In the 21st century, the Porte de Namur (French) or Naamsepoort (Dutch) more commonly denotes the Ixelles neighbourhood where the gate formerly stood.

The tolls were abolished in 1860, and the buildings were moved to the entrance of the Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamerenbos three years later.

At that time, the district had many cafés, chic restaurants, luxury shops, performance venues, and later cinemas.

[5][6] The modernisation of the road infrastructure in the second half of the 20th century ended this period by transforming the district into a place of transit for cars.

[7] Nowadays, the Namur Gate area is once again becoming a busy commercial centre, less elitist than in the past, and one of the liveliest districts in the city.