Rue Neuve, Brussels

The Rue Neuve/Nieuwstraat in Brussels
Rue Neuve, Brussels is located in Brussels
Rue Neuve, Brussels
Location within Brussels
Rue Neuve, Brussels is located in Belgium
Rue Neuve, Brussels
Rue Neuve, Brussels (Belgium)
LocationCity of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
QuarterMarais–Jacqmain Quarter
Coordinates50°51′11″N 04°21′23″E / 50.85306°N 4.35639°E / 50.85306; 4.35639

The Rue Neuve (French: [ʁy nœv]) or Nieuwstraat (Dutch), meaning "New Street", is a pedestrian street in central Brussels, Belgium. It runs between the Place de la Monnaie/Muntplein and the Rue du Fossé aux Loups/Wolvengracht to the south and the Place Charles Rogier/Karel Rogierplein and the Boulevard du Jardin Botanique/Kruidtuinlaan to the north.[1]

The Rue Neuve and its close surroundings are the second most popular shopping area in Belgium by number of shoppers, after Meir in Antwerp.[2] It is served by the metro and premetro (underground tram) stations De Brouckère (on lines 1, 3, 4 and 5) and Rogier (on lines 2, 3, 4 and 6).

  1. ^ "Rue Neuve – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural". monument.heritage.brussels (in French). Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Meir klopt voor het eerst Nieuwstraat als drukste winkelstraat". De Standaard (in Dutch). Belga. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2021.