Halle's forest, Belgium
Halle's Wood was once part of the Sonian Forest, Europe's largest beech forest, stretching over the southern part of Brussels. Like for its bigger sister, beech is the dominant species of tree and the gently undulating landscape gives it a particularly pleasant atmosphere. The forest itself is beautiful enough to deserve a visit on its own. Needless to say that the millions of purple-blue bell-shaped liliaceae spreading in all directions, as far as the eye can see, make the scenery simply breathtaking. The Hallerbos also known as the Blue Forest is covered with millions of bluebells from late April into May. The otherworldly transformation of the 1,360 acre woods has a floral carpet brushing up against the lean beech trees as far as your eye takes you. Visitors can stroll the winding paths, and watch for rabbits and deer that wander through the green and azure woods. While the woods, located in the Halle municipality between Flanders and Wallonia, is not far from
