Forest Park, Brussels

Forest Park (French: Parc de Forest, pronounced [paʁk də fɔʁɛ]) or Vorst Park (Dutch: Park van Vorst, pronounced [ˈpɑ(ə)k fɑɱ ˈvɔrst]) is an urban public 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 ha (32 acres).^[1]

Forest Park
Parc de Forest (French) Park van Vorst (Dutch)
Forest Park in the winter
Type	Public park
Location	Forest, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates	50°49′21″N 4°20′13″E
Area	13 ha (32 acres)
Created	1882

Forest Park is adjacent to Duden Park to its south, which is home to the stadium of Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, the historical 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 that connect the Avenue Albert/Albertlaan to the Avenue Wielemans Ceuppens/Wielemans Ceuppenslaan, making them part of the Greater Ring. Those streets are the Avenue des Villas/Villalaan to the north, the Avenue du Mont Kemmel/Kemmelberglaan to the east, the Avenue Besme/Besmelaan to the south and the Avenue Reine Marie-Henriette/Koningin Maria-Hendrikalaan to the south-west.

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  View of the park from its hill
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  Pine trees in the park, colonised by parakeets^[2]

See also

• Belgium portal

• List of parks and gardens in Brussels
• History of Brussels
• Belgium in the long nineteenth century