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7 unusual facts about Woluwe


Alma metro station

It is located in the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert / Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, serving the local campus of Université catholique de Louvain, and was opened on 7 May 1982.

Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc

The Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc (UCL-St-Luc) is a non-profit-making (ASBL) hospital associated with Université catholique de Louvain, and situated in Woluwe, Brussels, Belgium.

Gribaumont metro station

It is located in the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre / Sint-Pieters-Woluwe and opened on 20 January 1976.

Joséphine-Charlotte metro station

The name of the station is from the green square adjacent to the entrance (Joséphine-Charlottesquare / Square Joséphine-Charlotte) in the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre / Sint-Pieters-Woluwe.

Stockel metro station

The station opened on 31 August 1988 and is located in the municipality of Sint-Pieters-Woluwe/Woluwe-Saint-Pierre.

Tomberg metro station

It is located in the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert / Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe; one of the entrances of the station is directly beneath the town hall.

Vandervelde metro station

It is named after the avenue it serves (Avenue Emile Vandervelde / Émile Vanderveldelaan) in the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert / Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe and was opened on 7 May 1982.


Marie Lesueur

With her protector, the comte van Gobbelschroy, interior minister to William I, she set up home in the rural property (later known as the château Malou) he had acquired at Woluwe-Saint-Lambert near Brussels.

Montgomery metro station

The metro station opened on 30 January 1975 and is named after the roundabout above (Square Maréchal Montgomery / Maarschalk Montgomeryplein) which was named after Field Marshal Montgomery and is located in the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre / Sint-Pieters-Woluwe.

R. White Star Bruxelles

In 1963, as the main club from Woluwe, White Star AC, merged with the famous RR de Bruxelles, becoming the RR White, Woluwe FC changed their name to White Star Woluwe FC, taking over the star of the former club's logo.

The club, founded in 1948, was formerly known as Kapelleveld FC, playing in Evere, but they changed their name in 1950 to Woluwe FC when they moved to the Stade Fallon in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert.


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