Osseghem Park, a terrain of royal speculations

This guided walk is organized as part of the thematic year Urban Landscapes, proposed by Urban.brussels in 2026. From natural landscape to urban landscape, time has shaped this massif. When stone quarrying on the Osseghem site was abandoned, beech trees were planted there. At the beginning of the 19th century, King Leopold II acquired this land to make it a luxury residential area. A project that will never see the light of day... The city then became the owner of the premises and redeveloped it to host the 1935 Exhibition. Bis repetita with that of 1958 which will leave as still visible witnesses the Green Theater, the exhibition palace, the Atomium, etc. In the park, there is an alley of 4 rows of purple beech trees trimmed in a cylinder, which is another imprint of man on the landscape. While about twenty trees are pinned to the inventory of remarkable trees of the Region. To discover with our guide.