WALK IN IXELLES

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Young, multicultural, artistic and trendy, Ixelles is still one of the liveliest localities in Brussels. In the middle, the Saint-Boniface district, loyal to its good food establishments in unfailingly original settings, borders on the highly colourful Matongé quarter. Farther along, Ixelles' Museums of Architecture and Fine Arts flit non-stop between retrospectives and avant-gardism. And then, right at the bottom end of Ixelles, there's Flagey, the old radio broadcasting centre.

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On your way... (See also the list with tourist information linked to this walk)

Monuments and museums:
Art Nouveau houses of Ernest Blerot: Rue Ernest Solvay 12, 18, 19, 20 and Rue Saint-Boniface 19-22.
The Saint-Boniface church: First neo-gothic church in Brussels.

Some nice stops...

Restaurants:
Cose Cosi: colonial setting - fresh pasta.
L'Ancienne Poissonnerie: Art Nouveau and modern Italian cuisine.
Mano a mano: pizzas and pasta.
Le Belgo belge: Belgian cuisine.
Le Saint-Boniface: regional French cuisine.
Dolma: vegeterian cuisine and Tibetan decor.

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Bars and cafés:
Sounds jazz club: mythical cava of Brussels jazz. Concerts at night.
Le Bar parallèle: cosy terrace and setting.
Rue de Longue-vie: pedestrian street with African atmosphere and colours.

Shopping:
La Bande des six nez: permanent gallery with comic strip serigraphs and lithographs.
Le Dépôt BD: (2 addresses) comic strips, ex-libris, serigraphs, mangas, figurines.
Rue de la Paix: streetwear and vintage clothes.
Chaussée d'Ixelles: shopping all you want.
Chaussée de Wavre: exotic food and products, hair plaiting.
'Food' market: Avenue Charles De Gaulle: from Tuesday to Friday from 7 am to 1 pm.
'All products' market: Avenue Charles De Gaulle: Saturday and Sunday from 7 am to 1 pm.

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CAMILLE LEMONNIER MUSEUM - HOUSE OF WRITERS (IXELLES) © Photo : Philippe Lermusiaux "L'Eternel Printemps" Auguste Rodin The museum contains the rooms where the great Belgian French-language writer, Camille Lemonnier - described by Georges Rodenbach as a "Belgian Master of the Written World" - did his writing. Lemonnier was a novelist, dramatist and art critic and a leading figure in contemporary literary and artistic life. Despite being so innovative, he was influenced by Emile Zola and the naturalist school. The house was realised by the architect André-Edouard Jolly. Address: Chaussée de Wavre 150 1050 IXELLES Tel.:+32 (0) 2 512 29 68 know more...

CHURCH OF THE TRINITY (IXELLES) In Italo-Flemish renaissance style. The façade is a listed monument, dating from 1642, and was moved in 1895. The naves' stained-glass windows from the end of the 19th century are antique style with Art Nouveau elements. The glass windows of the choir and the transept were made in Baroque style in the first half of the 20th century. The large Baroque style altar (9 m x 6.50 m) of the right transept and the pulpit at the back of the church were carved out of oak wood. It comes from the old hospital Saint Jean de Bruxelles. Various paintings with one of J.B. Van Orley (1701). One of the largest organs in Brussels, for the moment only partially visible, has 53 stop knobs, 3 keyboards and 1 pedal. Address: Parvis Rue du Bailli 1050 IXELLES Tel.:+32 (0) 2 538 34 60 know more...

FONDATION POUR L'ARCHITECTURE (IXELLES) © Fondation pour l'Architecture Address: Rue de l'Ermitage 55 1050 IXELLES Tel.:+32 (0) 2 642 24 80 know more...

IXELLES MUSEUM (IXELLES) © mixed Media - collection Musée d'Ixelles, Bruxelles The collections of the Ixelles museum present a vast panorama of the Belgian art from the 19th and 20th centuries, a view on the different artistic movements of this time: realism, impressionism, luminism, neo-impressionism and symbolism for the 19th century, and fauvism, expressionism, cubism, surrealism, abstraction and the most popular actual movements for the 20th century. Many Flemish artists, some representatives of foreign schools and a remarkable set of fin-de-siècle posters with the full collection of original posters made by Toulouse-Lautrec complete the exhibited collection. Address: Rue Jean Van Volsem 71 1050 IXELLES Tel.:+32 (0) 2 515 64 21 know more...

MUSEUM OF ARCHITECTURE - THE LODGE (IXELLES) © AAM. Photographie C. Reculez The museum is situated in a former Masonic lodge, property of architect Fernand Bodson (1934). The museum allows the Archives of Modern Architecture (AMA) to present its collections (drawings, pictures, scale models, furniture). Themed exhibitions offer the visitor a general view of the architectural creation of the 20th century in Belgium. Address: Rue de l'Ermitage 86 1050 IXELLES Tel.:+32 (0) 2 649 86 65 know more...

THE FLAGEY (IXELLES) © Le Flagey This 'liner', which has been rechristened the 'Flagey', was saved in June 1998 by a private Belgian group and has now embarked on a new life. This building, which has been completely renovated, was one of the first radio broadcasting buildings in the world. Inaugurated in 1938, it soon gained quite a reputation for its unique architecture and the unrivalled acoustics of its studios. It was in fact dubbed the 'sound factory'. This highly impressive architectural masterpiece is the work of the Belgian architect from the 1930s, Joseph Diongre. Address: Place Sainte-Croix 1050 IXELLES Tel.:+32 (0) 2 641 10 20 know more...