History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue de la Fraîcheur

In Dutch: Frisheidstraat

Rue de la Fraîcheur, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 22 buildings on the Atlas map, for 25 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 82% of its buildings appear in that period.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 198918
  • 1990 – 20093
  • since 20101

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name
Descriptive name

Serait-ce une référence à la présence d'un grand magasin Delhaize et du siège central de cette entreprise qui étaient situés là au début du Xxe siècle ? (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.