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Leuven

Leuven is a flourishing and lively city of about 100,000 inhabitants (2018). It is the capital of the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. Wikivoyage

Population 101,032 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Belgium

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Belgium

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. DOCVILLE International Documentary Film Festival

    March

    The international documentary film festival Docville is an annual documentary film festival set in Leuven, Belgium. Docville was founded in 2005 as a thematical series within the arthouse movie theatre Cinema ZED.

    Official site Wikipedia

  2. Zythoos Bierfestival

    April

    A festival in mid-April with over 600 beers presented by 100 breweries, featuring artisanal Belgian beer and international brews. Food (fries, burgers, sandwiches, pasta) available

    Official site

  3. Tour of Leuven

    September

    Tour of Leuven - Memorial Jef Scherens (until 2021 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Leuven, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.

    Official site Wikipedia

  4. International Short Film Festival Leuven

    November – December

    International Short Film Festival with many foreign guests and directors. Focus on the best Flemish and European short films. 27 November through 5 December 2026

    Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Leuven); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 64 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Veltem 5.1 km

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