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Leuven ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE

VISITFLANDERS Visit and experience 1

WELCOME TO !

Discover the many different sites that tell a fascinating story: about the , of which Leuven used to be the capital at one time, or about the university that has been drawing young people to the city for many centuries. Immerse yourself in the innovative projects that are given a chance here, as they prepare to conquer the world. Take a stroll through a market square and unwind on one of the many terraces. Because in Leuven they have elevated joie de vivre to an art form.

This city appeals to everyone: to the young and the young at heart, whether with or without a disability. This brochure was jointly developed by Inter and Visit Leuven. It contains all the information you need to prepare your visit to Leuven.

Leuven accessible to all 3 INDEX

How should you use this brochure? 5 Visit & experience 8 Eat and drink 26 Public toilets 34 Tourist office Visit Leuven 41 Where to stay? 42 Care and mobility aids 44 Transport and parking 45

4 Leuven accessible to all HOW SHOULD YOU USE THIS BROCHURE?

We have mapped out two interesting The numbers on the map refer to more routes, with a quick short cut if you’re detailed information in the brochure. It hungry or thirsty. They’ll take you on a also includes information about acces- tour of plenty of sights and fun spots in sible holiday residences, care, resources, the city, with the least possible obstacles transport and parking facilities. en route. You can combine the various loops through the city centre into walks Our information is based on objec- of 1.5 to 5 km. We also suggest a number tive expert inspections on the spot. of “highlights”: places that are off-route For more detailed information about and are worth the detour if you intend each building or site, you can view to stay in the city for several days or that the detailed report on www.toevla.be are simply worth visiting. Like in many (available in Dutch only). We also relied other historic cities, Leuven’s streets are on the Catholic University of Leuven’s paved with plenty of cobblestones. While KULag database and tips from people this walk also includes a lot of cobbled with disabilities for this brochure. sections, they are usually level and well-constructed. We avoid convex and The result is a selection of the most uneven cobbles where possible. accessible businesses and facilities in Leuven. Attention: this does not mean The useful, removable map with de- that you can independently access all scriptions tells you exactly which route these initiatives. On the basis of the to take in order to avoid obstacles. We descriptions, you can decide for your- have also included all important places self which locations are more or less en route on our map, including museums suitable or which preparations you can and other attractions, pubs, restaurants, make to make it work. public toilets and tourist information.

HANDY TIP Some tourist buildings or other spots can be viewed as a 360° image on www.visitleuven.be, with all the tiniest details. we will indicate these buildings in the brochure with this icon.

Leuven accessible to all 5 VISIT AND EXPERIENCE RESTAURANTS, CAFÉS AND PUBLIC TOILETS

The detailed descriptions show to Using the thumb system for the most what degree a certain attraction or important measurement data and the parts of the attraction are accessible detailed pictures of the adapted toilets to visitors with limited mobility. They you can decide if a cafe, restaurant also indicate which obstacles you can or toilet is suitable for you. Because encounter or where you might possibly of continuous changes in restaurants, need a helping hand. If an attraction or cafes and toilets, it is possible that museum has amenities for visitors with some information may be out of date. another type of disability, this is also We therefore recommend you contact stated and indicated by means of the the business before your visit. following headings: If you note that a location has been Facilities/possible obstacles moved, renovated or closed, you can for visitors with limited mobility notify this fact to Inter at [email protected] or +32 11 26 50 30. Facilities for visitors with a learning disability

Facilities for people accessible with visual impairments

Facilities for deaf accessible with assistance or hearing impaired persons

Any questions or remarks on the route this is an access problem or information in the brochure? Let us know via [email protected] n.a. not applicable

6 Leuven accessible to all ACCOMMODATION, INFORMATION OFFICES AND VISITOR CENTRES LEARN For accommodation, information offices and visitor MORE? centres VISITFLANDERS has developed accessibility labelling: Learn more about the The label A+ means that the building is accessibility labels? accessible in a comfortable and indepen- dent way. Navigate to www.visitflanders.com/ The label A means that we consider the accessibility building to be basically accessible; that it can be used by most people with limited mobility, but that it is possible that extra effort or a helper is required.

Leuven accessible to all 7 VISIT & EXPERIENCE

On your route 13. Oude Markt 14. Statue of De Kotmadam 1. 15. Dijle terraces 2. City Hall 16. Statue of De Fiere Margriet 3. ’s Church and 17. Vismarkt ‘The last supper’ by Dirk Bouts 18. Statue of 4. 30CC/Schouwburg 5. University Library Worth the detour 6. M-Museum Leuven 7. Statue of Fonske Great and Beguinage Church 8. Domus Brauhaus Botanical Garden 9. Pope’s college 10. Maria-Theresiacollege Guided tours 11. 12. Saint Anthony’s chapel Get cycling! and crypt of

8 Visit and experience On your route

1 GROTE MARKT

This is one of the most historical sites buildings in the famous Brabantine in Leuven, and one of the busiest as Gothic style, including the monumental a result. Not that you will encounter town hall. Like elsewhere in Leuven, many cars here, as the Grote Markt has there are plenty of pubs and taverns been car-free for several years already. here. The Grote Markt is also a popular The only vehicles allowed in the square location for cultural and other events are the buses belonging to the in the city. public transport company . The layout of the Grote Markt has remained The underground consists of relatively largely unchanged since the 14th level cobblestones. There are gutters century, as you can tell from the many and manhole covers here and there.

