History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue Van Ostade

In Dutch: Van Ostadestraat

Rue Van Ostade, in Brussels, has 42 buildings on the Atlas map, for 44 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 79% 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 – 191333
  • 1914 – 19449
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 39: 1900. 18 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
Commemorative name
Theme
Arts and culture
Named in
1877

La rue rend hommage à Adriaen Van Ostade, artiste peintre et sculpteur hollandais qui vécu au XVIIe siècle. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives