Street Name Variations in Brussels

This page shows the different variations of street names found in Brussels.

The Brussels-Capital Region is made of 19 municipalities. Each municipality is responsible to name streets on its territory, in both official languages. There are several cases where the spelling has been unified in one language but is written differently in the other.

How to map

If the border intersects the road, as a mapper you are expected to split the road as close as possible to the border—remember that boundary relations should preferably not connect highways. Each part of the road will have the official name given by the municipality where it belongs. This is the simplest case.

If the road is the border, the situation is more complicated.

• You are expected to use name:left=* and name:right=* on the highway. Remember that :left and :right prefixes are always relative to the direction of the way in OSM. Those names are bilingual and use the usual " - " separator.
• The name=* tag will concatenate both strings with the " / " separator, e.g. name=Rue du Noyer - Notelaarsstraat / Rue du Noyer - Notelaarstraat
• name:fr=* and name:nl=* should concatenate the two variants of the French name and Dutch name respectively. The table below provides the list. Needless to say, never concatenate the same text string twice, do this only when the name differs. As the table below shows, 95% of the cases are related to name:nl=*.
• name:left:fr=*, name:left:nl=*, name:right:fr=*, name:right:nl=* provide the single-language name for each spelling variant.
• Addresses always belong to one single municipality. The addr:street=* on an address should only include the bilingual name of the street given by this municipality. This is the name found in either name:left=* or name:right=*.

Finally, there are cases where one single street is on the border between Brussels and Flanders. It should be treated in the same manner, but while ensuring to honour the naming conventions for the Flemish part (in particular if the convention requires that only the Dutch name is used on the name tag, please do so, e.g. name=Steenweg Buda / Chaussée de Buda - Budasesteenweg for a street where the left part is in Machelen (monolingual) and the right part in Brussels (bilingual).

