Hôtel des Monnaies/Munthof metro station

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

Hôtel des Monnaies/Munthof metro station
Location	Rue de l'Hôtel des Monnaies / Munthofstraat B-1060 Saint-Gilles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates	50°50′0″N 4°20′58″E
Owned by	STIB/MIVB
History
Opened	2 October 1988 (1988-10-02)
Services
Preceding station   Brussels Metro   Following station Louise/Louiza toward Elisabeth Line 2 Porte de Hal/Hallepoort toward Simonis Line 6 Porte de Hal/Hallepoort toward King Baudouin

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