About Leuven

Belgium’s Oxford is an elegant and vital city just twenty kilometres
from Brussels. Though Leuven thinks like a metropolis, it has nevertheless
managed to retain its human scale.
Leuven boasts many magnificent monuments, including the Town Hall, St Peter’s Church and the Large Beguinage which is recognized by UNESCO as a world heritage site. The city can also take pride in recent architectural tours de force by leading international architects: the Martelarenplein (Manuel de Solà-Morales), the Philips site (Aldo Rossi),
the Arenberg campus library (Rafael Moneo) and the provincial government building of Flemish Brabant (Gonçalo Sousa Byrne).

Leuven has all the heady charm of a vibrant university city. It also boasts numerous first-rate cafés and restaurants and offers excellent shopping. These days multi-faceted Leuven, the capital of Flemish- Brabant, has more zest for living than ever!
Info: www.leuven.be and www.vlaamsbrabant.be

Group packages
In the morning you visit the exhibition. After lunch in an attractive restaurant, an experienced guide shows you round the city. You can also pay a visit to the Town Hall and St Peter’s Church. Alternatively, you can visit St Leonardus’ Church in Zoutleeuw or Horst Castle in Holsbeek.
 

Tip: walk with guide
DRIVEN BY PASSION
Or how passion can be the motor of change Rogier van der Weyden’s legacy was momentous. Without realizing it
he took history in a new direction. The walk tells seven stories about the unexpected forces of passion and rapture: in art but also in other areas, in a distant past but also much more recently. Steeped in history, the centre of Leuven inspires and illustrates. Motion + emotivity

Information and bookings: www.leuven.be/tourism
Organized by Leuven Tourist Office and the Tourist Office for Flemish Brabant (www.toerisme.vlaamsbrabant.be)

Aha! WetenStappen in Leuven - Passion
Aha! WetenStappen is an ingenious scientific trail to be followed on foot. Every year a different route is marked out running from faculty to faculty. At each of the 20 stops along the way is a large panel bearing a challenging question and a shrewd answer, construed with children as well as adults in mind. In 2009 the t heme of the 12-kilometer-
long trail is, of course, passion. Walk your way to wisdom!

Information and bookings: www.leuven.be/tourisme