Ixelles Elsene | ||
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State | Belgium | |
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Region | Brussels | |
Surface | 6.34 km² | |
Inhabitants | 84.073 (2014) | |
POSTAL CODE | 1050, 1055 | |
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Ixelles is a city of Brussels region.
To know
How to orient yourself
How to get
On the train
- 1 Boondael station, avenue de la Forêt.
- 2 Brussels-Luxembourg station (gare de Bruxelles-Luxembourg). From this station there is a direct line to Brussels airport.
By tram
- 3 Abbaye (Abdij). Lines
How to get around
What see
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One of the rooms of the Wiertz Museum
- 1 Wiertz Museum, Rue Vautier, 66 (By train Brussels-Luxembourg station, in
"Luxembourg" stop n °
or "Museum" stop
. Next to the hemicycle of the European Parliament.), ☎ 32 2 6481718, @[email protected].
free.
Tue-Fri 10: 00-12: 00 and 12: 45-17: 00. Housed in the former laboratory of Wiertz, the museum brings together the works (drawings, paintings, studies, sculptures) of this 19th century Belgian Romantic artist. It is one of the sections of the royal museums of fine arts of Belgium.
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One of the rooms of the Meunier Museum
- 2 Meunier Museum, Rue de l'Abbaye, 59 (In
stop "Abbaye" lines
, in
"Van Eyck" stop n °
), ☎ 32 2 6484449, @[email protected].
free.
Tue-Fri 10: 00-12: 00 and 12: 45-17: 00. Housed in the house-studio of the 19th century painter and sculptor Constantin Meunier, the museum houses about 150 works selected from the artist's drawings, paintings and sculptures. It is one of the sections of the royal museums of fine arts of Belgium.
- 3 Urban art gallery, Chaussée de Waterloo, 569. 5000 m2 dedicated to urban art and which constitutes an exhibition space for graffiti artists.
Art nouveau
The neighborhood has several art nouveau buildings.
- 4 Atelier du maître-verrier Sterner (Maison-atelier de Victor Marchal), Rue du Lac 6.
- 5 Dwelling, boulevard Général Jacques, 26.
Ciamberlani hotel
- 6 Ciamberlani hotel, Rue Defacqz 48. It was designed in 1897 by the architect Paul Hankar, who was one of the pillars of the Art Nouveau style in Belgium. It is a building commissioned by the symbolist painter Albert Ciamberlani.
- 7 Hotel René Janssens, Rue Defacqz 50.
- 8 Hotel du baron Buffin, Rue Caroly 19.
- 9 Hotel José Ciamberlani, Rue Paul-Emile Janson 23-25.
- 10 Maison Bruno Schmidt, Avenue Molière 151.
- 11 Building, Avenue des Klauwaerts 15-16.
- 12 Building, Avenue Général de Gaulle 38-39.
- 13 Building, Rue des Champs Elysées 72-74.
- 14 Maison Beukman, Rue Faider 83.
- 15 Building, Rue Faider 85.
- 16 Maison de l'Entrepreneur, Rue Malibran 47. Of great value on its facade is the sgraffito "the phases of construction" made by one of the masters on the subject: Paul Cauchie.
- 17 Maison Gheude, Avenue Molière 174.
- 18 Maison Sander Pierron, Rue de l'Aqueduc 157.
- 19 Maison Van Rysselberghe, Rue de Livourne 83.
- 20 Maison Vinck, Rue de Washington 85.
- 21 Maison Watteyne, Avenue de la Couronne 206.
- 22 Maison-atelier de Géo Bernier, Rue de la Réforme 4.
- 23 Maison-atelier Géo Ponchon, Rue de la Croix 25.
- 24 Maison-atelier d'Édouard Taymans, Rue des Champs Elysées 6.
- 25 Group of buildings, Rue Ernest Solvay from 12 to 22.
- 26 Group of buildings, Rue Saint-Boniface 15-17-19-20-22.
- 27 Villa Kjobenhavn, Rue Souveraine 52.
- 28 Vitrail La Vague, Rue de l'Arbre Bénit 123.
- 29 Maison-atelier de Georges Lemmers, Rue de la Réforme 74.
Events and parties
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Average prices
- 1 At the Kiss, Rue Américaine 119, ☎ 32 470 34 15 68.
Tue-Sun. An excellent Italian restaurant with a pizza comparable to that of the best pizzerias in Italy. Reservation required.