Solbosch

To the east, the Solbosch plateau includes the university, residential neighbourhoods and the Ixelles cemetery; to the south is the Boondael chapel, in a neigxhbourhood dedicated to housing, education and rest – on Sundays or of an eternal nature – encompassing the municipalities of Brussels and Ixelles. To the west and south are the Bois de la Cambre and the Forêt de Soignes, the green lung of the capital. Many writers studied at the university, which they have described in their works. Similar to other writers of their time, they often wrote about green spaces, meditated in cemeteries, brought cultural sites to life, and lived in and dreamt of these places, like Iwan Gilkin who described the forest of his childhood. This guide gives them a voice.