Hôtel des Monnaies/Munthof metro station
General information
LocationRue de l'Hôtel des Monnaies / Munthofstraat
B-1060 Saint-Gilles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates50°50′0″N 4°20′58″E / 50.83333°N 4.34944°E / 50.83333; 4.34944
Owned bySTIB/MIVB
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened2 October 1988 (1988-10-02)
Services
Preceding station The icon for Brussels Metro.A white letter 'M' on top of a pink circle. Brussels Metro Following station
Louise/Louiza
towards Elisabeth
Line 2 Porte de Hal/Hallepoort
towards Simonis
Porte de Hal/Hallepoort
towards Elisabeth
Line 6 Louise/Louiza

Hôtel des Monnaies (French) or Munthof (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), near Saint Peter's Hospital, in the municipality of Saint-Gilles, south of the City of Brussels, Belgium. One of its entrances is on the Rue de l'Hôtel des Monnaies/Munthofstraat, after which it is named, and where Belgian currency used to be minted.

The station opened on 2 October 1988. During the construction, work on the metro tunnels ran up against the foundations of Brussels' old city walls, which ran 10 metres (33 feet) beneath ground level. These walls now form part of the station.

Old walls preserved in the station

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