2 CITY HALL

Leuven’s town hall is one of the best-known for weddings and ceremonial receptions Gothic town halls around the world. It today. The city services have moved to took thirty years and three architects the fringe of the city centre. to build it. The Germans used it as their headquarters during . This Individual visitors can take a guided tour was fortunate, as the building therefore every day at 3 pm (except on 01/01 and escaped destruction in the devastating 25/12), which can be booked through the Fire of Leuven. The town hall escaped yet Leuven Tourist Office, Naamsestraat 3 another calamity at the end of World War (fee payable). Groups must book online II, when a bomb grazed the façade. through www.leuven-plus.be, The sculptures on the town hall’s façade www.leuvenleisure.com were added after 1850. A team of twenty or www.leuveninsideout.com. sculptors worked on the 236 sculptures until the early 20th century. It has be- Wheelchair users can use the side en- come a veritable ‘who’s who’ of history – trance on the left side of the building a hall of fame if you like. Scan the façade in Boekhandelstraat. It is accessible from top to bottom and you will spot with assistance. There is an adapted famous Leuven artists, scientists and toilet in the town hall. historical figures, patron saints, mayors and prominent citizens, rulers and kings Grote Markt 9 (including Napoleon and the Belgian Tel.: +32 16 20 30 20 King Leopold II) and biblical figures on E-mail: [email protected] the turrets. The town hall is still used Website: www.visitleuven.be Visit and experience 9 3 SAINT PETER’S CHURCH AND ‘THE LAST SUPPER’ BY DIRK BOUTS The Saint Peter’s Church is known as The entrance door is a little narrow one of the most beautiful examples (77 cm). The steps in the church are of the 15th century Brabantine High bridged with ramps that can be steep Gothic. Construction of the church at times. You can use assistance to commenced in 1410, and it took more open the door to the ticket office than a century to build. The church and the door to the Chapel of the suffered a lot of damage during the Holy Sacrament. The crypt can only two World Wars. The roof burnt down be accessed by stairs. There is an in 1914 and in 1944, the church was adapted toilet onsite, where you can bombed. On the outside, you can make a sideways transfer (the space distinguish the seven radial chapels, in front of the toilet is barely 80 cm). which are arranged around the choir. Do you require assistance? Call the M In between two of these chapels, you at +32 16 27 29 29 or send an e-mail to will see the chapel of ‘Fiere Margriet’ [email protected]. (Proud Margaret), a popular local saint. The golden sculpture on the roof is a Grote Markt mechanical bell-ringer, called ‘Meester Tel.: +32 15 27 29 33 Jan’ (Master John). It was only added E-mail: [email protected] in 1998. The highlight of your visit is a Website: www.mleuven.be painting by the Flemish Primitive Dirk Bouts, ‘The Last Supper’.

4 30CC/MUNICIPAL THEATRE

After being destroyed during World War I, spacious lifts. The theatre has an adapted Leuven’s municipal theatre was rebuilt and toilet. Guide dogs are admitted. There are officially inaugurated in 1938. At the time, reserved seats for wheelchair users and it was considered one of the most modern people with a visual/auditory impairment. theatres in , in terms of its infra- You can find a list of the locations at structure and technical installations. But the http://www.30cc.be/nl/locaties. The intensive use of the theatre over the years address and facilities for people with caused a lot of wear and tear. In 1994, the disabilities are listed for every venue. theatre was fully renovated. Every year, just under 65,000 people visit the theatre, which Bondgenotenlaan 21 is part of 30CC, Leuven’s cultural centre. Tel.: + 32 16 23 84 27 E-mail: [email protected] Easy access, among others thanks to the Website: www.30CC.be > 30CC/Schouwburg 10 Visit and experience 5 UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

This striking building, in a Flemish including the magnificent reading neo- style, was built in the room on the first floor. A platform lift 1920s with American funding, after the on the fifth floor takes you to the -ex old library was destroyed by fire during hibition space on the upper floor. The World War I. This building also suffered library has two adapted toilets. extensive damage during World War II. The names of the American donors are Totem still inscribed in the façade. The read- It’s hard to ignore ’s Totem in ing room on the first floor is definitely Ladeuzeplein in front of the library. He worth a visit (if you can be quiet). has installed a gigantic scarab beetle on a 23 metre tall needle in the square. Accessible through the entrance on The university donated this tribute to the right side of the building (Blijde beauty, knowledge and science to the Inkomststraat), which has been fitted City of Leuven in 2004. with a ramp. This provides access to the main entrance hall with an infor- Mgr. Ladeuzeplein 21 mation desk and lockers. A lift takes Tel.: +32 16 32 46 60 you to most of the library rooms, E-mail: [email protected]

Visit and experience 11 6 M-MUSEUM LEUVEN

The Municipal Museum Vander Kelen- them before you visit. There is an Mertens underwent a radical transfor- adapted toilet in the cellar (accessible mation in 2009. The leading Belgian via the lift). The museum has developed architect Stéphane Beel incorporated a tailor-made tour of the permanent the old museum buildings into a sleek collection for blind and visually impaired design, seamlessly blending the old visitors as well as for visitors with with the new. The contemporary result dementia. Visually impaired and blind was also renamed and is now called visitors can also enjoy adapted ‘In the the M - Museum Leuven. Insider tip: Realm of the Senses’ tours of the mu- take the lift to the roof terrace to enjoy seum. Reservation required. Do you re- a unique panoramic view of the city. quire assistance to get to the museum? Then notify the museum three days The museum is wheelchair accessible. in advance and one of the museum’s The right side of the staircase to the employees will gladly assist you on your main entrance, when looking from the way there and back. street side, has been transformed into a zigzag trail of ramps. The museum has Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 28 2 wheelchairs and 20 portable folding Tel.: +32 16 27 29 29 seats, which you can borrow for free, E-mail: [email protected] subject to availability, in exchange for Website: www.mleuven.be your ID card. We recommend reserving

12 Visit and experience 7 STATUE OF FONSKE

The statue of Fonske is very popular with Leuven’s student population. He holds a book in his left hand, and pours a glass of knowledge into his head with his right hand. Or perhaps it’s a glass of beer? The university donated Jef Claerhout’s sculp- ture to the city in 1975 to mark the 550th anniversary of the Catholic University of Leuven. Fons Sapientiae means Source of Wisdom, of course.

The sculpture is easy to get to. The underground consists of relatively level cobblestones.

