Louise metro station
Metro station in Brussels, Belgium
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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.
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1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
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 Louise/Louiza metro station | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Place Louise / Louizaplein 1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°50′9″N 4°21′19″E | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | STIB/MIVB | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 19 August 1985 | ||||||||||||||
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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 square above the station was used as a filming location for the music video for Stromae's song Formidable in 2013.[3]
Entrance to the station
Another entrance
La Terre en Fleur by Edmond Dubrunfaut
