The Zenne (Dutch) or Senne (French) is a small river that flows through Brussels. It is an indirect tributary of the Scheldt (through the Dijle and the Rupel). The Woluwe is one of the tributaries of the Zenne.

In total the Zenne is 103 km long.

In the centre of Brussels, the Senne was completely covered up and built over in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is still visible in the outskirts of Brussels and outside the city.

The Golden Iris became used as the emblem of the Brussels Capital Region due to its habitat in the marshy plains around the river.

The Zenne is notorious for being one of Belgium's worst polluted rivers, since all effluents from the Brussels Capital Region are versed in it without treatment. This problem will be solved however in the near future since a sewage treatment plant is now under construction.

The Zenne should not be confused with the Seine which flows through Paris.

Senne is also a Flemish name in Belgium, it comes from the name Sebastian. For example Senne Van Den Bogaert.

Senne Rouffaer is a famous actor in Flanders.

Senne is also a suburb of Bielefeld, Germany.

Rivers of Belgium

Zenne | Senne | Senne (Fluss)