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Woluwé-Saint-Pierre is a commune in Brussels. It is mostly a well-to-do residential area, which includes the wide, park-lined, Tervuren Avenue (French: Avenue de Tervueren, Dutch: Tervurenlaan) and the numerous embassies located near the Montgomery Square (Square Montgomery, Montgomeryplein).

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• Bibliotheca Wittockiana, 21 rue du Bemel, 1150 Bruxelles, ☎ +32 (0)2 770 5333, [1]. A museum that is dedicated to the art of binding books, with one of the most prestigious bookbinding collections in the world. Quite interesting. A discovery of forgotten discipline. Amazing use of materials, that unexpectedly gives room to innovation.  edit

• Musée du Transport Urbain Bruxellois (Transportation Museum of Brussels), 364 Avenue de Tervuren (Take Metroline 1B (dir. Stockel). Step down at Metro M station Montgomery. There, take Tram 39 (dir. Ban Eik) or 44 (dir. Tervuren) from their terminus. Step down at 6th stop “Depot de Woluwe/Woluwe Remise”. Tram museum is just at your left.), ☎ +32 (0)2 515 3108, [2]. Open from 1.30pm to 7pm on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from the first weekend of April until the first weekend of October. A museum with old trams and buses. Rides on the old trams are also available. See website for details. €5 Adults, €2 Children age 6-11, under 6 free.  edit

• Woluwe Park, Near Avenue de Tervueren (From center, take a tub (Stockel direction), step down at Montgomery station. Take tram 39 or 44. Step down at 4th station Chien vert. OR, by bus 36 if you take it at Schuman station area.). Beautiful park in Brussels. Worth noticing are the efforts made to let people know about fauna and flora there. Boards on some corners give information on which bird species, trees are in the park, their features, their ages as far as trees are concerned. Picnics are great there as well. Includes giant sequoias, cypresses, and a variety of birds such as swans, gulls, and herons.  edit

• The imposing modern city hall is open to visitors.

• The town’s main church (Saint Peter) was erected in 1755 on the site of a much older building and perpendicular to it, with funds from the abbey of Forest. Traces of the older building can still be seen on the left of the current church.

• Several turn-of-the-century houses and manors can still be seen today, such as the Stoclet House, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which was built between 1905 and 1909 on a design by Josef Hoffmann and contains mosaics and paintings by Gustav Klimt.

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