#1 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
City Centre Louvain
Louvain
~0.14 miles from Leuven city center
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
Planckendael Zoo (Dierenpark Planckendael)
Mechelen
~11.47 miles from Leuven city center
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
Malou Park
Brussels
~11.86 miles from Leuven city center
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
NATO Headquarters
Evere
~12.12 miles from Leuven city center
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
European Quarter
Brussels
~13.73 miles from Leuven city center
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Most of the institutions are located within the European Quarter of Brussels, which is the unofficial name of the area corresponding to the approximate triangle between Brussels Park, Cinquantenaire Park and Leopold Park (with the Parliament's hemicycle extending into the latter). The Commission and Council are located in the heart of this area near to the Schuman station at the Schuman roundabout on the Rue de la Loi. The European Parliament is located over the Brussels-Luxembourg station, next to Luxembourg Square.
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
Jubilee Park (Parc de la Cinquantenaire)
Etterbeek
~13.91 miles from Leuven city center
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
European Commission Headquarters (Berlaymont Building)
Etterbeek
~14.06 miles from Leuven city center
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The Berlaymont (sometimes nicknamed "the Berlaymonster"[citation needed] or "le Berlaymonstre" in French) is an office building in Brussels, Belgium that houses the headquarters of the European Commission, which is the executive of the European Union (EU). The structure is located at Schuman roundabout at 200 Rue de la Loi, in what is known as the "European district".
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
St. Rumbolds Cathedral (Sint Romboutskathedraal)
Mechelen
~14.12 miles from Leuven city center
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
City Centre Mechelen
Mechelen
~14.14 miles from Leuven city center
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
Leopold Park
Etterbeek
~14.25 miles from Leuven city center
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
Schaarbeek
~14.35 miles from Leuven city center
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
Sonian Forest (Foret de Soigne)
~14.36 miles from Leuven city center
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
Natural Sciences Museum
Etterbeek
~14.43 miles from Leuven city center
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Brussels
~14.63 miles from Leuven city center
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels
~14.70 miles from Leuven city center
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
European Union Parliament Building
Schaarbeek
~14.76 miles from Leuven city center
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http://europarl.europa.eu
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
Ixelles Ponds
Etterbeek
~14.77 miles from Leuven city center
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
Brussels Park (Parc de Brussels)
Sainte-Catherine
~14.83 miles from Leuven city center
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Parc de Bruxelles (French) or Warandepark (help·info) (Dutch), is the largest urban public park in the center of Brussels. It is surrounded by the Royal Palace of Brussels, the Belgian parliament and the U.S.A. embassy. In the summer, free parties are organized every weekend in the heart of this park. There is also the Théâtre Royal du Parc (Dutch: Parktheater) on its border. The park is served by Park metro station on line 1 & 5 of the Brussels metro.
Its main paths and fountain are laid out in the form of masonic symbols (in particular the compass)
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
Royal Castle of Laken
Jette
~14.84 miles from Leuven city center
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
Bois de la Cambre
Brussels
~14.85 miles from Leuven city center
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Ter Kamerenbos (Dutch) or Bois de la Cambre (French) is an urban public park on the edge of the Sonian Forest in Brussels, Belgium. It has an area of 1.23 square kilometres. The park lies in the south of Brussels-Capital Region, is comprised in the municipality of the City of Brussels and is linked to the rest of the municipality by the Avenue Louise, which was built at the same time the park was laid out, in 1861.
It comprises a small lake with an island in the centre, called Robinson's island. It is considered by many as one of the finest parks in Brussels.
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
Brussels Exhibition Centre
Brussels
~14.87 miles from Leuven city center
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
Royal Palace of Brussels
Brussels
~14.90 miles from Leuven city center
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
Quartier Louise
Sint-Gillis
~14.95 miles from Leuven city center
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
Center for the Belgian Comic Strip (Centre Belge de la Bande Desinee)
Sainte-Catherine
~14.96 miles from Leuven city center
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The Belgian Comic Strip Center houses probably the most important public comic strip library with the largest number of titles in the world. The study library contains the complete collection of albums, periodicals and reference works owned by the Belgian Comic Strip Center. Opening hours are slightly different from the Belgian Comic Strip Center's and the collection is only available for consultation on site.
