APRIL 29 - MAY 7, 2011 WWW.DOCVILLE.BE LEUVEN, BELGIUM

ABOUT LEUVEN
Leuven is a relatively small city (100.000 inhabitants), 20
kilometers near Brussels. Leuven is widely known for two
things: it harbours one of the largest and oldest universities
in Europe. The K.U.Leuven was founded in 1425 and has
more than 25.000 students today.
Leuven is also the hometown of INBEV, the largest brewery
in the world, famous for it’s beer Stella Artois (since
1366), one of the best known (and may we add: best
tasting) beers.
Leuven itself was founded in the 11th century and has a
fabulous historic city centre (with the magnificent town
hall) and a worldwide known Beguinage (officially recognized
as an UNESCO World Heritage site). Due to the
creative input of students, it always stayed a vivid, young
and creative environment. In a city where the historical
buildings are only surpassed by the number of pubs and
bars (following our last count:180, but it’s possible we’ve
missed some) there is always something going on.
Leuven harbours a series of interesting cultural organisations
and events. Besides the DOCVILLE there’s also the
International Arts Centre STUK (www.stuk.be), the M
Museum, the local cultural center 30CC (www.30CC.be),
the huge city rock festival Marktrock (nl.netlog.com/
Marktrock), The Afrika Film Festival (www.afrikafilmfestival.be),
the cultural festival Kulturama (www.kulturama.
be), the club concerts of Het Depot (www.depot.be), the
International Short Film Festival Leuven (www.shortfilmfestival.org)
and so on.
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THE ROAD TO LEUVEN
By plane
Leuven is a 20 minute drive from the Brussels National
Airport (40 minutes by train). The lowcost airline company,
Ryanair, flies to Charleroi from 10 different cities. If you
inform us about your flight and arrival/departure time, we
make the necessary arrangements to pick you up at the
airport.
By train
In Brussels South trains arrive from every corner of Europe.
If you are coming from London you can take the Eurostar.
If you are coming from France, Germany or the Netherlands,
you could take a train of the Thalys network. For international
timetables, inform with our guest coordinator.
By car
Leuven is situated close to the A3 (in Belgium called E40)
highway between Brussels and Liège (Luik). Coming from
the north; follow the A2 (in Belgium called the E314) between
Leuven and Genk.
GUEST CARE
Frank Moens / +32 16 320 310 / frank@fonk.be
MORE INFORMATION
You can find more detailed information about Leuven on the
official website of the city: www.leuven.be
Tourist Information Bureau
Naamsestraat 1 / 3000 Leuven / www.leuven.be