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Live tours in Leuven

Explore Leuven, Belgium, live with a local who lives there. A guide walks you past Grote Markt, Stadhuis (Town Hall) and Leuven University Library on a video call, or talks you through it by phone.

9 live tours From 18,00 €

Explore Leuven live with a local

Sessions run live, not as a recording: you join at a time in your own time zone, and the guide follows whatever you want to see or ask about. Oude Markt is worth asking about: the student nightlife square, lined end to end with cafe terraces.

Every date has a minimum group size: if it does not fill up, it is cancelled and you are refunded in full automatically. Small groups, real answers, no script.

What a live session shows

  • Grote Markt The main square framed by the Gothic town hall and its guild houses.
  • Stadhuis (Town Hall) A fifteenth-century Gothic town hall carved with niches for 236 statues.
  • Leuven University Library Rebuilt twice after wartime destruction, its tower still rings a carillon.
  • Groot Begijnhof A UNESCO-listed cluster of brick courtyards once home to lay religious women.
  • Sint-Pieterskerk Keeps Dirk Bouts' Last Supper triptych behind its high altar.
  • Oude Markt A square ringed with cafe terraces, known locally as the longest bar in the world.
  • Kruidtuin Belgium's oldest botanical garden, laid out in 1738.
  • Park Abbey A working Premonstratensian abbey with fishponds and orchard paths.

Neighbourhoods

  • Oude Markt the student nightlife square, lined end to end with cafe terraces
  • Vaartkom a former industrial dock turned dining and nightlife quarter around old grain silos
  • Naamsestraat the main university street running past faculty buildings toward the abbeys

Food to know

  • Stella Artois beer
  • Belgian waffles
  • Leuvense stoofvlees (beef and beer stew)
  • Witloof gratin
  • Speculoos biscuits

Book a live tour in Leuven

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Local guides in Leuven

Good to know about Leuven

Do I need to be in Leuven to join a session?

No. You join from wherever you are; the guide is the one in Leuven, live on camera or on the phone.

How long does a session last?

Between 0.5 and 1.5 hours, depending on the guide and the topic.

What language is the session in?

Guides here offer Dutch and English; pick the one you want when you book.

What if I lose connection partway through?

Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up.

Can I ask the guide anything, or is it a fixed script?

Anything. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.