Louise metro station


Louise/Louiza metro station
General information
LocationPlace Louise / Louizaplein
1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates50°50′9″N 4°21′19″E / 50.83583°N 4.35528°E / 50.83583; 4.35528
Owned bySTIB/MIVB
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened19 August 1985; 39 years ago (1985-08-19)
Services
Preceding station The icon for Brussels Metro. A white letter 'M' on top of a pink circle. Brussels Metro Following station
Porte de Namur/Naamsepoort
towards Elisabeth
Line 2 Hôtel des Monnaies/Munthof
towards Simonis
Line 6 Hôtel des Monnaies/Munthof

Louise (French) or Louiza (Dutch) is a Brussels Metro station on the southern segment of lines 2 and 6. It is located under the Small Ring (Brussels' inner ring road) at the Place Louise/Louizaplein, at the end of Avenue Louise/Louizalaan, in the City of Brussels, Belgium. The station takes its name from that nearby avenue, itself named after King Leopold II's eldest daughter, Princess Louise.

The metro station opened on 19 August 1985 and was the southern terminus of line 2 until the opening of an extension to Gare du Midi/Zuidstation on 2 October 1988. Line 2 has since been extended beyond Gare du Midi to Clemenceau in 1993, Delacroix in 2006, and Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation in 2009. Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it now lies on the joint section of lines 2 and 6.[1][2]

The above station was used as a filming location of the music video for Stromae's song Formidable in 2013.[3]

  1. ^ "Line 2 direction SIMONIS - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Line 6 direction ROI BAUDOUIN - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Formidable: le clip de Stromae nous a tous buzzés". LExpress.fr (in French). 27 May 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2017.