Parc de Bruxelles
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1000 Brussels, Belgium
Park
Tourist Attraction
About
Brussels Park (French: Parc de Bruxelles [paʁk də bʁysɛl]; Dutch: Warandepark [ʋaːˈrɑndəˌpɑr(ə)k] or Park van Brussel [ˈpɑr(ə)k fɑm ˈbrʏsəl]) is the largest urban public park in central Brussels, Belgium. The park was formerly known and is still sometimes colloquially referred to as the Royal Park (French: Parc royal [paʁk ʁwajal]; Dutch: Koninklijk Park [ˈkoːnɪŋklək ˈpɑr(ə)k]). It was the city's first public park, being originally laid out between 1776 and 1783 in a neoclassical style by the French architect Gilles-Barnabé Guimard and the Austrian landscape architect Joachim Zinner, as part of an urban project including the Place Royale/Koningsplein. The area of the rectangular park is 13.1 ha (32 acres).