The Chaussée de Wavre (French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

) or Waversesteenweg (Dutch

Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

) in Brussels

Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...

, Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 is a major street crossing the municipalities of Ixelles, Etterbeek

Etterbeek

Etterbeek is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. It neighbours the municipalities of the City of Brussels, Ixelles, Auderghem, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert and Schaerbeek....

 and Auderghem

Auderghem

Auderghem or Oudergem is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium....

. It starts at a crossroad with the Chaussée d'Ixelles near the Porte de Namur square in Ixelles, goes down to the Place Jourdan in Etterbeek, then goes up to the La Chasse crossroad, continues to the Arsenal crossroad with the greater ring road

Greater ring (Brussels)

The Greater Ring in Brussels, Belgium is a set of roads in the shape of a ring, intermediate between the small ring and the main Brussels ring...

. After this crossroad the street enters Auderghem, crosses the Boulevard du Souverain then merges with the European route E411

European route E411

European route E411 is a European route in Belgium connecting Brussels to Aubange, a town at the border between Belgium, France and Luxembourg via Namur and Arlon. The E411 starts in the municipality of Auderghem along the Beaulieu metro station, crosses the municipality on a viaduct, then crosses...

 where it runs along the Rouge-Cloître and then the Sonian Forest

Sonian Forest

The Sonian Forest is a forest that lies across the south-eastern part of Brussels, Belgium.The forest lies in the Flemish municipalities of Sint-Genesius-Rode, Hoeilaart, Overijse and Tervuren, in Uccle, Watermael-Boitsfort, Auderghem and Woluwe-Saint-Pierre in the Brussels-Capital Region and in...

. At its end, the road crosses the Brussels Ring

Brussels Ring

The Brussels Ring numbered R0, is a ring road surrounding the city of Brussels as well as other smaller towns south of Brussels. The road is a circular highway road of about 75 km with 2 to 3 lanes in each direction...

. This street is part of the N4 road

N4 road (Belgium)

Route Nationale 4 or the N4 road in Belgium is a highway that runs from Brussels to Luxembourg. It starts as chausée de Wavre at Porte de Namur on the Brussels inner ring and runs south east through Wavre and Namur, Marche, Bastogne, Martelange and Arlon before terminating as route de Luxembourg...

, which connects Brussels to Arlon.

Several places of interest are located on the Chaussée de Wavre, among which the Vendôme cinema, the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences is a museum in the Belgian capital of Brussels dedicated to natural history. Its most important pieces are 30 fossilized Iguanodon skeletons, which were discovered in 1878 in Bernissart. The dinosaur hall of the museum is the world's largest museum...

 and the Jean-Félix Hap Garden.