Place de la Bourse - Beursplein, square in City of Brussels, Belgium

Place de la Bourse - Beursplein is a central Brussels square laid out after the Senne was covered between 1867 and 1871. On its south-eastern side stands the Bourse Palace, an eclectic 1868-1873 building by Léon Suys with a portico of six fluted columns, a sculpted pediment and the inscription "Beurs-Bourse". Opposite are two matching eclectic apartment blocks of 1884-85, and a 1949 corner building with a domed tower replaced the burnt Grands Magasins de la Bourse.

The square was laid out after the river Senne was covered between 1867 and 1871, part of Léon Suys's urban works under mayor Jules Anspach. The Bourse Palace, built from 1868 to 1873 on the site of the former Butter Market, mixes neo-Renaissance and Second Empire ornament, with sculptures by artists including Auguste Rodin. It reopened in 2023 as a beer museum after three years of renovation.

The square takes its name from the Bourse Palace on its south-eastern side, whose frieze reads "Beurs-Bourse". Since 29 June 2015 it has been part of the pedestrian zone, and it serves as a gathering place for events; after the March 2016 bombings it became an impromptu memorial. The palace reopened in 2023 as a museum of Belgian beer, with its main hall open to the public for the first time.

The square has been pedestrianised since 29 June 2015, so you cross it on foot or by tram rather than by car. The premetro station Bourse - Grand-Place/Beurs - Grote Markt, on lines 4 and 10, sits directly beneath it. Two side streets, Rue Henri Maus and Rue de la Bourse, run along each side of the Bourse Palace into the square.

The square sits on ground that once held the 13th-century Recollets Franciscan convent; its ruins lie beneath the paving, and the Bourse Palace itself was built over the site of the former Butter Market. The building's ornamentation includes sculpture by Auguste Rodin, made before he became famous.