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Training event N°7
Additional information and logistics 2-6 December 2019 Leuven, Belgium
How to get to Leuven?
The closest Brussels Airport – Zaventem is located ~ 30 km away from Leuven. More information is here. If you are coming by train to Belgium, usually you arrive to one of the Brussels train stations (Nord, Central, Zuid). You can reach Leuven in several ways: By train. ~ 20-30 minutes. Price ~ 10 euros a. You can use an app SNCB national to know schedule of the trains and updates about the delays. You can also purchase your ticket online. More information is here. b. You can use a website where online purchase is also available. More information is here. c. You can just buy ticket in the wending machine. By bus. ~ 1 – 1:30 hours. Price ~ 2-3 euros a. From the airport. More information is here. b. From Brussels Nord. More information is here. By taxi from the airport. ~ 30 minutes. Price ~ 70 euros
How to get to Campusbibliotheek Arenberg?
By bus. ~ 30 minutes. Price ~ 1,6 -3 euros. 1. You can by single ticket (3 euro) or 10 pass ticket (1,6 for 1 ride = 16 euros) at the Leuven train station. Or other sell points. 2. You can take buses number 1,2 and 616. It should be written on the bus ‘Heverlee’. You need a stop called Heverlee Kasteel Arenberg. There are two entrances: Blue – from the back side of the library and yellow – from the main entrance.
By car/taxi. ~ 15 -20 euros from Leuven train station. 1. Address of KU Leuven venue: Campusbibliotheek Arenberg (C.B.A.) Willem de Croylaan 6
2. Parking “De Molen” GPS: 50.862109, 4.680991 Google Maps “parking de molen ku leuven” Please use the following code including the hashtag: 5701#
You can also rent a bike. It will cost you 21 euros per week. You just need to provide your passport/ID card to make a small rental contract.
The Leuven bicycle point is located in the covered bicycle parking area in front of the NMBS station of Leuven. Address: Prof. R. Van Overstraetenplein 1/001 3000 Leuven T: 016 21 26 01
Opening hours: Working days from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Accommodation:
For help with travel or accommodation arrangements, please contact: [email protected] Tel: +32 /(0)16 32 13 00 Fax: +32 /(0)16 32 19 90 Other questions, in urgent cases, please call +32(489) 28 00 54 (Helge Pfeiffer) or +32(467) 69 68 95 (Sevilia Sunetchiieva)
Some recommendations for the restaurants:
Breakfast: 1. Le pain quotidien Address: Parijsstraat 35, 3000 Leuven Mon-Sat: 7:30 am – 6 pm Sun: 8am -4pm 2. Coffee Onan Address: Parijsstraat 28, 3000 Leuven Mon-Sat: 8:30 am – 6 pm Sun: 12am – 5:45pm 3. Life Bar Address: Parijsstraat 48, 3000 Leuven Mon-Sat: 9 am – 5 pm Sun: 10am – 4pm 4. Nosh Address: Parijsstraat 48, 3000 Leuven Wed-Fri: 9 am – 4 pm Sat -Sun: 9am – 5pm
Dinner: 1. Domus – Belgian traditional restaurant with their own brewery. Better to reserve a table in advance. Usually full. 2. Notre Dame Quasimodo – Belgian restautant. Address: Grote Markt 11, 3000 Leuven 3. Bia Mara – Sustainable Fish restaurant. Small, cozy restaurant. Address: Tiensestraat 20, 3000 LEUVEN 4. Resto Ribs – for approximately 20 euros you will get endless ribs, just ask the waiters They serve different types of meet(chicken, pig…) and also fish. Better to reserve a table in advance. Usually full. Address: Parijsstraat 24/26, 3000 Leuven 5. De Hoorn – serve seasonal meals and have a veggie food too. Address: Sluisstraat 79, 3000 Leuven 6. Zoff – if you want some Italian food in Leuven Address: Mechelsestraat 25, 3000 Leuven 7. Bar Louis Address: Grote Markt 2, 3000 Leuven 8. De Noordoever - for veggie people. Address: Vaartkom 17A, 3000 Leuven
Beers – 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. No wonder the Oude Markt is Leuven’s meeting place par excellence, particularly in warm weather when the numerous terraces quickly fill up. Cocktails - Origins, Bar Nine, The Professor, D’Entreprise If you want to do some sightseeing, just visit the website below for more information: https://www.visitleuven.be/en/sightseeing