History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue du Marché aux Herbes

In Dutch: Grasmarkt

Rue du Marché aux Herbes, in Brussels, has 86 buildings on the Atlas map, for 102 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 47% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 45% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16999
  • 1700 – 17993
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 187914
  • 1880 – 191313
  • 1914 – 194440
  • 1945 – 19695
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20092
  • since 20100

The oldest individually dated building is at no. 55: 1697. 19 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

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
Theme
Economic life
Named in
1853

Marché-aux-Tripes agglomérée à la rue Marché-aux-Herbes (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives

On this street

Traditional caféToone tavernThe tavern of the Brussels puppet theatre, at the end of an alley.BruxellesIllustration: chipsChip shopFriterie TaboraA chip shop on Rue de Tabora, near the Bourse, often with a long queue.BruxellesIllustration: brussels waffleWafflesLa Maison des GaufresBrussels and Liège waffles from a closely guarded family recipe.BruxellesIllustration: brussels waffleWafflesGaufres de BruxellesA waffle house a stone's throw from the Grand-Place.Bruxelles