Founded around 1125, it is one of the first four churches of Brussels and the best preserved through its successive rebuilds. Small houses still lean against its side walls, just off the Grand-Place and the Bourse.
- Address
- Rue au Beurre, 1000 Brussels
- Hours
- Mon-Fri 10:00-18:00; Sat-Sun 09:00-18:00 (upbxlcentre.be, 2026)
- Best time to go
- Morning, Afternoon · About 20 min
- Price
- Free entry (church; no fee listed on upbxlcentre.be)
- Price level
- €
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Look up at the top of a nave pillar: a cannonball from the French bombardment of August 1695 is still lodged there
- Outside, find the Baroque house De Goude Huyve built against the church wall
- Daily Mass at 17:00; Sunday Mass in English at 10:00