Rector de Somerplein

8 DOMUS BRAUHAUS

Domus is a microbrewery with a pub. third beer on tap is a tasty, seasonal Here, they brew old-fashioned good thirst-quencher. quality beer, without adding flavour- ings or colourings, using small-scale Domus Brauhaus is partly accessible via brewing equipment. Domus Brauhaus a ramp slope, if your wheelchair can fit has a range of natural and pure beers. through the doors that are 76 cm wide. The pub that connects to the brewery A very steep ramp leads to the brew has all of the beers on tap so you can kettles in the Brauhaus. sample them in the most perfect con- ditions. Domus serves three different Tiensestraat 8 beers. Con Domus and Nostra Domus E-mail: [email protected] are available throughout the year. The Website: www.domusleuven.be

Visit and experience 13 THE POPE’S COLLEGE COLLEGE POPE’S THE

9 THE POPE’S COLLEGE

Before Adriaen Floriszoon Boeyens was educational facility for students of the elected to become Pope Adrian VI, he Arts and Humanities faculties. Nowadays, was employed by Leuven’s university it offers student housing for boys. as a professor. In 1523, he converted his home in Hogeschoolplein into a college You can only see the building’s façade. for poor theology students. In 1775, part You can also take a peek inside the of the building collapsed. The court gate, by following the pavement, with architect Louis Montoyer designed a level cobbles, but the pavement be- new classic main building. It was used comes really bumpy as you continue. as a warehouse and barracks from 1830 until 1835. It subsequently became an Hogeschoolplein 3

14 Visit and experience 10 MARIA-THERESIACOLLEGE

In 1778, Archduchess Maria Theresia of concerts. The large auditorium resem- Austria converted the former Jesuit bles a semi-circular temple, with a cas- college in Sint-Michielsstraat into a sette ceiling. The design is very similar Theology Seminary. She was one of the to that of the Pantheon in Rome. real pioneers of the 18th century En- lightenment, who took a keen interest You can only see the building’s façade. in education. In 1826-1827, King William I You can peek in from the street, but had the Aula Magna and Aula Minor the cobbles are quite bumpy. built. They are used as auditoriums and venues for conferences, colleges and Sint-Michielsstraat 2

11 THE UNIVERSITY HALL

This originally Gothic building from university library was rebuilt in 1317 initially had only one floor and Monseigneur Ladeuzeplein. Nowadays, was used as a cloth hall where cloth the hall is used as the university’s weavers sold their products. In 1679, the policy centre. Students come here to city sold the entire building to the uni- enrol at the university and many a PhD versity after which floors were added has been publicly defended here in the in the style. Shortly after the Promotion Hall. The University Hall university was founded (in 1425), part recently opened to the public. of the building was made available by the city for lectures. You access the entrance hall by a ramp, which leads to the hall with a small When the German occupying forces museum, the university shop and a nice set fire to Leuven’s city centre on 25 coffee bar. There is an adapted toilet in , the university hall was the cellar. almost entirely destroyed, barring the façade. A total of 300,000 books and Naamsestraat 22 manuscripts were lost in the fire. The

Visit and experience 15 12 SAINT ANTHONY’S CHAPEL - CRYPT OF FATHER DAMIEN

In 1860, the monks of the Congregation canonised on 11 October 2009 in Rome. of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, also known as the Picpus Fathers, ac- The church and crypt are accessible for quired the chapel, transforming it into a wheelchair users, who can enter through sanctuary and a place of pilgrimage dedi- the side entrances in Sint-Antoniusberg cated to Saint Joseph. Nowadays, visitors and Ramberg. A stair lift provides access mainly come here to see the tomb of to the crypt. You can request assistance Jozef De Veuster, aka Father Damien. The to operate the stair lift by calling the country’s most famous priest was buried number listed on the sign near the sac- here in 1936. The panels in the church tell risty at the side entrance. of Damien’s journey, from his calling as a missionary, right up to his death in 1889. Pater Damiaanplein In 1995, he was beatified and in Decem- Tel.: +32 16 31 63 68 ber 2005, he was voted the ‘Greatest E-mail: [email protected] Belgian of all time’. Father Damien was

13 OUDE MARKT

Visiting Leuven’s Oude Markt means a popular place to meet up in Leuven. finding a spot at ‘Europe’s longest bar Especially on sunny days, when people counter’. This unique square is the are drawn to the many terraces. only place where you’ll find this many catering establishments in one loca- The underground consists of relatively tion. That is why Oude Markt is such level cobblestones.

16 Visit and experience 14 STATUE OF DE KOTMADAM

Many students in Leuven rent student digs (or a ‘kot’ as they call it here) from private individuals. Today, landladies who live in the same house as their tenants are increasingly rare, but many students found a home away from home in their student digs. The statue in Oude Markt pays tribute to these landladies, although the initial response to the woman’s rather impertinent attitude was rather mixed. The statue is a real eye-catcher in Leuven. Many passers-by like to sit in the Kotmadam’s lap or on the bench next to her and have their photo taken.

The sculpture is easy to get to. The underground consists of relatively level cobblestones.

Oude Markt

15 DIJLE TERRACES

Leuven was founded along the Dijle, can now sit with their feet in the the river that brought prosperity water. The unique vegetation against to the city thanks to its connection the wall only enhances the general with the River . The relations ambience of the Dijle terraces. soon cooled however, largely due to pollution and flooding. Nowadays The terraces can be reached, with- more than half of the 10 km of water- out obstacles, from the corner of Lei courses in the centre of Leuven have and Dirk Boutslaan. Attention: on been vaulted. But people soon missed rainy days the wooden terrace can the river, which is why terraces lead- be quite slippery. ing down to the Dijle were dug in the park in Dirk Boutslaan, where people Dirk Boutslaan

Visit and experience 17 16 STATUE OF DE FIERE MARGRIET

De Fiere Margriet or Proud Margret, one Muntstraat for many years (where the of the best-known statues in Leuven, inn was said to have stood). Since then was inspired by a 13th century legend. it has been moved to the Dijle terraces, According to legend, young Margaretha on the banks of the river where she (Margriet) worked in an inn in Munt- was supposedly found. On some days, straat. When robbers attempted to rape when the water levels are high, the her, she fiercely resisted their onslaught river water laps at the sculpture’s base, and was killed. Her murderers threw her making it look as if Margaret is floating body in the River Dijle, where it was on the Dijle once again. found floating on the water, according to the story. She is called Proud Mar- You can easily get to the sculpture garet, because she chose to die rather by the ramp. Beware of the slippery than lose her virginity. The sculpture of wooden terrace. the reclining woman was an eye-catch- er on the corner of Tiensestraat and Lei

18 Visit and experience 17 VISMARKT

Vismarkt’s (Fish markets) name is not entrance to ‘Sint-Andries’ (St. Andrew) a coincidence. For many centuries this house, which is named after the was the centre of Leuven’s fish trade, patron saint of fishermen and which although you would be hard pressed features two fish. Today, there is a to find any signs of this today. The kids’ clothing shop in this house, to highlight was the construction of the the left of Busleidengang. You can spot fish market, which was unfortunately two other pairs of fish elsewhere on demolished in 1970. To date, nobody the building’s façade. As long as none knows where the ‘construction waste’ of the remnants of the old Fish Market ended up. If you scan your surround- turn up again, these 6 fish are a lovely ings attentively though, you can still memento of this interesting chapter in spot a few references to the past. Leuven’s history. The names of the adjoining streets and the houses on the south side of The underground is paved with round the square are just one example. The cobblestones and can be rather un- most striking detail, however, is the even in sections.

