The (
French, ) or (
Dutch) is a major street in
Brussels
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, Belgium, running through the municipalities of
Ixelles
(French language, French, ) or (Dutch language, Dutch, ) is one of the List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located to the south-east of Pentagon (Brussels), Brusse ...
,
Etterbeek and
Auderghem. It starts at a crossroad with the / near the
Namur Gate in Ixelles, goes down to the / in Etterbeek, then goes up to the La Chasse crossroad, continues to the Arsenal crossroad with the
Greater Ring. After this crossroad, the street enters Auderghem, crosses the /, then merges with the
European route E411 where it runs along the
Red Cloister and then the
Sonian Forest
The Sonian Forest or Sonian Wood (, ; , ) is a forest at the south-eastern edge of Brussels, Belgium. It is connected to the Bois de la Cambre, Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamerenbos, an urban public park which enters the city up to from the Pentag ...
. At its end, the road crosses the
Brussels Ring. This street is part of the
N4 road, which connects Brussels to
Arlon
Arlon (; ; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the Luxembourg (Belgium), province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes, Belgium. With a population of just over 28,000, it ...
. It is named after the city of
Wavre (
Wallonia
Wallonia ( ; ; or ), officially the Walloon Region ( ; ), is one of the three communities, regions and language areas of Belgium, regions of Belgium—along with Flemish Region, Flanders and Brussels. Covering the southern portion of the c ...
).
Several places of interest are located on the Chaussée de Wavre, among which the ''Vendôme'' cinema, the
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
The Museum of Natural Sciences (, ; , ) is a Brussels museum dedicated to natural history. It is a part of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (; ), itself part of the institutions of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSP ...
and the Jean-Félix Hap Garden.
See also
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List of streets in Brussels
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History of Brussels
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Belgium in the long nineteenth century
References
External links
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Wavre
Auderghem
Etterbeek
Ixelles
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