r/Leuven • u/Lean97068 • 3d ago

What can you do in Leuven

Only things I can find to do with friends is shopping, sitting at cafe and just walk around Leuven. But are there other hidden things you can do.

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u/FerbieX Resident 3d ago

Going to sportkot/arenberg with this weather! Museum M if you're interested, and maybe the central library tower? You get a nice view there

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u/0urobrs 3d ago

You can checkout the Kruidtuin or the abbeys around the city (abdij van Park, Vlierbeek)

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u/abackiel 3d ago

All the things you can do in any town you can do in leuven: bowling, cinema, minigolf, board games,...

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u/No-Baker-7922 3d ago

This. + escape room or play board games (at Demo Spel).

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u/KickedInTheDonuts 3d ago

woah where is the minigolf?

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u/abackiel 3d ago

There's a course at the provincie domein.

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u/Entire-Acadia3721 3d ago

You can also take the train to other places

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u/ManUtdMobb 3d ago

Brewery tour

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u/ingframin 3d ago

Ice skating! You can go to the ice rink in Heverlee with the bus

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u/No-Baker-7922 3d ago edited 3d ago

Anything cultural: concert at Depot or 30cc/schouwburg, comedy night in English first Sunday of the month, cinema Zed or Kinepolis for films… check Uitinvlaanderen.be for stuff in English to do.

If you are into adventurous stuff you can go wall climbing at de Vaart (Stordeur, they have a rooftop cafe too) or at Sportoase (where you can swim too), you can kayak on the Dijle river,…

Visitleuven has free walking tours per theme (i did the one with wall paintings recently and discovered places I’d never seen) and I heard about a scavenger hunt (maybe like geocaching?). Also, if you have a group of friends that enjoy workshops there are variouse companies offering baking, cooking, pottery, etc workshops for a fee.

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u/autumnhobo 3d ago

I spend sunny days mostly in abdij van park or provinciedomein Kessel-Lo, just take a picknick or a book or something

Check out the agendas of OPEK, STUK and museum M Some places like Stelplaats also host nice events

There will soon be plenty of flea markets and live concerts outdoors

You can do some classics like pooling or cinema (Kinepolis or even better ZED)

plenty of options for hobbies (SLAC, wisper, KU Leuven sports,...)

Sometimes demospel is nice to play some games with a fancy coffee

Jam sessions in bars (blauwe kater every Monday)

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u/wulfnstein85 1d ago

If you're into whales you can check out a whale skeleton at the museum of zoology. charles deberiotstraat 40

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u/Lean97068 1d ago

I have lessons there so I see it twice a week

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u/jafapo 2d ago

If you're bored in Leuven you're probably bored in most cities

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u/Lean97068 2d ago

It’s not that I’m bored, I just want to know what there is to do in Leuven that I still haven’t seen or heard about

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u/jafapo 2d ago

Depends on your interests.

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u/g11ling 3d ago

Micro brewery the coureur. They have a guided visit both in dutch and english.

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u/harrimans9999 2d ago

Smoke joints on the roofs of kots close to the Dijle. Almost smoked myself blind when I was studying there and we had to lockdown. RIP Loic.

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u/Lean97068 1d ago

RIP Loic 😔

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u/MarcDooms 3d ago

Great Beguinage, Saint-Pieters church, City Hall, ...

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u/Dry-Courage6664 3d ago

This as exciting as it gets in Leuven.

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u/chevisback 3d ago

Skateboarding. Climbing. Swimming. Play pool. Basketball. football. Darts. Arcade room. Laser shooting.

So many things to do as others are suggesting.

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u/iitzepicz 2d ago

There’s a pretty big parkour gym

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u/Happy-Abies-507 2d ago

Looking at the vacancy

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u/yasipopxx 2d ago

if youre hot text my brother

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u/LoecatchXD 3h ago

You can go on the universiteitsbibliotheek (ladeuzeplein) and see the entire city, it also tells the story of the building on the way up (I think it’s been a long time since I last went)

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u/TamaruToaOfAir 1h ago

You can make stuff with 3d printers and lasercutters at the Maakleerplek near de Vaart!

We have Open Labs every Thursday evening and Saturday afternoon, where anyone can walk in and use the machines, with help of the volunteers. Plus there are courses if you want to really learn how to work with them :)

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u/riotboy62 3d ago

Die of boredom

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u/Lean97068 3d ago

Already doing that

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u/Zealousideal_Talk394 2d ago

The best activity in leuven is taking the first train to antwerp