Forest, Belgium

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Forest (French ) or Vorst (Dutch ) is one of 19 municipalities of the Brussels- Capital Region in Belgium.

The municipality has 53 312 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2012) and is 6.3 km ². Forest / Vorst located in the southwest of the capital, bordering the municipalities in Brussels Anderlecht, Saint-Gilles, Ixelles / Elsene and Uccle / Ukkel, as well as to the Flemish community Drogenbos.

In Forest / Vorst are two large parks ( Parc de Forest / Park van Vorst and Parque de Duden / Duden Park ), the Abbey of St. Dionys and Audi factory.

The area north of the center ( the town hall ) and between the elongated industrial area and the two parks, is a multicultural neighborhood problem.

Attractions

  • The Art Deco Church of St. Augustine (→ Lage50.8165834.336761 )
  • The former brewery Wielemans - Ceuppens, architecturally a blend of Art Deco and Modernism, now a cultural and arts center (→ Lage50.8244374.325644 )
  • Two adjacent art nouveau buildings in the Avenue de Mont Kimmel (→ Lage50.821974.34093 )
  • Abbaye de Forest, an ancient abbey, now a cultural center; it is the Church of St. Denis closes (→ Lage50.8107254.31687 )
  • Which in turn was built in Art Deco City Hall (→ Lage50.8112944.319268 )
  • The building the Marie Stations ( → Lage50.8180244.328771 )
  • The front of the prison Prison de Forest (→ Lage50.820144.347876 )

Church of St. Augustine

Town hall

The former brewery Wielemans - Ceuppens

Art Nouveau house in the Avenue de Mont Kimmel

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