18 STATUE OF ERAMUS

The great humanist Desiderius Erasmus In 1979, Leuven’s Lion’s Club donated looks extremely approachable. In fact the sculpture to the city to mark the his attentive gaze makes you feel as if organisation’s fifth anniversary. Al- you should talk to him and he will ac- though the statue is quite realistic it is tually answer. Erasmus, who was Dutch rather diminutive: Erasmus is just 1.25 by birth, spent six years in Leuven. He metres tall. founded the Collegium Trilingue in Leu- ven’s Vismarkt. He is mainly known as The sculpture is easy to get to. The the author of ‘Praise of Folly’, a critical underground is paved with road bricks. look at 16th century society. Mathieu de Layensplein

Visit and experience 19 (C) LAYLA AERTS

Worth the detour

19 LARGE BEGUINAGE AND BEGUINAGE CHURCH

The large beguinage is a typical city very bumpy experience. The Church of beguinage, with streets, squares, parks Saint John the Baptist is open from 1 and gardens. The River Dijle flows April until 30 September: from Tuesday through it. While the beguines have till Sunday, from 1.30 pm till 4.30 pm. already long left, it is still a very peace- ful place. The Church of Saint John the There are cobblestones throughout, Baptist is an early Gothic church. Every which means the streets are very bumpy. first and third Wednesday of the month, the church hosts a concert Schapenstraat (never during the exam period). The be- Tel.: +32 16 20 30 20 guinage is permanently open to visitors, E-mail: [email protected] but the cobbles can make your tour a Website: www.visitleuven.be

20 Visit and experience 20 BOTANICAL GARDEN

Leuven is one of the few cities in Easily accessible for walkers and Belgium with a botanic garden, but wheelchairs. There is an adapted toilet its Botanical Garden is also one of in the gatehouse. Belgium’s oldest. In 1738, the university started work on the garden with me- Kapucijnenvoer 30 dicinal plants for its medical students. Tel.: +32 16 27 23 80 Nowadays the Botanical Garden is no E-mail: [email protected] longer just used for scientific research. Website: www.visitleuven.be It is also a tranquil green oasis in the city centre.

Visit and experience 21 Guided tours LEUVEN+

The largest tourist guide association Tel.: +32 460 97 85 66 of Leuven guarantees a large offer of E-mail: [email protected] walks, that meet your personal needs, Website: www.gidsenleuven.be wishes, interests and language. www.leuven-plus.be

GUIDED TOURS FOR PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS

Leuven – Hear and Feel Leuven Hear and Feel takes you to places where you can experience the city through touch, sound and smell. This walk is a unique experience that is equally enriching for anyone with normal vision.

GUIDED TOURS FOR PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS

Leuven, beer city Enjoy stories and share knowledge about beer brewing and drinking our beer. A degustation option for local beer is available.

Leuven for beginners You will learn about the history of the Middle Ages and the important link between the city and its university. War history and current stories of Leuven are also told. Both walks are wheelchair friendly.

Travel through Leuven by ‘suntrain’ This solar powered train passes by the most historical buildings of Leuven. Directly after this, you can visit the Park Abbey.

22 Visit and experience GUIDED TOURS FOR PEOPLE WITH HEARING PROBLEMS

All of the walks are suitable for this target group (QR code smartphone use). Guides adjust the pace when sign language is also used.

Leuven can also come to you via virtual walks.

GUIDED TOURS FOR ADULTS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY

How the old Leuven was Visitors get to learn about the city centre. The essence of the existence of Leuven is explained clearly in appropriate language and using many visual illustrations. This special strategy and approach makes the walk fascinating and suited to this target group.

City Hall visit The guide explains the history of how one of the most beautiful city halls in Belgium was established. Between the many statues on the façade, you go in search of the architect. Just how the stonecutters were able to create these ornate statues is ex- plained. You visit the salon where couples were married and are told how voting was carried out in the city council. Language use is adapted during this guided tour. There is a great deal of visual support. The tour is interactive to keep everyone interested. These strategies and methods, tailored to the information processing of the target group, make the tour exciting and accessible.

Visit and experience 23 Get cycling!

Do you want to explore Leuven by bike? Or do you prefer to venture out into the wider region around Leuven and discover the Green Belt and the ? Two Iedereen Toerist/Everyone a Tourist routes start from Fietspunt Leuven Station. These cycling routes are tailored to wheelchair bicycles, buddy bikes, three-wheelers and tandems. Choose the Leuven to Tildonk route to visit the 14-18 Experience Centre, where you can find out more about World War I in the region and visit the moving exhibition, titled ‘Through the eyes of a refugee’, which features the stories of present-day refugees. End your visit with a drink and a bite to eat in Engelenburcht My Resto, take some time to enjoy the silence in the Garden of Silence under the Haiku Tree before you head back to Leuven. Or choose the Leuven to Wezemaal route and ‘immerse’ yourself in the region’s unique Hageland wines in the Visitor Centre at Wezemaal. Don’t forget to stop at the lovely provincial estate in Kessel-Lo near Leuven.

Don’t have an adapted bike? Don’t worry, you can reserve one from Fietspunt by sending an e-mail to [email protected] They rent out men’s and women’s bicy- cles, mountain bikes, electric bikes, tandem bikes, a Veloplus electric wheelchair bike and an electric Fun2Go buddy bike.

