The English Pharmacy

The English Pharmacy, in Brussels

The English Pharmacy is an Art Nouveau jewel of Brussels, a work of the architect Paul Saintenoy. The Brussels audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this elegant building, today reconverted, near the Musical Instruments Museum.

The Art Nouveau jewel by Saintenoy

A stone's throw from the Musical Instruments Museum stands the English Pharmacy, another work of the architect Paul Saintenoy, author of the neighbouring Old England building. This fine building illustrates the Art Nouveau that flourished in Brussels at the end of the nineteenth century, with its elegant lines, its curves and its refinement. As its name indicates, the building once sheltered a pharmacy, before being reconverted, today into a cocktail bar. A witness of the golden age of Brussels Art Nouveau, a movement of which the town was one of the cradles with architects like Victor Horta, the English Pharmacy is a charming heritage detail of the royal district.

What to see

You admire the fine Art Nouveau building by the architect Paul Saintenoy, with elegant and refined lines, a former pharmacy today reconverted, near the Musical Instruments Museum. The English Pharmacy illustrates the golden age of Brussels Art Nouveau. It is a stop for those curious about architecture, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The English Pharmacy lies in the royal district of Brussels, near the Musical Instruments Museum, reachable on foot. You admire its façade from the street; the establishment it shelters follows its own hours, which vary. You discover it during a walk in the district.

Who designed the English Pharmacy of Brussels?

The architect Paul Saintenoy, author of the neighbouring Old England building; this Art Nouveau building, a former pharmacy today reconverted, illustrates the golden age of the movement in Brussels.

Where is the English Pharmacy?

In the royal district of Brussels, near the Musical Instruments Museum, in Belgium.