Sonian Forest
The Sonian Forest (French: Foret de Soignes, Dutch: Zonienwoud) is a large 4,421-hectare forest in the south-eastern part of Brussels, Belgium.
It is maintained by Flanders (56%), the Brussels-Capital Region (38%) and Wallonia (6%).
The forest is in the Flemish parts of Sint-Genesius-Rode, Hoeilaart, Overijse and Tervuren, Uccle , Watermael-Boitsfort, Auderghem and Woluwe-Saint-Pierre in the Brussels-Capitale Region and in the Walloon towns of La Hulpe and Waterloo. Thus it stretches out over the three Belgian Regions. It used to be connected with Bois de la Cambre and Hallerbos, but they split up in the 19th century, because of the growth of the city of Brussels and other settlements around it, which reduced the size of the forest and divided it.
There are some parts of the forest privately held forest and the Kapucijnenbos, the "Capuchin Wood", which belongs to the Royal Trust.
Arts
[change | change source]Auguste Rodin went to the forest while living in Brussels in the 1870s. He made several paintings of the forest during this time.
Other websites
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Media related to Forêt de Soignes/Zoniënwoud at Wikimedia Commons
