Meatballs! Tomato sauce on the left and a Trappist beer sweet sauce on the right

Groot Begijnhof & Sint Jan de Doperkerk Church

Park with old city wall called "toren oude stadsomwalling sint donatuspark"

Leuven Town Hall and Saint Peter's Church

Saint Peter's Church (right) & Tafelrond Hotel (left)

Leuven University Library or Universiteitsbibliotheek en Bibliotheektoren

Leuven, Belgium

November 15, 2022 in Belgium ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

Apparently we love Flemish provincial capitals. Leuven is the capital of the Belgian Province of Flemish Brabant. The main attraction here is the Groot Begijnhof Leuven UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is a well preserved "beguinage" (a french term for housing complex meant to house religious women, but not nuns). The complex is owned by the University of Leuven, a prominent land owner in old town Leuven.

The town is also home to Stella Atois brewery and has a lovely city center lined with shops and restaurants. Very appealing to escape the big city of Brussels as its only a 20 minute train ride east.

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