KU Leuven University Library – Old Market, Leuven loop from Leuven
KU Leuven University Library – Old Market, Leuven loop from Leuven
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KU Leuven University Library – Old Market, Leuven loop from Leuven
00:51
8.11km
50m
Running
Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: March 5, 2026
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583 m
Chapel of Our Lady of the Fever and Franciscan Friary
Highlight • Religious Site
The chapel was first restored in 1878 under the direction of architect P.P. Stoop, when the stained-glass windows, designed by P. Vander Auderaa and crafted in the workshop of Stalins and Janssens, were also installed. In 1889, the church was given a new choir. During a second restoration in 1907, the facade was stripped of plaster. In 1986, the Catholic University of Leuven purchased the church and the former monastery, which, after renovations, were repurposed as the Catholic Documentation and Research Centre.
Inventory of Immovable Heritage: Chapel of Our Lady of the Fever and Franciscan Monastery [online], id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/42133
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1.12 km
KU Leuven University Library
Highlight • Monument
Check out the inviting reading room - made of wood from the floor to the shelves. In the nearby 73.5-meter-high bell tower hang 63 bells with a total weight of 35 tons. Are you fit? Then climb the almost 300 steps to the top to enjoy the great view of the city.
In the square in front: a work of art by Jan Fabre.
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2.03 km
Leuven Railway Station
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4.59 km
Old Market, Leuven
Highlight • Settlement
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4.69 km
The Kotmadam statue
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Source: zaader.com/de-kotmadam
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4.73 km
KU Leuven Main Building
Highlight • Monument
Anyone who wants to enter the University Hall itself will likely know that the entrance to this former cloth hall is on the other side (Naamsestraat). Since you're here, you might want to take a closer look at this Rega Wing—and note the list of names of "victims of the old market" on the 1924 memorial on the facade. Where parties and drinking have been going on for decades, in 1914 it was nothing but destruction and devastation. Cheers!
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5.01 km
Saint Michael's Church
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The church was almost completely destroyed in 1944. Only the facade was miraculously spared. The reconstruction of the church was finished in 1950.
Since May 2021, the church has been home to a historically substantiated reconstruction of the Baroque organ that Heinrich Andreas Contius built in 1769 for the Church of the Holy Trinity in Liepaja (Latvia). H.A. Contius was highly regarded as an organ builder by Johann Sebastian Bach, and the organ in Liepaja is the only complete organ of Contius that has come down to us.
It is therefore no exaggeration to say that the reconstruction of this organ creates a unique framework in which the music of J.S. Bach, sons and contemporaries, can be performed in the best conditions.
Source: VisitLeuven
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5.24 km
Cycling Café Soigneur
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8.11 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
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3.59 km
3.25 km
750 m
278 m
211 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
6.39 km
921 m
676 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
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