Guidebook for Leuven
Food Scene
Convento is a wine store, wine bar and antique store in an historical building just behind the 'Vismarkt'. Here you can always find nice introductions in the world of good wines!
Convento
87 MechelsestraatConvento is a wine store, wine bar and antique store in an historical building just behind the 'Vismarkt'. Here you can always find nice introductions in the world of good wines!
Vegetarian restaurant where you can choose your own food and pay per gram!
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Noordoever
17A VaartkomVegetarian restaurant where you can choose your own food and pay per gram!
Amazing decorated restaurant (1st fl.) with wooden floor and piano. Small café De Hoorn (ground floor) for lunch breaks. Wine store 'Nieuwewereldwijnen' with regular tasting afternoons.
Grand Café De Hoorn
79 SluisstraatAmazing decorated restaurant (1st fl.) with wooden floor and piano. Small café De Hoorn (ground floor) for lunch breaks. Wine store 'Nieuwewereldwijnen' with regular tasting afternoons.
Drinks & Nightlife
Café Belge
35 Oude MarktOne of my favourite bars on the Old Market!
Villa Ernesto
51 MechelsestraatMexican bar, very cosy bar for drinks & cocktails!
In 1 minute walking distance from the apartment, right at the beginning of river "Vaart", there's OPEK, a bar/center of arts where you can enjoy drinks and a few basic pasta dishes. Open early in the morning for coffee and breakfast, till late in the evening with regularly live music in the weekends!
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Openbaar Entrepot voor de Kunsten
4 VaartkomIn 1 minute walking distance from the apartment, right at the beginning of river "Vaart", there's OPEK, a bar/center of arts where you can enjoy drinks and a few basic pasta dishes. Open early in the morning for coffee and breakfast, till late in the evening with regularly live music in the weekends!
Sightseeing
Oude Markt
Oude MarktDon't miss the Old Market of Leuven, with the longest 'bar' of Europe!
Cosy streets with nice historical buildings, make sure to walk the streets of Klein Begijnhof on your way to the city center...
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Klein Begijnhof
Cosy streets with nice historical buildings, make sure to walk the streets of Klein Begijnhof on your way to the city center...
Here's the heart of Leuven, with many cosy streets and places to eat and drink for a reasonable price.
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Grote Markt
Grote MarktHere's the heart of Leuven, with many cosy streets and places to eat and drink for a reasonable price.
Parks & Nature
For a morning run or a nice walk in the evening, open every day till 7pm and later in summer time!
Keizersberg
KeizersbergFor a morning run or a nice walk in the evening, open every day till 7pm and later in summer time!
Shopping
Diestsestraat and Bondgenotenlaan are the main shopping streets in Leuven.
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Diestsestraat
DiestsestraatDiestsestraat and Bondgenotenlaan are the main shopping streets in Leuven.
Mechelsestraat
MechelsestraatMechelstraat is a shopping street with many art and vintage stores.
Bondgenotenlaan and Diestsestraat are the 2 many shopping streets in Leuven. You can also find some nice art and vintage stores in de Mechelsestraat.
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Bondgenotenlaan
BondgenotenlaanBondgenotenlaan and Diestsestraat are the 2 many shopping streets in Leuven. You can also find some nice art and vintage stores in de Mechelsestraat.
Essentials
Right accross this apartment is supermarket Albert Heijn, open every day from 8am till 8pm and on Sundays from 8am till noon. They have free coffee and you can prepare fresh orange juice.
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Lidl
26 Engels PleinRight accross this apartment is supermarket Albert Heijn, open every day from 8am till 8pm and on Sundays from 8am till noon. They have free coffee and you can prepare fresh orange juice.
Getting Around
You can park your car in Parking Vaartkom across the apartment (the entrance is on the left of the Albert Heijn supermarket) for 3 euro per night (from 7pm till 7am).
Vaartkom
VaartkomYou can park your car in Parking Vaartkom across the apartment (the entrance is on the left of the Albert Heijn supermarket) for 3 euro per night (from 7pm till 7am).
There's a bus stop across the street, riding to and from the train station every 10 minutes.
Engels Plein
Engels PleinThere's a bus stop across the street, riding to and from the train station every 10 minutes.