Fort 5 — Attraction in Edegem

One of the Brialmont forts, Fort 4 was built in 1860-1864 from brick with sandstone decorations. As originally intended, the main front building is largely invisible.

The fort is a trapezoidal structure surrounded by a 40-50 meter wide moat where the Fortloop that goes all the way to Borsbeek Fort 3. The later forts also have a similar structure

While the other forts were already sold to the municipalities in the 1970s, Fort 4 remained the property of the Ministry of Defence until 2000.

During that time it was an artillery. Currently, the fort is a monument and it was restored by the Ministry of Defense, but even now a lot of restoration work is still happening.

Many bats found their home in...

This place need some TLC . A apocalyptic sensation when you walk through the parc. a desolation! Nothing is taken care of. The Fort itself is degrading , the trees are going down and left as is, the fishes are dying because they don't bother to activate the fountains to provide oxygen and it stinks dead fish ! the entire path along the water is destroyed..graffitis inside the wood little cottage, and inside the Fort. They took away all the trashcans ! this place has gone to waste because the maire is not taking its job seriously! What a shame! And if you enter via the de Burletlaan, you will meet the ambulant stinky toilet ...

Cool park, full of historical monuments, most of which you can freely walk through. Very well kempt, great also for jogging or simply strolling through. There are several points where you can do specific exercises, as the city supplied the tools for that. Additionally, I think there are three children's playgrounds throughout this park, so it's great to go for a walk with your kids. They changed the opening and closing hours since last year, by the way. The park now closes at...