The train station of Leuven is a protected monument. It was designed in 1875 by engineer-architect Henri Fouquet (1876-1879). It is an eclectic style building with influences from the French Classicism and the Italian Renaissance....
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The Groot Begijnhof (Great Beguinage) of Leuven is a well preserved beguinage and completely restored historical quarter containing a dozen streets in the south of downtown Leuven.
The Small Beguinage (Klein Begijnhof ) of Leuven is a neighborhood consisting of two dead-end streets. This district was inhabited until the 19th century by beguines. There is no common history between Great Beguinage and these beguinages. Beguines...
The Landlady (De Kotmadam) is a statue, part of the Oude Markt in Leuven, made by Alfred Bellefroid on May 16, 1985. “Kot” is Flemish slang for a student room, and the “kotmadam” is the...
The Old Market Square ( Oude Markt) is a rectangular area in the center of Leuven that consists largely of cafes, bars, and restaurants. The Oude Markt is famous to be the longest bar in...
The Round Table (Het Tafelrond), from 1479, the building was a meeting place for different guilds in the city of Leuven. In 1818 the building was demolished and replaced by a neoclassical building desiged by...
Meester Jan - Sint Pieters Klokkenluider; The Leuven Jacquemart (mechanical statues striking bells) was called 'Meester Jan' and was constructed in 1381. In 1573 it finally came to grief under the influence of wind and weather,...
The Saint Peter's Church (Sint-Pieterskerk) in Leuven is a Roman Catholic church built in the 15th century in the Brabantine Gothic style. The first church on the site, made of wood and presumably founded in 986, burned...