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serving as the eastern
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of line 1. It is located in the
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of
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, in the eastern part of
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, Belgium. The metro station opened on 31 August 1988. Since 4 April 2009, the station has been served by the eastern branch of line 1 (previously line 1B).


Art in the station

Murals on the walls across each of the tracks from the single island platform illustrate more than 140 characters from
Hergé Georges Prosper Remi (; 22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé ( ; ), from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials ''RG'', was a Belgian comic strip artist. He is best known for creating ''The Adventures of T ...
's comic ''
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''. The sketches for the work were made by the artist himself, just before his death. The figures were drawn by
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.


Surroundings

Next to the metro station, there is a shopping centre named ''Stockel Square'', home to various shops including clothing, jewellery, food, etc. In front of the station, there is also a cinema called ''Le New Stockel''.


See also

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Transport in Brussels Brussels has an extensive network of both private or public transportation means. Public transportation includes Brussels buses, Brussels trams, trams, and Brussels Metro, metro (all three operated by Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company, STI ...
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History of Brussels Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital ...


References


External links

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STIB/MIVB official website
Brussels Metro stations Woluwe-Saint-Pierre Railway stations in Belgium opened in 1988 {{Brussels-metro-stub