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Ixelles

In Dutch: Elsene

What to do in Ixelles? 9 ideas.

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Anderlecht · 6 ideasAuderghem · 3 ideasBerchem-Sainte-Agathe · 3 ideasBruxelles · 47 ideasEtterbeek · 4 ideasEvere · 2 ideasForest · 4 ideasGanshoren · 1 ideasIxelles · 9 ideasJette · 3 ideasKoekelberg · 2 ideasMolenbeek-Saint-Jean · 3 ideasSaint-Gilles · 9 ideasSaint-Josse-ten-Noode · 4 ideasSchaerbeek · 7 ideasUccle · 4 ideasWatermael-Boitsfort · 2 ideasWoluwe-Saint-Lambert · 3 ideasWoluwe-Saint-Pierre · 3 ideasAnderlechtAuderghemBerchemBruxellesEtterbeekEvereForestGanshorenIxellesJetteKoekelb.MolenbeekSt-GillesSt-JosseSchaerbeekUccleBoitsfortWoluwe-St-L.Woluwe-St-P.

Visit

MuseumWiertz MuseumThe oversized studio of Romantic painter Antoine Wiertz (closed for works).IxellesNeighbourhoodFreeIxelles PondsTwo ponds lined with Art Nouveau houses, between Flagey and La Cambre abbey.IxellesMuseumFreeMeunier MuseumThe house and studio of painter and sculptor Constantin Meunier.IxellesSquareFreePlace FlageyIxelles' large square, beside the ponds.Ixelles

Eat & drink

Chip shopFrit FlageyThe chip stand on Place Flagey, in Ixelles.IxellesIllustration: mussels and chipsBelgian restaurantVolle GasA brasserie on Place Fernand Cocq, with its huge oak bar.IxellesIllustration: stoempBelgian restaurantKartoucheA Belgian bistro reworking grandmothers' classics.IxellesIllustration: vol-au-ventBelgian restaurantCanterburyA brasserie by the Ixelles ponds.IxellesIllustration: vol-au-ventBelgian restaurantLe VariétésA large brasserie on Flagey, with a modernised retro interior.Ixelles

Walks

4 stops · ≈ 35 min walk (estimate)From Saint-Gilles to Ixelles, in Horta's footstepsFour stops of Brussels Art Nouveau, from the Maison Hannon to the Ixelles ponds.

Ixelles through time

Residents
87,632in 2020
Area
6.41 km²
Density
13,700 per km²

Population and area: Wikidata, read on 1 October 2026.

When the commune was built

  • before 1400418
  • 1400 – 1599446
  • 1600 – 1699229
  • 1700 – 1799355
  • 1800 – 18492,160
  • 1850 – 18793,205
  • 1880 – 19134,769
  • 1914 – 19443,209
  • 1945 – 19691,414
  • 1970 – 1989444
  • 1990 – 20091
  • since 20100

16,650 of today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction: outside the heritage inventory, the date is when the district was built up, not the exact age of each building.

A few dates

  1. 1833Ixelles Municipal Hall
  2. 1846Church of St. Boniface
  3. 1868Wiertz Museum
  4. 1872John Cockerill Monument
  5. 1897Hôtel Albert Ciamberlani
  6. 1899Meunier Museum
  7. 1900Beukman House
  8. 1907Church of the Holy Trinity
  9. 1912Van Rysselberghe House
  10. 1938Flagey Building
  11. 1939Résidence de la Cambre
  12. 1958Pro-Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
  13. 1970Bastion Tower
  14. 1971Ixelles Market Halls · disappears
  15. 1990Apostolic Armenian Church of Saint Mary Magdalene
  16. 1997Khachkar of Brussels

creation or opening, according to Wikidata.

The other communes

AnderlechtAuderghemBerchem-Sainte-AgatheBruxellesEtterbeekEvereForestGanshorenJetteKoekelbergMolenbeek-Saint-JeanSaint-GillesSaint-Josse-ten-NoodeSchaerbeekUccleWatermael-BoitsfortWoluwe-Saint-LambertWoluwe-Saint-Pierre