Sonian Forest, Brussels

Name: Sonian Forest
Address: Brussels, Belgium

#97 among attractions in Brussels

Unesco, Nature, Forest

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The Sonian Forest or Sonian Wood is a 4,421-hectare forest at the southeast edge of Brussels, Belgium. ()

Local name: Forêt de Soignes Unesco: from 2017Area: 16.92 mi²Coordinates: 50°46'14"N, 4°26'48"E

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Sonian Forest – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Royale Belge, Villa Empain, Rouge-Cloître Abbey, Château of Val-Duchesse.

2.4 miN
Park
Royale Belge, Brussels
61 min walk • The Royale Belge former headquarters is a functionalist building from 1967 to 1970, located in Watermael-Boitsfort.
3.7 miNW
Museum, Architecture, Art gallery
Villa Empain, Brussels
96 min walk • The Villa Empain is a private house in Art Deco style in Brussels, Belgium, built in 1930–1934 by the Swiss architect Michel Polak. It was commissioned by Baron Louis Empain, son of the Belgian industrialist Édouard Empain. Since its restoration in 2009–2011, it has been open to the public.
3 miN
Monastery, Park, Historical place
Rouge-Cloître Abbey, Brussels
76 min walk • Red Cloister is an Augustinian Priory, founded in 1367. It is located in the Sonian Forest, in south-eastern Brussels, Belgium. It was abolished in 1796. Today, it is administered from Auderghem, which is a commune of Brussels.
3.5 miN
Forts and castles
Château of Val-Duchesse, Brussels
89 min walk • The Château of Val-Duchesse is a mansion and estate situated in the municipality of Auderghem in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. The château, which occupies the site of a former priory, is owned by the Belgian Royal Trust.
3.3 miNW
Church
Church of St. Clement, Brussels
83 min walk • The Church of St. Clement is a Roman Catholic church in the municipality of Watermael-Boitsfort in Brussels. It is one of the earliest examples of Romanesque architecture in Belgium, dating from the 11th century.
2.3 miNW
Area
Enfants Noyés Nature Reserve, Brussels
59 min walk • The Enfants Noyés Nature Reserve is a nature reserve consisting of three large ponds located in a valley of the Sonian Forest in Brussels. The nature reserve consists of three distinct ponds: The Étang du Fer à Cheval, the Étang des Canards Sauvages and the Étang du Clos des Chênes.
0.6 miSW
Monastery
Groenendael Priory, Brussels
15 min walk • Groenendael Priory is located in the Forest of Soignes in the municipality of Hoeilaart in the Flemish Brabant, about 10 kilometres southeast of Brussels, Belgium.
3.6 miNW
Street
Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, Brussels
93 min walk • The Avenue Franklin Roosevelt or Franklin Rooseveltlaan is an avenue in Brussels, Belgium. It is located in the southern part of the City of Brussels, near the border with the municipality of Ixelles, where it runs parallel to the Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamerenbos.
3.2 miNW
Museum
International Puppet Museum - Peruchet, Brussels
82 min walk • The International Puppet Museum - Peruchet is a museum in Brussels, Belgium. It is part of the Royal Peruchet Theatre. The theater has a history dating to 1929 and had its heyday in the 1960s when it staged hundreds of performances annually. The museum was established in 1938.
2.3 miS
Park
Solvay Castle
60 min walk • Solvay Castle, is a château located in Wallonia in the municipality of La Hulpe, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Completed for the Marquis Maximilien de Béthune as an imposing manor house on the outskirts of Brussels in the 1840s, the castle stands on a hill overlooking a lake set in a park with mature trees covering more than 220 hectares.
3.2 miN
Area
Auderghem, Brussels
83 min walk • Auderghem or Oudergem is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region. Located to the southeast of the region, along the Woluwe valley and at the entrance to the Sonian Forest, the municipality has an environmental advantage.