The Sonian Forest or Sonian Wood is a 4,421-hectare (10,920-acre) forest at the south-eastern edge of Brussels, Belgium. It is connected to the Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamerenbos, an urban public park which enters the city up to 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the city centre.
Autumn light in the Sonian Forest
Even, dense old-growth stand of beech trees (Fagus sylvatica) prepared to be regenerated by their saplings in the understorey, in the Brussels part of the Sonian Forest
The only remaining building of the Château de Trois-Fontaines
Memorial to the eleven forest rangers
The Bois de la Cambre or Ter Kamerenbos (Dutch) is an urban public park in Brussels, Belgium. It lies in the south of the Brussels-Capital Region, in the City of Brussels, and covers an area of 1.23 km2 (0.47 sq mi), forming a natural offshoot of the Sonian Forest, which penetrates deep into the city in the south-east of Brussels. It is linked to the rest of the municipality by the Avenue Louise/Louizalaan, which was built in 1861, at the same time the park was laid out.
The Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamerenbos and its lake in Brussels
Bronze plaque commemorating the 150th anniversary of the cricket match played by British troops before the Battle of Waterloo on 17 June 1815
One of the two former toll pavilions of the Namur Gate, now at the entrance of the Bois de la Cambre
View of the Bois de la Cambre's lake and Chalet Robinson, c. 1904
