Christmas tree in Auderghem

All of Auderghem enjoys our free Christmas tree delivery, from the flats of Chaussée de Wavre to the Rouge-Cloître, on the edge of the Sonian Forest. According to Brussels Environment, the former priory once had some fifteen ponds, and the listed site is part of the Natura 2000 network. An art centre now occupies part of the priory’s old farm.

From workers’ houses to forest villas

In Auderghem, the Sonian Forest covers a large part of the territory, to the south-east. It is above all a municipality of houses: nearly nine in ten residential buildings, according to IBSA. Workers’ houses and flats huddle around Chaussée de Wavre, the historic thoroughfare where shops and restaurants are concentrated; the villas, for their part, line the edge of the forest. According to the 2011 census cited by IBSA, one home in five here has seven rooms or more: such generous spaces call for the Nordmann fir, available up to 4 m. For a ceiling of 2.50 m, we would rather suggest 175 to 200 cm.

Originally, the municipality was no more than a farm attached to Watermael, nestled in a clearing of the Woluwe valley. The hamlet that grew from it was home to peasants, woodcutters and broom makers. According to the municipality, Chaussée de Wavre, built in 1726, ended its isolation, and it became an independent municipality in 1863. The trees Vert Sapin selects grow about a hundred kilometres from Brussels: they are sourced from a certified organic grower, a Belgian family that has worked the same land for three generations.

The nearest stall to Auderghem

Would you like to choose for yourself? In Watermael-Boitsfort, on Place Wiener, you’ll find our nearest stall; the two municipalities in fact share the Trois Tilleuls area. From the family houses of Transvaal and Chant d’Oiseau, built up from the 1950s according to IBSA, to the villas near the forest, our home service can also set up and decorate your tree on quote, before picking it up after the holidays.