This website examines the differences in land usage in EU countries between 1900 and 2010. You can zoom in if you like.
http://www.geo-informatie.nl/fuchs003/
(Too busy; didn't visit: since 1900, changes in agriculture have meant that a smaller amount of land is needed to feed everyone. Forest land has taken over abandoned crop land, and with the increase in CO2, has taken off growing. People's concentration in urban areas has helped permit that to happen.)