Friday Golden Hour Walk - Through Woluwe Parc

📍 Meeting Point: Take tram no. 44 from Montgomery at 18:40 then step off at Musée du Tram tram stop and for those coming by car, parking available @ 1150 ClubHouse.
🚶 Trail Length: 6.6 km | ⏱ Duration: ~2 hours| 🥾 Difficulty: Easy
🔁 Loop Trail | 144 m Elevation Gain

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Transfer 5€ here:
Ujamaa ASBL
BE35 7380 4663 9137
Réf: Woluwe

As golden hour descends on Brussels, we invite you to walk a trail where history, nature, and the city quietly converge.

Our path winds through the Red Cloister (Rouge Cloître), a former monastery founded in 1367 by Augustinian monks. Tucked beside quiet ponds and thick trees, the priory was once a place of religious retreat, manuscript copying, and, centuries later, artistic inspiration. In the 17th century, it attracted painters from the Brussels school, including the famed landscape artist Jacques d'Arthois.

Now part of the Sonian Forest, a UNESCO-listed remnant of the ancient beech woodlands that once blanketed much of Western Europe, this area has seen everything from monastic seclusion to urban expansion. Today, it’s a peaceful green borderland where joggers, families, and walkers reclaim quiet just outside the capital.

Expect:

Pond views, forest air, and historic priory ruins

Potential wildlife sightings (deer, herons, bats at dusk)

A short visit to the botanical garden near the priory

Kid-friendly pace and terrain (dogs welcome)

Getting There:
🚇 Metro Line 1 → Montgomery → Tram 44 → Musée du Tram