Contact +32 16 26 76 20 or [email protected] for more information. Photo’s: Copyright Toerisme Vlaams-Brabant - Bert Dekelver-Vandenwaeyenberg Copyright Toerisme Photo’s: 24 Visit and experience Visit and experience 25 EAT AND DRINK

1. Café Van de Velde 6. Grand Café (De Hoorn) 2. Chapter Four 7. Café Entrepot | Opek 3. Domus 8. Novotel Leuven 4. Improvisio 9. ViaVia 5. De Smidse

26 Eat and drink Rijschoolstraat 4 / +32 16 50 16 72 1 CAFE VAN DE VELDE (Wheelchair accessible entrance: Diestsestraat 49) (LIBRARY TWEEBRONNEN) www.facebook.com > Café Van De Velde

ENTRANCE Long Height of the step slope Width of the narrowest <90 cm entrance door HALL Table: wheelchair accessible no TOILET Width of the narrowest passage to the toilet (door 87 cm or hallway) Toilet door 87 cm Free space 40 cm in front of the toilet Free space 89 cm next to the toilet Number of grab rails 2

2 CHAPTER FOUR Monseigneur Ladeuzeplein 31 / +32 16 60 10 97 www.facebook.com/chapterfourleuven

ENTRANCE Height of the step n.a. Width of the narrowest 84 cm entrance door HALL Table: wheelchair accessible yes TOILET Width of the narrowest passage to the toilet (door 110 cm or hallway) Toilet door 77 cm Free space 96 cm in front of the toilet Free space 52 cm next to the toilet Number of grab rails 0

Eat and drink 27 3 DOMUS Tiensestraat 8 / +32 16 20 14 49 www.domusleuven.be - [email protected]

ENTRANCE Height of the step 2,5 cm Width of the narrowest >90 cm entrance door HALL Table: wheelchair accessible no TOILET Width of the narrowest passage to the toilet 110 cm (door or hallway) Toilet door 87 cm Free space 186 cm in front of the toilet Free space 92 cm next to the toilet Number of grab rails 2

4 IMPROVISIO Brusselsestraat 63 / +32 16 20 76 46 www.improvisio.net - [email protected]

ENTRANCE Height of the step n.a. Width of the narrowest 68 cm* entrance door HALL Table: wheelchair accessible yes TOILET Width of the narrowest passage to the toilet 78 cm (door or hallway) Toilet door 78 cm Free space 67 cm in front of the toilet Free space 89 cm next to the toilet Number of grab rails 2

* You can open the second part of the double door. 28 Eat and drink 5 DE SMIDSE Sluisstraat 10 / +32 3 443 06 30 www.desmidseleuven.be

ENTRANCE Height of the step n.a. Width of the narrowest 106 cm entrance door HALL Table: wheelchair accessible limited TOILET Width of the narrowest passage to the toilet 105 cm (door or hallway) Toilet door 87 cm Free space 154 cm in front of the toilet Free space 63 cm next to the toilet Number of grab rails 2

* You can open the second part of the double door. Eat and drink 29 6 GRAND CAFE Sluisstraat 79 / +32 16 79 54 75 (DE HOORN) www.dehoorn.eu/grand-cafe - [email protected]

ENTRANCE Height of the step n.a. Width of the narrowest 72 cm* entrance door HALL Table: wheelchair accessible limited TOILET Width of the narrowest passage to the toilet 85 cm (door or hallway) Toilet door 87 cm Free space 20 cm in front of the toilet Free space 43 cm next to the toilet Number of grab rails 2

* But you can open the 2nd part of this double door.

7 CAFÉ ENTREPOT | OPEK Vaartkom 4 / +32 16 22 27 41 www.cafeentrepot.be – [email protected]

ENTRANCE steep Height of the step slope Width of the narrowest 72 cm* entrance door HALL Table: wheelchair accessible yes TOILET Width of the narrowest passage to the toilet 107 cm (door or hallway) Toilet door 86 cm Free space 160 cm in front of the toilet Free space 80 cm next to the toilet Number of grab rails 1

* But you can open the 2nd part of this double door. 30 Eat and drink Vuurkruisenlaan 4 / +32 16 93 90 01 8 NOVOTEL LEUVEN www.accorhotels.com > Novotel Leuven Centrum [email protected]

ENTRANCE Height of the step n.a. Width of the narrowest >90 cm entrance door HALL Table: wheelchair accessible limited TOILET Width of the narrowest passage to the toilet 90 cm (door or hallway) Toilet door >90 cm Free space 82 cm in front of the toilet Free space >90 cm next to the toilet Number of grab rails 2

Parkstraat 146 / +32 478 36 24 82 9 VIAVIA www.viavia.world/en/belgium/leuven-parkstraat [email protected]

ENTRANCE Height of the step n.a. Width of the narrowest 95 cm entrance door HALL Table: wheelchair accessible limited TOILET Width of the narrowest passage to the toilet 89 cm (door or hallway) Toilet door 92 cm Free space 147 cm in front of the toilet Free space 118 cm next to the toilet Number of grab rails 2

Eat and drink 31 PUBLIC TOILETS

1. City Hall Leuven 7. Bruulpark 2. Bicycle park Rector De Somerplein 8. Library Tweebronnen 3. University Library 9. Café Sport 4. M-Museum Leuven 10. Botanical Garden 5. University hall 11. Hal 5 6. Bus stop Dirk Boutslaan

32 Public toilets Grote Markt 7 / +32 16 20 30 20 1 CITY HALL LEUVEN www.visitleuven.be/nl/stadhuis - [email protected]

PATHWAY n.a. ENTRANCE

TO THE TOILET TOILET DOOR Clearance in front of the toilet door 120 cm

Width of the toilet door 88 cm INSIDE OF THE TOILET Dimensions toilet space 169 x 158 cm Clearance space in the toilet area 100 cm

Free space in front of the toilet 103 cm

Free space next to the toilet 99 cm

Number of grab rails 2

Sink

Rector De Somerplein / +32 16 29 93 23 2 BICYCLE PARK RECTOR DE SOMERPLEIN [email protected]

Leuven disposes of a ‘changing place’: an adapted, public toilet with an adult-sized changing bench. You can reach it via the lift at the bus stop or through a long slope at the other side of de Bondgenotenlaan.

