Heysel metro station

Heysel or Heizel is a Brussels Metro station on the northern branch of line 6. It is located in Laeken, in the north-west of the City of Brussels, Belgium, and serves the Heysel/Heizel Plateau, famous for the World's Fairs of 1935 and 1958, the King Baudouin Stadium and the Atomium. The Bruparck entertainment park and the Centenary Palace, home to the Brussels Exhibition Centre, are also located nearby.
The metro station opened on 5 July 1985 as part of the Bockstael–Heysel/Heizel extension of former line 1A, and until 1998, it was the northern terminus of the metro. On 25 August 1998, the line was further extended to Roi Baudouin/Koning Boudewijn for the 2000 UEFA European Football Championship. Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by line 6. It offers a connection with tram route 7, as well as bus routes 84 and 88.
File:Centenary Palace.jpg|thumb|center|upright=2|The Heysel/Heizel Plateau viewed from the top of the Atomium