It is a prosperous residential area, with a mixture of flats and detached, semi-detached, and terraced houses, often compared to Uccle, another affluent Brussels municipality, as well as the 14th or 17th arrondissement in Paris.

Several archaeological finds on the territory of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert show traces of human activity during the Bronze Age.

The first historical mention of the village, however, dates from the 11th century, when some of the forested land near the Woluwe stream was cleared for farming.

At the end of the 12th century, the rights to the parish of Saint Lambert were given to the canons of the chapter of St. Michael and Gudula in Brussels.

Throughout the Middle Ages, Woluwe was part of the Duchy of Brabant, governed under the usual feudal arrangement of those times.

Starting in the 16th century, affluent nobles and clergymen from Brussels built châteaux in Woluwe, some of which are still visible today.

Woluwe-Saint-Lambert is served by the following stations on line 1 of the Brussels Metro: Joséphine-Charlotte, Gribaumont, Tomberg, Roodebeek, Vandervelde, Alma and Crainhem/Kraainem.