|
On rue Vautier, almost opposite the Musee Wiertz, a scruffy back entrance leads into the rear of Parc Leopold , a hilly, leafy enclave landscaped around a lake. The park is pleasant enough, but its open spaces were encroached upon years ago when the industrialist Ernest Solvay began constructing the educational and research facilities of a prototype science centre here. The end result is a string of big, old buildings that spreads along the park's western periphery. The most interesting is the first you'll come to, the newly refurbished Bibliotheque Solvay (no set opening times), a splendid barrel-vaulted structure with magnificent mahogany panelling. Down below the library and the other buildings, at the bottom of the slope, is the main entrance to Parc Leopold, where a set of stumpy stone gates bear the legend "Jardin royal de zoologie". Leopold wanted the park to be a zoo, but for once his plans went awry. From the front entrance to the park, it takes a little less than ten minutes to walk east along traffic-choked rue Belliard to the Parc du Cinquantenaire
Your Tip for Parc Leopold
Help other backpackers! Write your own guides and backpacking tips to Parc Leopold - they will appear instantly on this page - Please only write a tip/guide to Parc Leopold - visit the main Parc Leopold forum to ask a question!
Please do not post links to your site here (they won't work) - please use the Parc Leopold webguide section below! Thanks.
| 