PATHWAY

ENTRANCE TO THE TOILET n.a. TOILET DOOR Clearance in front of the toilet door 150 cm

Width of the toilet door 97 cm INSIDE OF THE TOILET Dimensions toilet space 218 x 201 cm

Clearance space in the toilet area 140 cm

Free space in front of the toilet 110 cm

Free space next to the toilet 109 cm

Number of grab rails 2

Sink

Public toilets 33 3 UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Mgr. Ladeuzeplein 21

There are two adapted toilets in the University Library. The first one is situated on the second floor. You can reach it using the lift and passing through the reading room.

PATHWAY

ENTRANCE

TO THE TOILET TOILET DOOR Clearance in front of the toilet door 150 cm

Width of the toilet door 98 cm INSIDE OF THE TOILET Dimensions toilet space 220 x 165 cm Clearance space in the toilet area 150 cm

Free space in front of the toilet 50 cm

Free space next to the toilet 90 cm

Number of grab rails 2

Sink

PATHWAY

ENTRANCE

TO THE TOILET TOILET DOOR Clearance in front of the toilet door 128 cm

Width of the toilet door 88 cm INSIDE OF THE TOILET Dimensions toilet space 220 x 165 cm The second adapted toilet is on the 5th floor. Use the lift to reach it. The adapted Clearance space in the toilet area 110 cm toilet is situated nearby the lift, in the Free space in front of the toilet 110 cm ladies toilets.

Free space next to the toilet 90 cm

Number of grab rails 2

Sink

34 Public toilets Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 28 / +32 16 27 29 29 4 M-MUSEUM LEUVEN www.mleuven.be / [email protected]

PATHWAY

ENTRANCE

TO THE TOILET TOILET DOOR Clearance in front of the toilet door 160 cm

Width of the toilet door > 90 cm INSIDE OF THE TOILET Dimensions toilet space 180 x 205 cm Clearance space in the toilet area 150 cm

Free space in front of the toilet 27 cm

Free space next to the toilet > 90 cm

Number of grab rails 2

Sink

5 UNIVERSITY HALL Naamsestraat 22

PATHWAY

ENTRANCE

TO THE TOILET * TOILET DOOR Clearance in front of the toilet door 150 cm

Width of the toilet door 96 cm INSIDE OF THE TOILET Dimensions toilet space 336 x 176 cm Clearance space in the toilet area 150 cm

Free space in front of the toilet 120 cm

Free space next to the toilet 90 cm

Number of grab rails 2

Sink

* You can open the 2nd part of this double door (total width: 126 cm). Ring the bell if you need any help. Public toilets 35 6 BUS STOP DIRK BOUTSLAAN Dirk Boutslaan 38

PATHWAY n.a. ENTRANCE TO THE TOILET n.a. TOILET DOOR Clearance in front of the toilet door 200 cm

Width of the toilet door 87 cm INSIDE OF THE TOILET Dimensions toilet space 218 x 186 cm Clearance space in the toilet area 150 cm

Free space in front of the toilet 115 cm

Free space next to the toilet 129 cm

Number of grab rails 2

Sink

Public adapted toilets off the route

Brouwersstraat 7 BRUULPARK

PATHWAY

ENTRANCE

TO THE TOILET TOILET DOOR Clearance in front of the toilet door 165 cm

Width of the toilet door 87 cm INSIDE OF THE TOILET Dimensions toilet space 164 x 282 cm Clearance space in the toilet area 150 cm

Free space in front of the toilet 219 cm

Free space next to the toilet 100 cm

Number of grab rails 2

Sink

36 Public toilets Rijschoolstraat 4 / +32 16 22 65 22 8 LIBRARY TWEEBRONNEN www.leuven.bibliotheek.be - [email protected] The adapted toilet is situated on the second floor in the central hall.

PATHWAY n.a. ENTRANCE

TO THE TOILET TOILET DOOR Clearance in front of the toilet door 150 cm

Width of the toilet door 87 cm INSIDE OF THE TOILET Dimensions toilet space 150 x 147 cm Clearance space in the toilet area 105 cm

Free space in front of the toilet 30 cm

Free space next to the toilet 90 cm

Number of grab rails 2

Sink

Martelarenplein 13 / +32 493 82 84 90 9 CAFÉ SPORT www.facebook.com/Cafesportt

PATHWAY

ENTRANCE

TO THE TOILET TOILET DOOR Clearance in front of the toilet door 140 cm

Width of the toilet door 86 cm INSIDE OF THE TOILET Dimensions toilet space 215 x 164 cm

Clearance space in the toilet area 132 cm

Free space in front of the toilet 147 cm

Free space next to the toilet 17 cm

Number of grab rails geen

Sink

Public toilets 37 Kapucijnenvoer 30 / +32 16 27 23 80 10 BOTANICAL GARDEN www.visitleuven.be/nl/kruidtuin

Follow the signage in the gatehouse towards the adapted toilet, located at the back of the building. Pass through the main entrance, and take the main path up to the end. On your right you can find the toilets.

PATHWAY

ENTRANCE

TO THE TOILET TOILET DOOR Clearance in front of the toilet door 150 cm

Width of the toilet door 87 cm INSIDE OF THE TOILET Dimensions toilet space 157 x 235 cm

Clearance space in the toilet area 145 cm

Free space in front of the toilet 162 cm

Free space next to the toilet 82 cm

Number of grab rails 1

Sink

11 HAL 5 Diestsesteenweg 104 / 3010 Kessel-Lo www.hal5.be / [email protected]

PATHWAY

ENTRANCE

TO THE TOILET TOILET DOOR Clearance in front of the toilet door 93 cm

Width of the toilet door 98 cm INSIDE OF THE TOILET Dimensions toilet space 167 x 243 cm

Clearance space in the toilet area 141 cm

Free space in front of the toilet 170 cm

Free space next to the toilet 28 cm

Number of grab rails 1

Sink

38 Public toilets Tourist Office Visit Leuven Naamsestraat 3, 3000 Leuven The tourist office of Leuven is +32 16 20 30 20 wheelchair accessible. There is no [email protected] lowered part at the desk though. www.visitleuven.be

Public toilets 39 ACCOMMODATION

1. Hotel Ladeuze 2. Novotel Leuven Centrum 3. Park Inn by Radisson Leuven 4. Youth hostel De Blauwput 5. Leuven City Hostel

40 Where to stay Three hotels and two hostels in Leuven handy brochures, i.e., ‘Accessible holiday were awarded an A or A+ accessibility label. accommodations in Flanders and You can find detailed information and pho- ’, which you can find online at tos of these and other accommodations in www.visitflanders.com/accessibility. the region around Leuven in one of two You can also request a hard copy.

