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There’s A Mystical Forest In Belgium All Carpeted With Bluebell Flowers
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There’s A Mystical Forest In Belgium All Carpeted With Bluebell Flowers

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Believe it or not, the mystical and fairytale-like forest portrayed in these beautiful photos actually exists – it’s called Hallerbos (or Halle Forest in Dutch), and it’s located in Belgium.

The reason this forest looks like it’s been lifted right out of a fairytale is its dense carpet of blue flowers, called Bluebell. These flowers thrive and bloom in spring and early summer, and it is their characteristic explosion of blue and violet that gives bluebell forests like this one their name.

The beautiful nature filled with spring blooms attract visitors (and photographers) to Hallerbos and to other forests like it in droves. Foggy conditions are especially good for photographers, giving the woods a mysterious and ghostly atmosphere.

Dense super bloom of bluebells on the forest floors are usually an indicator that the forest in question is very old. This doesn’t necessarily mean that the trees in the area are old, only that the area has consistently remained wooded for at least 300-400 years. Scroll down below to witness the beauty of our mother nature!

h/t: mymodernmet

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    Aaron Gilbee
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you go, stay to the trails. Leave no trace. Too many tourist, especially stupid ones, are destroying it.

    TimothyByrnes
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is a beautiful forest, with lovely blue carpet of bluebells!

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    Aaron Gilbee
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you go, stay to the trails. Leave no trace. Too many tourist, especially stupid ones, are destroying it.

    TimothyByrnes
    Community Member
    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is a beautiful forest, with lovely blue carpet of bluebells!

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