The city's first public park, laid out 1776-1783 by Barnabe Guimard and Joachim Zinner between the Royal Palace and the Parliament. The rectangular 13-hectare park was part of the same neoclassical project as the Place Royale.
- Address
- Rue Royale / Place des Palais, 1000 Brussels
- Hours
- not verified
- Best time to go
- Morning, Afternoon · About 45 min
- Price
- Free
- Price level
- €
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Find the twelve-sided cast-iron bandstand by Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar (1841), still used for concerts
- Behind the Park Theatre stands the Vauxhall, an 18th-century entertainment hall
- French revolutionaries destroyed its original sculptures in 1793; the city restocked the park after taking it over