1 Hotel Ladeuze 3 Park Inn by Radisson Leuven Bogaerdenstraat 27 Martelarenlaan 36 3000 Leuven 3010 Leuven (Kessel-Lo) Tel. +32 16 88 90 66 Tel. +32 16 61 66 00 [email protected] Fax +32 16 61 67 00 www.hotelladeuze.com [email protected] www.parkinn.com/hotel-leuven 2 Novotel Leuven Centrum Vuurkruisenlaan 4 4 Youth hostel De Blauwput 3000 Leuven Martelarenlaan 11a Tel. +32 16 21 32 00 3010 Leuven (Kessel-Lo) Fax +32 16 21 32 01 Tel. +32 16 63 90 62 [email protected] [email protected] www.accorhotels.com www.jeugdherbergen.be

5 Leuven City Hostel Ravenstraat 37 3000 Leuven Tel. +32 16 84 30 33 [email protected] www.leuvencityhostel.com

Where to stay 41 CARE AND MOBILITY AIDS

YOU NEED MEDICAL CARE WHILE ON HOLIDAY?

As a tourist in Flanders you can call > The Flemish Association for Independent upon a regional service or independent Nurses (VBZV) lists where you can go nurses who operate near your holiday for home nursing on the website address. Contact a nursing service as www.verplegingthuis.be (Dutch). You quickly as possible so that you can dis- can contact a nurse directly to discuss cuss the possibilities and conditions on your concrete requests. time. A few big organisations that can help you include: > Home nursing and other forms of care can also be arranged via a local > The Wit-Gele Kruis (White-Yellow or regional social service or joint Cross) is a home nursing organization venture. Het Vlaams Agentschap with branches all over Flanders. You Zorg en Gezondheid (Flemish Agency can find the contact addresses per Care and Health) familiarises you with province on www.wgk.be (in Dutch). the offerings via this website: www.zorg-en-gezondheid.be/thuiszorg (in Dutch).

YOU NEED MOBILITY AIDS WHILE ON HOLIDAY?

You need a hospital bed, hoist, scoot mo- VF Medicals bile, etc. at your holiday address? Then you Mgr. Van Waeyenberghlaan 48, Leuven can obtain your requirements from a local tel: +32 16 20 76 07 / fax: +32 16 20 76 25 lending service. Some devices, usually lighter [email protected] items, must be collected; other items can be www.vf-medicals.be delivered to and/or installed at your holiday address. In Leuven, you can turn to one of Rector de Somerplein wheelchair service the lending services below. Not all mobility Fietsenparking Rector de Somerplein - APCOA aids are available in every lending service. +32 16 29 93 23 We advise you to contact them in advance. [email protected]

Medical store CM The opening hours are listed at K. Leopold I-straat 34, Leuven www.leuven.be/rolstoel-lenen. People +32 16 20 84 83 with mobility impairments can borrow a wheelchair in the city centre. Reserva- tions are possible, but not required. 42 Leuven accessible to all TRAVELLING TOWARDS FLANDERS

BY TRAIN

Eurostar, TGV & Thalys ICE In 1st class on Eurostar, TGV and Thalys, ICE trains (Brussels-Cologne-Frankfurt there are one or more locations for connection) also provide facilities for wheelchairs. This means you can travel wheelchair travellers. However, in ICE in comfort without having to move out trains, these are in second class, near of your wheelchair. These positions are special toilet facilities. alongside spacious toilets laid out espe- cially for wheelchair passengers. Ask to Facilities and assistance at stations have one of these locations allocated The main international stations comply to you when you make your booking. to high standards of accessibility The sales staff will reserve one for you, (elevators, escalators etc...), and offer subject to availability. So that these assistance service on request to facili- facilities can be accessible to everyone, tate your arrival or departure. Eurostar, Thalys and TGV provide spe- cial rates so that wheelchair passengers For detailed information, booking and and their attendants can travel in first assistance, go to: www.b-europe.com class for a second class fare. > Customer Service > Reduced-mobility passengers.

BY AIR

> Airport > Read more about travelling with a Read more about travelling with a reduced mobility on Antwerp Airport: reduced mobility on Brussels Airport: www.antwerp-airport.be www.brusselsairport.be > Passengers > Passengers > Reduced mobility people. > Passengers with reduced mobility.

> Brussels South Airport Read more about travelling with a reduced mobility on Charleroi Airport: www.charleroi-airport.com > Passengers > PRM.

Leuven accessible to all 43 BY FERRY

Travelling to Flanders by ferry is easy and relaxing, with frequent departures, and the chance to enjoy a meal, do a little shopping – or just enjoy the cruise!

> P&O Ferries - 08716 64 21 21 > DFDS Seaways - 0871 574 7235 P&O sails from Dover to Calais in DFDS Seaways sails from Dover to both about 90 minutes, as well as offering Calais and Dunkirk. The services to a daily overnight service from Hull Calais take 90 minutes, and to Dunkirk, straight into Flanders at Zeebrugge. the journey time is around 2 hours. From Dunkirk, you’re just a few miles Read more about travelling with a from the border with Flanders. reduced mobility on P&O Ferries: www.poferries.com/en > Select a route Read more about travelling with a > Travelling with us > Accessibility reduced mobility on DFDS Seaways: www.dfdsseaways.co.uk > Customer service > Passengers with reduced mobility.

44 Leuven accessible to all TRANSPORT AND PARKING IN FLANDERS

BY TRAIN (NMBS) BY BUS (DE LIJN)

You will find all the necessary information The new De Lijn buses are equipped on traveling by train on www.belgianrail. with a low floor, ramp and hydraulic be/en > Stations and on-board services kneeling device. The ramp can only be > Passengers with reduced mobility. used safely at an accessible (raised) stop. If you want to take a regular bus, Belgian Rail provides assistance when you must make a reservation one day boarding or disembarking a train in (24 hours) in advance by phoning the 131 stations. Find out which stations dial-a-bus switchboard. That way you offer (free) assistance and how long can be sure that your ride is wheelchair in advance you have to reserve on the accessible. website. Make your request for assistance online or by phone: +32 2 528 28 28. Also The bus also includes places reserved find out about the discounts that are for people with reduced mobility. These available for Belgian Rail passengers with places are located at the front of the a disability on the website. bus near the driver and at the wheel- chair-accessible door. They are marked with pictograms.

