Botanique/Kruidtuin metro station
Botanique (French) or Kruidtuin (Dutch) is a Brussels metro station on the northern segment of line 2. It opened as a premetro (underground tram) station on 18 August 1974 and became a full metro station on 2 October 1988. The station is located under the small ring at Rue Royale/Koningsstraat in the municipality of the Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.
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 Botanique/Kruidtuin metro station | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Rue Royale/Koningsstraat, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°51′13″N 4°21′57″E | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | STIB/MIVB | ||||||||||||||
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The National Botanic Garden of Belgium, for which the area and station is named, was moved in the 1930s to the Flemish municipality of Meise, but the name Le Botanique and the building complex located nearby is still used as a concert venue and cultural centre.
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