Editing Brussels (section)

==Parks and green spaces==
{{Main|List of parks and gardens in Brussels}}

Brussels is one of the greenest capitals in Europe, with over 8,000 hectares of green spaces.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://be.brussels/culture-tourism-leisure/parks-and-green-space|title=Parks and green spaces|website=be.brussels|archive-date=3 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203043950/http://be.brussels/culture-tourism-leisure/parks-and-green-space|url-status=dead}}</ref> Vegetation cover and natural areas are higher in the outskirts, where they have limited the [[peri-urbanisation]] of the capital, but they decrease sharply towards the centre of Brussels; 10% in the central [[Pentagon (Brussels)|Pentagon]], 30% of the municipalities in the first ring, and 71% of the municipalities in the second ring are occupied by green spaces.

Many parks and gardens, both public and privately owned, are scattered throughout the city. In addition to this, the [[Sonian Forest]] is located in its southern part and stretches out over the three [[Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium#Regions|Belgian regions]]. {{as of|2017}}, it has been inscribed as a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]], the only Belgian component to the multinational inscription '[[Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe]]'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1133|title=Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe|website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|publisher=United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization|access-date=3 September 2022|archive-date=2 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302171434/http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1133|url-status=live}}</ref>

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File:Brussels Park in summer 2007 1.JPG|[[Brussels Park]]
File:Brussels, Jardin du Mont des Arts foto5 2015-06-07 14.01.jpg|[[Mont des Arts|Mont des Arts/Kunstberg]]
File:Brussels Cinquantenaire R04.jpg|[[Cinquantenaire|Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark]]
File:Brusel, Bois de la Cambre, jezero.jpg|[[Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamerenbos]]
File:Ixelles Ponds.JPG|[[Ixelles Ponds]]
File:Parc de Forest - 20080325.JPG|[[Forest park, Brussels|Forest Park]]
File:Autumn light in the Sonian Forest.jpg|[[Sonian Forest]]
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