We’ve designed Hallerbos B&B
especially for you

Many of you have become cherished family friends during my 32 years of working in Brussels on EU foreign policy issues with the UN, the EU, think tanks, NGOs and the private sector. We’ve had many joyful gatherings on my back terrace overlooking the magnificent 622-hectare Hallerbos national forest, particularly when it is carpeted in bluebell flowers! So you will not be surprised that Jaak has converted our home into a cosy Bed & Breakfast – Hallerbos B&B – for us to spend the rest of our lives sharing with you our passions for cooking, hospitality and all the unique experiences Halle, Pajottenland and the Zenne Valley have to offer.

We have literally thousands of wonderful memories of our times together here over the past 32 years with our 37-member De Cort family, our 27-member “Gite Group” of friends, our two daughters Alex and Celine’s scouts groups, Jaak’s football team and their families, my work colleagues and their families – for team retreats, Easter egg hunts, communions, spring walks through the hyacinth flowers, summer BBQs and pool parties, autumn forest walks, Halloween campfires, Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, new years’ celebrations, birthdays, wedding parties, just chilling on the back terrace, etc., etc.

We’ve designed Hallerbos B&B especially for you – busy people in or visiting Brussels and dreaming of escaping in the blink of an eye to refresh your mind, body and spirit with mother nature, to connect with others and to have moments that take our breath away! So grab your partner, dog or friends and jump on the direct trains from Schuman, Luxembourg or Brussel Stations and in less than 30 minutes you’ll feel the same welcoming warmth and pampering you feel when you’re on holidays.

I was born and raised in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee with my Cherokee grandmother who taught me to have the greatest respect for nature. And she was so right to say when I left for Belgium that “You can take the girl out of the forest, but you can’t take the forest out of the girl”! I fell in love with the Hallerbos Forest! And have been taking good care of it. As a result, I have been given the great honor of being able to name our home Hallerbos B&B by the Nature and Forestry Agency of the Flemish Government/Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos van de Vlaamse Overheid which manages the Hallerbos Forest. Part of our profits from the B&B will be donated to the agency’s, Tree Marten Plan/Plan Boommarter for the continued upkeep and expansion of the forest and neighbouring nature reserves.