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The church of Saint Josse is a landmark at the heart of the commune. This imposing Neo-Baroque building was inaugurated in 1891.In 1830, at the time of Belgian independence, Saint-Josse was a village of only two thousand inhabitants which then grew rapidly with the expansion of Brussels so that sixty years later it had around thirty thousand inhabitants. This explains the building of this church which replaced a small, old rural one.

Its façade illustrates the prosperity and dynamism of the larger Brussels area at this period. The church of the Beguinage of Brussels inspired its architecture.

Inside are stained glass windows and paintings depicting biblical scenes and the life of saints including Saint Josse, patron saint of the parish and 7th century hermit. In the choir, the painting on the high altar is a copy of the Assumption of the Virgin by Rubens. Also worth seeing is a sculpted Stations of the Cross, donated by eminent parishioners of the time and the organs, at the centre of which is David playing the harp accompanied by four angels.

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