Flagey Square

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Flagey Square, the former Maison de la Radio

Panorama of Flagey Square

Eugène Flagey Square (in French: Place Eugène Flagey, in Dutch: Flageyplein, usually shortened to Flagey by locals), is a square in the Brussels municipality of Ixelles. It was named in honour of Eugène Flagey, mayor of Ixelles from 1935 to 1953. With ten streets converging at Flagey Square, it is one of the busiest and noisiest crossroads in the city.

The entire square has been under heavy reconstruction since 2002. The project has been infamously delayed many times and all activity had to grind to a halt for sometimes months on end. However, as of July 2007, work is progressing briskly and the rebuilding of Flagey Square and its vicinity may be completed by 2008. When completed, Flagey will be a leafy square directly adjacent to the neighbouring Ixelles Ponds (the street separating them now will disappear). A large flood control reservoir (necessary due to the low-lying terrain and high groundwater level) and a parking lot have been built under the square. Upon the completion of the new square, all bus and tram lines passing through Flagey will have to be diverted and rescheduled.

Flagey Square is famous for the art deco building occupying its entire southern side, the former Maison de la Radio (renamed to "Flagey" in 2002 and now hosting a cultural center). The building on the opposite side of the square houses the first supermarket ever opened in Belgium (in 1956), a Delhaize.

Starting 2008 , the great project of RIF will be started. This will bring new horizons to the inhabitants living arounf Flagey square.