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Discover Leuven
Leuven in Provincie Vlaams-Brabant (Flanders) with it's 92,892 citizens is a city in Belgium about 15 mi (or 25 km) east of Brussels, the country's capital city.
Local time in Leuven is now 09:24 AM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Europe / Brussels with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 9 airports in the vicinity of Leuven, of which 4 are larger airports. The closest airport in Belgium is Brussels Airport in a distance of 10 mi (or 15 km), West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Belgium is Stoclet House in a distance of 13 mi (or 21 km), West. Also, if you like golfing, there are a few options in driving distance. We discovered 1 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Heist-op-den-Berg, Chastre, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Brussels and Laakdal. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 15°C / 59 °F
Morning Temperature | 9°C / 48 °F |
Evening Temperature | 12°C / 54 °F |
Night Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 69% |
Air Pressure | 1028 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (3 mph) from West |
Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 7% of sky |
General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Friday, 1st of November 2024
15°C (59 °F)
10°C (49 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Saturday, 2nd of November 2024
13°C (55 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Sunday, 3rd of November 2024
12°C (54 °F)
5°C (42 °F)
Few clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
The Fourth
Martin's Klooster
Inblauw - Exclusive Wellness B&B
Begijnhof Congres hotel
Novotel Leuven Centrum
Your House Apartments
pentahotel Leuven
Barons House
Park Inn by Radisson Leuven
The Lodge Heverlee
Videos from this area
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Leuven, Belgium
Vignettes of Leuven. Here's a quick look around this Belgian city. Thanks to Peter Marchese for the instrumental score. Other videos of Belgium in this series include Dinant, Ghent, Bruges,...
Visit Leuven - 6 Things to Do in Leuven, Belgium
http://www.woltersworld.com What to See & Do in Leuven, Belgium. The University city of Leuven some fun places to visit if you are heading by. The centerpiece is the Town Hall. Also worth visiting...
Belgium: The City of Leuven
The City of Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region, Belgium. It is located about 25 kilometres (16 miles) east of Brussels. It is home to to the Katholieke...
IceHockey:Belgian Play Off 2015 - Leuven Vs Hasselt (Game unfinished)
IceHockey:Belgian Play Off 2015 - Leuven Vs Hasselt (Game unfinished)
Leuven
Rondgang door Leuven met o.a. Grote Markt, Oude Markt, Sint Pieterskerk, Abdij Keizersberg, Gedachteniskerk pater Damiaan, Raadhuis, Universiteitsbibliotheek, Meer op www.jmpieper.nl.
The Muntstraat in Leuven (Louvain) - Popular Eateries and Restaurants
The Muntstraat, a small street connecting the Naamse Straat and the Tiense Straat, offers a wide choice of popular outdoor and indoor restaurants. The street is mostly empty during the day...
Grand Market Place of Louvain (Leuven)
The splendid city hall dominates the Grand Market (Place) of the historic university city of Leuven (Louvain) in Flemish Brabant (Vlaams Brabant), Belgium. More : http://www.discoverleuven.com/
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Collegium Trilingue
The Collegium Trilingue, often also called Collegium trium linguarum, or, after its creator Collegium Buslidianum, was founded in 1517 under the patronage of the humanist, Jeroen Van Busleyden (in Latin Hieronymus Buslidius). The College, in fact inspired by Erasmus who was a friend of Busleyden, was inaugurated in September 1518.
Rega Institute for Medical Research
The Rega Institute for Medical Research is a Belgian scientific establishment that is part of the Catholic University of Leuven in central Belgium. The Rega Institute is an interfacultary biomedical research institute of the Catholic University of Leuven and consists of departments of medicine and pharmacology.
American College of the Immaculate Conception
The American College of the Immaculate Conception, or the American College at Louvain, was a Roman Catholic seminary in Leuven, Belgium, which operated under the auspices of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Founded in 1857, the American College closed in June 2011.
Leuven Town Hall
The Town Hall of Leuven, Belgium, is a landmark building on that city's Grote Markt (Main Market) square, across from the monumental St. Peter's Church. Built in a Brabantine Late Gothic style between 1448 and 1469, it is famous for its ornate architecture, crafted in lace-like detail.
Heilige Drievuldigheidscollege
Heilige-Drievuldigheidscollege or the "Holy Trinity College Preparatory School" is a school in the city of Leuven in the Flemish Brabant province of Belgium. The school was established in 1843 by Constant van Crombrugghe and is administered by the Josephites and was until recently exclusively boys-only, but is now mixed.
St. Peter's Church, Leuven
Saint Peter's Church of Leuven, Belgium, is situated on the city's Grote Markt, right across the ornate Town Hall. Built mainly in the 15th century in Brabantine Gothic style, the church has a cruciform floor plan and a low bell tower that has never been completed.
House of Arenberg
The House of Arenberg is an aristocratic lineage that is constituted by three successive families who took their name from Arenberg, a small principality of the Holy Roman Empire in the Eifel. The inheritance of the House of Croÿ-Aarschot made the Arenbergs the most influential and most wealthy noble family of the Habsburg Netherlands. The Arenbergs were mediatized in 1811. The present head of the house bears the title of Duke of Arenberg, while all other members are princes or princesses.
Ladeuzeplein
The Mgr. Ladeuzeplein is a square (plein is Dutch for square) in the center of Leuven . The square was named after a former rector of the Catholic University Leuven, Monseigneur Paulin Ladeuze. The Ladeuzeplein is the largest square in Leuven. Until World War II it was called the Volksplaats or People's Place. Among the local population the square was known as the Clarisse.
Grote Markt (Leuven)
The Grote Markt listen (Dutch for "Grand Square") of Leuven, Belgium is situated between the Oude Markt (Old Square) and the Fochplein and near both the Bondgenotenlaan (Avenue of the Allied Forces) and the Muntstraat (Mint Street). Its location on the crossing of some of Leuven's most famous and most touristic spots makes the Grote Markt one of the city's busiest squares.
Academic libraries in Leuven
The city of Leuven was not only the seat of three different Universities, but also through them, the seat of prestigious academic libraries.
Siege of Leuven
The Siege of Leuven (June 24 – July 4, 1635) was an important siege in the Thirty Years' War in which a Franco-Dutch army under Frederick Henry of Orange and the French Marshals Urbain de Maillé-Brezé and Gaspard III de Coligny, who had invaded the Spanish Netherlands from two sides, laid siege to the Spanish city of Leuven, defended by 4,000 Flemish civilians, Walloons, Spaniards and Irish under Anthonie Schetz, Baron of Grobbendonck.
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, now referring to itself simply as KU Leuven, is a Dutch-speaking university in Flanders, Belgium. It is located in the centre of the historic town of Leuven, home to the university since 1425. The Catholic University of Leuven, considered Belgium's oldest university, split into the Dutch-language KU Leuven and the French-language Université catholique de Louvain, which moved to Louvain-la-Neuve in Wallonia.