You will find all the necessary informati- on on : www.delijn.be/en > Accessibility.

Leuven accessible to all 45 CAR

Leuven is a restricted traffic area, meaning you cannot drive your car through the city. We recommend following the around the city to get as close to your destination as you can. A maximum speed limit of 30 km/h is enforced in the area inside of the ring road.

Free parking or pay and display? For an overview of the reserved parking If you have a European parking pass for spaces for people with disabilities in people with disabilities, you may park Leuven, navigate to for free, for an unlimited period of time www.visitleuven.be/en/accessibility in Leuven in: - Reserved parking spaces for people with disabilities. - Parking spaces for short stay parking such as shop-and-go parking spaces and kiss-and-ride spaces. - Parking spaces where you must display or use a parking disc.

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48 Visit and experience ROUTE DESCRIPTION

WALKING ROUTE 1 Uphill, downhill WALKING ROUTE 2 We start at the Grote Markt 1 at the stairs of You then have two options. If you turn left, You can also discover another facet of Leuven This walk also begins at the Town Hall 2 on the lavishly decorated town hall 2 . The town you’ll easily reach the Muntstraat. It’s on the by crossing the Naamsestraat and going down the Grote Markt 1 . Facing Sint-Pieterskerk 3 hall has an adapted toilet 1 . Opposite the right at the point where Tiensestraat widens. the rather steep Ramberg. Wheelchair users we’ll turn left. Brace yourself for a rather bumpy town hall is the Sint-Pieterskerk (St. Peter’s We’ll walk halfway down Muntstraat and then should use the road, because the footpath ride at the start of Brusselsestraat, as the pe- Church) 3 . Facing the church, turn right. Stay go left into Meiersstraat. is too narrow in places. It’s best to take the destrian shopping street is paved with bricks. on this side of the Grote Markt. We’ll skip the asphalt strips. Ramberg is quite a steep slope, Here, we’ll take the first street on the right, pedestrian shopping street (Tiensestraat) for If you want more of a challenge, you can cross so if you are using a manual wheelchair you’ll Pensstraat, and turn left onto Dirk Boutslaan. now. First we’ll follow the completely straight Tiensestraat (caution: you have to cross two probably need help. Slightly further ahead, behind the bus stop, Bondgenotenlaan towards the station. deep gutters), and walk past the Domus restau- there is an adapted public toilet 6 . Opposite rant & brewery into Eikstraat, an authentic On the left, at the bottom of the hill is the the art academy and conservatory (SLAC), you At the start of Bondgenotenlaan, between the little cobbled street that transports you back Sint-Antoniuskapel (St. Anthony’s Chapel) 12 . will find the Dijleterrassen 15 with wooden bus stop and the newspaper stand, there is a in time. Via a small alley, you walk past the We’ll walk on the right side of Damiaanplein benches overlooking the River . You can lift to an adapted public toilet 2 . It also has Domus brewery 8 across Vonckplein to reach and turn left onto Parijsstraat. Follow Parijs- also see the statue of Fiere Margriet 16 , who, a ‘changing place’: a room with a changing Muntstraat. Cross Muntstraat to get to ‘s Meiers- straat until you reach Brusselsestraat and turn as legend has it, floated upstream on the river. table that is also suitable for adults. You can straat. right to get back to the Grote Markt. Along the Wheelchair users can reach the bank of the also access it without the lift: the alternative way, you can cut through Kortestraat on the river via a ramp that starts at the end of the entrance is on the opposite side of Bondge- ‘s Meiersstraat takes us to the picturesque Ho- right to reach the Oude Markt. footpath (on the corner of Dirk Boutslaan and notenlaan. There is a long and quite steep geschoolplein. We’ll walk along the left side of Lei). Be careful, the wooden floor can be slip- ramp downwards. Continuing down Bondge- the square, past a few old university buildings: If you’re feeling adventurous, you can climb pery in wet weather. notenlaan, on the left you’ll see the 30CC/ the Pauscollege 9 and the Maria-Theresiacol- Drie Engelenberg (cobblestones, uphill) from Stadsschouwburg (City Theatre) 4 , but we’ll lege 10 . On Sint-Michielsstraat, the footpaths Parijsstraat to reach the Oude Markt 13 and We’ll cross Dirk Boutslaan (watch out for the turn right, where some small cobblestones lead on both sides of the street are too narrow, so visit the Kotmadam statue 14 . Our starting concrete berms that are slightly too close to us towards Ladeuzeplein, where the University wheelchair users should use the road. point, the Grote Markt, is to your left. You can the zebra crossing/crosswalk) and turn left Library 5 is situated. reach it via Kortestraat, or if you’re ready for onto Lei. When walking along this road, which Via Sint-Michielsstraat, we’ll reach Naamsestraat, more cobblestones, you can go via Zeelstraat, later turns into a road called Craenendonck, it’s Inside the library, there are two adapted toi- from which we can quickly get to our starting uphill to Naamsestraat, and then turn left. best to keep to the left. At certain points the lets 3 . We’ll walk to the end of the square point at the Grote Markt (turn right and you’re path slopes sharply, but otherwise the footpath and turn left onto Vanderkelenstraat. Just past there). Along the way, there is the University is accessible to wheelchairs. On our left is the the M-Museum Leuven 6 , which also has an Hall 11 , in which textiles were traded in the Vismarkt 17 , but we’ll turn right onto Mech- adapted toilet 4 , we’ll turn left into Savoy- Middle Ages and which now houses the universi- elsestraat. We’ll follow this pedestrian shopping estraat and walk to Tiensestraat. A little fur- ty administration. The hall was recently opened street until we reach the statue of humanist ther on the Rector de Somerplein we find the to the public. On the basement floor, there is an Erasmus 18 . There, we’ll cross Mathieu De Lay- statue of Fonske 7 , popular with the Leuven adapted toilet 5 . ensplein, passing the Sint-Pieterskerk, to arrive

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