Ixelles or Elsene is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located to the south-east of Brussels' city centre, it is geographically bisected by the City of Brussels. It is also bordered by the municipalities of Auderghem, Etterbeek, Forest, Uccle, Saint-Gilles and Watermael-Boitsfort.
Ixelles' Municipal Hall seen from the Place Fernand Cocq/Fernand Cocqplein
La Cambre Abbey, founded in 1201
The Namur Gate and the Chaussée d'Ixelles/Elsensesteenweg, c. 1900
View from the cour d'honneur (main courtyard) of La Cambre Abbey, located in the City of Brussels close to Ixelles
The City of Brussels is the largest municipality and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, as well as the capital of the Flemish Region and Belgium. The City of Brussels is also the administrative centre of the European Union, as it hosts a number of principal EU institutions in its European Quarter.
Panorama of the city centre from the Mont des Arts/Kunstberg
Engraving of Brussels from c. 1610
Manneken Pis
Brussels' Town Hall