List of streets

Between two municipalities within the Brussels-Capital Region

name:fr	name:nl	addr:city
Avenue d'Auderghem	Oudergemselaan	Bruxelles - Brussel
	Oudergemlaan	Etterbeek
Avenue de Jette	Jetselaan	Koekelberg
	Jetse laan	Jette
Avenue de l'Arbre Ballon	Dikkebeuklaan	Bruxelles - Brussel
	Dikke-Beuklaan	Jette
Avenue de la Chevalerie	Ridderschapslaan	Bruxelles - Brussel
	Ridderschaplaan	Etterbeek
Avenue de la Héronnière	Reigersboslaan	Auderghem - Oudergem
	Reigerboslaan	Watermael-Boitsfort - Watermaal-Bosvoorde
Avenue de Tervueren	Tervuurselaan	Auderghem - Oudergem
	Tervurenlaan	Woluwe-Saint-Pierre - Sint-Pieters-Woluwe
Avenue des Sept Bonniers	Zevenbunderslaan	Forest - Vorst
	Zeven Bunderslaan	Uccle - Ukkel
Avenue du Haut-Pont	Hoge-Bruggelaan	Ixelles - Elsene
	Hoge-Bruglaan	Saint-Gilles - Sint-Gillis
Chaussée d'Alsemberg	Alsembergsesteenweg	Uccle - Ukkel
	Alsembergse Steenweg	Forest - Vorst
		Saint-Gilles - Sint-Gillis
Chaussée de Forest	Vorstsesteenweg	Forest - Vorst
	Vorstse Steenweg	Saint-Gilles - Sint-Gillis
Chaussée de Gand	Gentsesteenweg	Berchem-Sainte-Agathe - Sint-Agatha-Berchem
		Koekelberg
	Steenweg op Gent	Molenbeek-Saint-Jean - Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
Chaussée de Haecht	Haachtse Steenweg	Saint-Josse-ten-Noode - Sint-Joost-ten-Node
	Haachtsesteenweg	Bruxelles - Brussel
		Evere
		Schaerbeek - Schaarbeek
Chaussée de Louvain	Leuvense Steenweg	Saint-Josse-ten-Noode - Sint-Joost-ten-Node
	Leuvensesteenweg	Bruxelles - Brussel
		Evere
		Schaerbeek - Schaarbeek
	Steenweg op Leuven	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert - Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe
Chaussée de Jette	Jetsesteenweg	Koekelberg
		Molenbeek-Saint-Jean - Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
	Jetse Steenweg	Jette
Chaussée de La Hulpe	Terhulpsesteenweg	Bruxelles - Brussel
		Watermael-Boitsfort - Watermaal-Bosvoorde
	Terhulpensesteenweg	Uccle - Ukkel
Chaussée de Neerstalle	Neerstalse Steenweg	Forest - Vorst
	Neerstallesteenweg	Uccle - Ukkel
Chaussée de Waterloo	Waterlose Steenweg	Saint-Gilles - Sint-Gillis
	Waterloose Steenweg	Ixelles - Elsene
	Waterloosesteenweg	Uccle - Ukkel
Chaussée de Wavre	Waversesteenweg	Auderghem - Oudergem
	Steenweg op Waver	Etterbeek
	Waverse Steenweg	Ixelles - Elsene
Rue au Bois	Bosstraat	Ganshoren
Rue du Bois		Jette
Rue Berkendael	Berkendaelstraat	Forest - Vorst
	Berkendaalstraat	Ixelles - Elsene
Rue de l'Arbre Bénit	Gewijdeboomstraat	Bruxelles - Brussel
	Gewijde-Boomstraat	Ixelles - Elsene
Rue de la Cambre	Ter Kamerenstraat	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert - Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe
	Terkamerenstraat	Woluwe-Saint-Pierre - Sint-Pieters-Woluwe
Rue de la Longue Haie	Lange-Haagstraat	Bruxelles - Brussel
	Langehaagstraat	Ixelles - Elsene
Rue De Praetere	De Praeterestraat	Bruxelles - Brussel
		Uccle - Ukkel
Rue de Praetere	de Praeterestraat	Ixelles - Elsene
Rue de Termonde	Dendermondsestraat	Ganshoren
	Dendermondestraat	Berchem-Sainte-Agathe - Sint-Agatha-Berchem
Rue des Merisiers	Kriekebomenstraat	Ixelles - Elsene
	Kriekenbomenstraat	Watermael-Boitsfort - Watermaal-Bosvoorde
Rue du Cardinal	Kardinaalstraat	Bruxelles - Brussel
	Kardinaalsstraat	Saint-Josse-ten-Noode - Sint-Joost-ten-Node
Rue de l'Aqueduc	Waterleidingstraat	Ixelles - Elsene
	Aquaductstraat	Saint-Gilles - Sint-Gillis
Rue du Noyer	Notelaarsstraat	Bruxelles - Brussel
	Notelaarstraat	Schaerbeek - Schaarbeek
Rue du Relais	Pleisterstraat	Ixelles - Elsene
	Pleisterplaatsstraat	Watermael-Boitsfort - Watermaal-Bosvoorde
Rue Jacobs-Fontaine	Jacobs-Fontainestraat	Bruxelles - Brussel
Rue Jacobs Fontaine	Jacobs Fontainestraat	Jette
Rue Walckiers	Walckiersstraat	Schaerbeek - Schaarbeek
Rue Walkiers	Walkiersstraat	Evere

On the border between the Brussels-Capital Region and the Flemish Region

#	name:fr	name:nl	addr:city
1	Chaussée de Buda	Budasesteenweg	Bruxelles - Brussel
	-	Steenweg Buda	Machelen
2	Chaussée Romaine	Romeinsesteenweg	Bruxelles - Brussel
		Romeinse Steenweg	Wemmel
3	Route de Lennik	Lennikse Baan	Anderlecht
	-	Lenniksebaan	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
4	Rue de Woluwé-Saint-Étienne	Sint Stevens Woluwestraat	Bruxelles - Brussel
	-	Weg naar Sint-Stevens-Woluwe	Sint-Stevens-Woluwe
5	Rue des Trois Rois	Drie Koningenstraat	Uccle - Ukkel
		Driekoningenstraat	Drogenbos
6	Rue François Vander Elst	François Vander Elststraat	Bruxelles - Brussel
		Frans Vander Elststraat	Kraainem