Tuesday to Thursday: 12 to 5pm – Friday: 12 to 6pm
Friday: 12 à 18 heures
Saturday: 10am to 6pm
Closed on Sundays and Mondays.
Attention: access for over 16 years only.
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
Bellevue Museum
Brussels
~15.00 miles from Leuven city center
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The BELvue Museum in Brussels, Belgium, is a museum about the national history of Belgium. Exhibitions divided over twelve rooms explore the major periods in Belgium's history, such as the Belgian Revolution, the country in World War I and in World War II. Exhibitions in the hallways discuss the various monarchs of Belgium.
The museum is located in the Bellevue Hotel, a luxury hotel built in the 18th century. It is on top of the Coudenberg and offers an entrance to the archaeological excavations beneath.
In 1977, the hotel became a museum and was totally transformed for this new function. The Royal Museums of Art and History shows some of the collections of furniture and porcelain of 1700. The "Dynasty's Museum" will be installed at the second floor, in 1992.
After the Royal Museums of Art and History's departure in the 1998, the Hotel allows the "King Baudouin Memorial" and an atrium and a big glass window, with view on the royal palace’s park, were constructed.
In 2000 the access for the underground, and so to the archaeological vestiges of the old Coudenberg Palace, are realized after different archaeological excavation realized in different steps; the last one of these was in meantime of the survey by Royal Archeological Society of Brussels in collaboration with the Université libre de Bruxelles. The "Dynasty's Museum" and "King Baudouin Memorial" are lodged until December 2004.
For the 175 anniversary of independence, the King Baudouin Foundation decide to take care about the transformation of the hotel, in a new museum dedicated to history of Belgium.
After a totally reorganization, the "BELvue Museum" opened its doors in July 2005. Twelve room are dedicated to the most important period of the Belgium's history. These one are documented by different originals historical documents, and audiovisual testimonials.
In this way any visitor can discover the country's history through the different documents. There are three levels of reading, that can help to go from a general context, to the most important moments necessary to understand the Belgium's reality of today, as the fight for Universal Suffrage, the World Wars, and the royal case the "golden sixties" or the recent State reforms.
In the meantime of this exhibition, a continual trail will show the reign of each of Belgium's Kings, through different Royal family's artistic opera.
The Bellevue Museum is managed by the "Fonds BELvue", created by the King Baudouin Foundation.
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
Cathedrale St. Michel
Sainte-Catherine
~15.03 miles from Leuven city center
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The St. Michael and Gudula Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Michel or Sint-Michiels Kathedraal) in Brussels is named for the patron saints of Belgium and is the primary church of the country.
History
After the Cathedral of St. Michael was completed circa 1047, the Duke of Brabant transferred the relics of Saint Gudula here. Very little is known about this daughter of a 7th-century Carolingian nobleman, but her relics are still sheltered in the cathedral.
In the 13th century, the cathedral was renovated in the Gothic style. The choir was constructed between 1226 and 1276. The facade was completed in the mid 15th century.
Today, the Cathedral of St. Michael and Gudula is the episcopal see of the Archbishop of Mechlin-Brussels and therefore the leading Catholic church in Belgium. All royal weddings and christenings take place here.
What to See
Perhaps the most outstanding feature of the interior are the stained glass windows, designed by various artists. Those by Bernard van Orley, a 16th-century court painter, are the most spectacular.
The window of The Last Judgment, at the bottom of the nave, is illuminated from within in the evening.
The remains of an earlier, 11th-century Romanesque church that was on the site can be glimpsed through glass apertures set into the floor.
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
Metro Station
Brussels
~15.08 miles from Leuven city center
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
Place Royale
Brussels
~15.08 miles from Leuven city center
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
Arcade De Guimard
Brussels
~15.08 miles from Leuven city center
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Leuven
Museum of Musical Instruments Old England Building
Brussels
~15.10 miles from Leuven city center
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