“We no longer settle in Overijse in a dormitory town near Brussels but rather by choice of life”

Located at the edge of the Soignes forest and at the entrance to Brussels on one side, near the French-speaking municipalities of Wavre, Rixensart or La Hulpe de l’Autre, Overijse is an entity with multiple identities. Different aficionados have followed one another according to its history.

Difficult at first glance to have a clear idea of ​​Overijse. Near Brussels, close to the E411 motorway, whose morning and evening traffic jams at peak times are stagnating near the municipality of Flemish Brabant, crossed by the Nationale 4.

Some will evoke the proximity to the nearby Soignes forest, others the Church of Jezus-Eik (literally the “oak of Jesus”), once a place of pilgrimage known for its miracles and healings.

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