Forest
Forest or Vorst, is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the southern part of the region, it is bordered by Anderlecht, Ixelles, Uccle, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the Flemish municipality of Drogenbos.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 56,300 residents
- Description: municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
- Also known as: “1190”, “Forest, Belgium”, “Forest/Vorst”, “Veust”, and “Vorst”
- Postal code: 1190
Places of Interest
Highlights include Brussels-South railway station and Horta Museum.
Brussels-South railway station
Railway station
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Brussels-South railway station, also known as Brussels-Midi railway station, is a major railway station in Brussels, Belgium. Geographically, it is located in Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillis on the border with the adjacent municipality of Anderlecht and just south of the City of Brussels.
Horta Museum
Museum
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The Horta Museum is a museum in Brussels, Belgium, dedicated to the life and work of the architect Victor Horta and his time. The museum is housed in Horta's former town house and workshop, built between 1898 and 1901, in Art Nouveau style.
Joseph Marien Stadium
Stadium
The Joseph Marien Stadium is a multi-use stadium located within Duden Park in the municipality of Forest in Brussels, Belgium. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Royale Union Saint-Gilloise.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Brussels and Matonge.
South Brussels
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The South district in the Belgian capital of Brussels comprises the municipalities of Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis, Forest / Vorst and Uccle / Ukkel.
Matonge
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Matongé is a district in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, and home to its African population originating from the Congo.
Brussels
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Brussels is the capital of Belgium and one of the three administrative regions within the country, together with Flanders and Wallonia. Apart from its role within its country, it is also an internationally important city, hosting numerous international institutions, and in particular the headquarters of NATO and the core institutions of the European Union.
Forest
- Categories: municipality of Belgium and locality
- Location: Vorst, Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital, Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.8118° or 50° 48′ 43″ northLongitude
4.3181° or 4° 19′ 5″ eastPopulation
56,300Elevation
52 metres (171 feet)United Nations Location Code
BE VOSOpen location code
9F26R869+P6OpenStreetMap ID
node 66197751OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Forest” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فورست”
- Arabic: “فوريه”
- Armenian: “Ֆորե, Բելգիա”
- Armenian: “Ֆորե”
- Basque: “Forest”
- Breton: “Vorst”
- Bulgarian: “Форе”
- Catalan: “Forest”
- Catalan: “Vorst”
- Cebuano: “Vorst”
- Chinese: “Forest”
- Chinese: “Vorst”
- Chinese: “福雷”
- Croatian: “Forest”
- Croatian: “Vorst”
- Danish: “Forest”
- Danish: “Vorst”
- Dutch: “1190”
- Dutch: “Brussel (Vorst)”
- Dutch: “Forest”
- Dutch: “Veust”
- Dutch: “Vorst (Brussel)”
- Dutch: “Vorst”
- Esperanto: “Forest”
- Esperanto: “Vorst”
- Estonian: “Forest”
- Finnish: “Forest”
- French: “1190 Bruxelles”
- French: “1190”
- French: “Bruxelles (Forest)”
- French: “Forest”
- French: “Veust”
- French: “Vorst”
- Galician: “Forest”
- Galician: “Vorst”
- German: “Forest”
- German: “Forest/Vorst”
- German: “Vorst”
- Greek: “Φορέ”
- Hungarian: “Forest”
- Indonesian: “Forest-Vorst”
- Indonesian: “Forest/Vorst”
- Irish: “Forest, An Bheilg”
- Irish: “Forest”
- Italian: “Forest”
- Italian: “Vorst”
- Japanese: “フォルスト”
- Japanese: “フォレ”
- Japanese: “フォレスト”
- Korean: “포레”
- Latin: “Forestum”
- Limburgan: “Vorst”
- Lithuanian: “Miškas”
- Luxembourgish: “Forest - Vorst”
- Northern Frisian: “Forest/Vorst”
- Northern Frisian: “Forest”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Forest”
- Norwegian: “Forest”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Vorst”
- Persian: “فوره”
- Polish: “Forest”
- Polish: “Vorst”
- Portuguese: “Forest”
- Portuguese: “Vorst”
- Romanian: “Forest, Belgia”
- Romanian: “Forest”
- Russian: “Ворст”
- Russian: “Форе-Ворст”
- Russian: “Форе/Ворст”
- Russian: “Форе”
- Russian: “Форест”
- Scots: “Forest, Belgium”
- Scots: “Forest”
- Serbian: “Форест”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Forest”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vorst”
- Slovak: “Forest”
- Slovak: “Vorst”
- Slovenian: “Forest/Vorst”
- Spanish: “Forest”
- Spanish: “Vorst”
- Swedish: “Forest, Belgien”
- Swedish: “Forest”
- Swedish: “Vorst”
- Turkish: “1190 Bruxelles”
- Turkish: “Forest, Belçika”
- Turkish: “Forest/Vorst”
- Turkish: “Forest”
- Turkish: “Vorst”
- Ukrainian: “Ворст”
- Ukrainian: “Форе”
- Ukrainian: “Форест”
- Urdu: “وورست، بلجئیم”
- Vlaams: “Vorst”
- Volapük: “Vorst”
- Walloon: “Foresse”
- Walloon: “Forest”
- Walloon: “Veust”
- Walloon: “Vorst”
- Waray (Philippines): “Forest, Belhika”
- Waray (Philippines): “Forest”
- Welsh: “Forest”
- Western Frisian: “Forest”
- Western Frisian: “Forst”
- Zeeuws: “Vorst”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cité Forest Vert and Bempt.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Square Omer Denis - Omer Denissquare and Plaine de Jeux de l’Abbaye de Forest.
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