass there.
Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes church was built in 1949 in a modern Romanesque style. The church owes its name to the nearby Lourdes de Jette grotto, the object of many pilgrimages, particularly during the First World War. The chapel of the cave quickly became too small and the construction of a larger church was considered and then built a few hundred meters from the chapel. The church was designed by the Christian architect Chrétien Veraart and is built in brick with concrete elements. The church is now also home to a Ukrainian Greek-Catholic community, whose patron saint is Saint Volodymyr.
Saint-Servais church is a neo-gothic church built between 1871 and 1876. The construction was based on the plans of the architect Gustave Hansotte. The old Saint-Servais church, located below, at the level of the monumental vase on the Avenue Louis Bertrand, was only demolished in 1905. This former church, in Gothic style, was the heart of the village of Schaerbeek. The two churches coexisted for some thirty years.
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