Forest Park | |
Type: | Public park |
Location: | Forest, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
Coords: | 50.8225°N 4.3369°W |
Area: | 13ha |
Created: | 1882 |
Forest Park (French: Parc de Forest) or Vorst Park (Dutch; Flemish: Park van Vorst) is a 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 13ha.[1]
Forest Park is adjacent to Duden Park to its south, which is home to the football ground 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 French: Avenue Albert|italic=no/Dutch; Flemish: Albertlaan|italic=no to the French: Avenue Wielemans Ceuppens|italic=no/Dutch; Flemish: Wielemans Ceuppenslaan|italic=no, making them part of the Greater Ring. Those streets are the French: Avenue des Villas|italic=no/Dutch; Flemish: Villalaan|italic=no to the north, the French: Avenue du Mont Kemmel|italic=no/Dutch; Flemish: Kemmelberglaan|italic=no to the east, the French: Avenue Besme|italic=no/Dutch; Flemish: Besmelaan|italic=no to the south and the French: Avenue Reine Marie-Henriette|italic=no/Dutch; Flemish: Koningin Maria-Hendrikalaan|italic=no to the south-west.