Evere

Evere (French: [evɛʁ]; Dutch: [ˈeːvərə] ⓘ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region (Belgium).

It was famous for its market gardeners, pioneers in the cultivation of chicory (French: chicon, Dutch: witloof).

It was also the centre of the history of aviation in Belgium between 1914 and 1945 welcoming, among others, on the neighbouring town of Haren, the Société Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aéronautiques (SABCA) and Societé Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne (SABENA).

Charles Lindbergh flew the Spirit of St. Louis to Evere airfield after his historic 1927 transatlantic flight to Paris.

After the Second World War, the explosion of population and the scarcity of free building plots in the Brussels region accelerated the disappearance of agricultural land in Evere in favor of urbanisation.