e-Scavenger hunt Leuven: Explore the city at your own pace

Leuven has an old city centre where you can stroll around, interspersed with a terrace or visit one of the many shops. Scattered throughout the city is a number of sights that are all very easy to reach on foot.

Leuven Town Hall is one of the most famous Gothic town halls in the world and is located on the Grand Place of Leuven.

The beguinage dates back to the 13th century. During the heyday in the 17th century, some 360 beguines lived there.

The herb garden Leuven, the oldest botanic garden in Belgium. The Botanical Garden of Leuven is officially called the "Hortus Botanicus Lovaniensis"

As a residence city of the Counts of Leuven, the square was granted market law in 1150, which led to economic activities being developed. Markets were held up to three times a week.

The city of Leuven was not only the seat of three successive universities, but also of some prestigious university libraries. The University Library on leuven's Ladeuzeplein is a beautiful piece of heritage!

The brewery of Stella Artois, part of the largest brewery group in the world AB InBev, is still firmly rooted in its home city of Leuven

The St. Peter's Church is located in the heart of Leuven. It was built in 986, in Romanesque style, making it the oldest church in the city.

The Klein Begijnhof was first mentioned in 1272. The district consisted of a street and two cul-de-sacs where women who served in the nearby Sint-Geertruiabdij lived.

The former abbey church Sint-Geertrui is one of the five medieval parish churches in Leuven, located outside the first city wall between the Dijle and the Mechelsestraat

Paying a visit to the Oude Markt is like pulling up a chair at the longest bar in Europe, because nowhere else can you find as many catering establishments in one place as on this unique square

Around 1440 the construction of the church began. The church consists of 3 beeches, 2 strongly protruding transepts with blind longitunical walls, a choir with a heptagonal absis,

The city of Leuven in the former Duchy of Brabant was and has been the seat of three different universities almost continuously since 1425

The Romanesque gate from 1218-1222 is the only remnant of the Sint-Elisabethgasthuis, which was founded here around 1080-1090 under Henry III, Count of Leuven

From the Romanesque Church of St. James from the beginning of the 13th century, only the tower remains. On the tower cover you can see an ornate bell (1478), one of the seven wonders of Leuven

In the Janseniuspark are the Jansenius and Justus Lipsius tower. They flanked the water gate in the city wall in the Middle Ages - the place where ships enter Leuven