Forest Park (, ) or Vorst Park (, ) is an urban public park located in and named after the municipality of
Forest
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in
Brussels
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, Belgium. It was designed by Victor Besme and occupies an area of .
Forest Park is adjacent to
Duden Park to its south, which is home to
the stadium of
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise
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, the historical
football
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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 / to the /, making them part of the
Greater Ring. Those streets are the / to the north, the / to the east, the / to the south and the / to the south-west.
File:Vue du Parc de Forest (Bruxelles) depuis sa butte.jpg, View of the park from its hill
File:Le repère des perruches au parc de Forest (Bruxelles).jpg, Pine tree
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s in the park, colonised by parakeet
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Etymology and naming
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s
See also
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List of parks and gardens in Brussels
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History of Brussels
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Belgium in the long nineteenth century
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References
Citations
Bibliography
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External links
* {{Commons category-inline, Parc of Forest/Vorst
Parks in Brussels
Urban public parks
Forest, Belgium