Forest Park, Brussels

Forest Park (French: Parc de Forest) or Vorst Park (Dutch: Park van Vorst) is a park located in and named after the municipality of Forest in Brussels, Belgium. It was designed by Victor Besme and occupies an area of 13 hectares (32 acres).[1]

Forest Park
Parc de Forest  (French)
Park van Vorst  (Dutch)
Forest Park in the winter
TypePublic park
LocationForest, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates50°49′21″N 4°20′13″E
Area13 ha (32 acres)
Created1882

Forest Park is adjacent to Duden Park to its south, which is home to the football ground of R. Union Saint-Gilloise, the legendary football club from the neighbouring municipality of Saint-Gilles, although the club is not located in the municipality, whose border with Forest is to the north of Forest Park.

The park is surrounded by a set of streets which connect Avenue Albert/Albertlaan with Avenue Wielemans Ceuppens/Wielemans Ceuppenslaan, making them part of the greater ring road. Those streets are the Avenue des Villas/Villalaan to the north, Avenue du Mont Kemmel/Kemmelberglaan to the east, Avenue Besme/Besmelaan to the south and Avenue Reine Marie-Henriette/Koningin Maria-Hendrikalaan to the southwest.

  • View of the park from its hill
  • Pine trees in the park, colonised by parakeets

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-12-16. Retrieved 2010-04-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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