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Balloon of Friendship – Stella Artois Brewery loop from Leuven

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Balloon of Friendship – Stella Artois Brewery loop from Leuven

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Balloon of Friendship – Stella Artois Brewery loop from Leuven

00:39

2.50km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 28, 2026

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Start point

Bus stop

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148 m

Stella Artois Brewery

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Stella Artois Brewery is part of the world's largest brewing group, AB InBev. Firmly rooted in its hometown of Leuven, it can be visited weekly.

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Artist Dany Tulkens designed the eight-metre-high balloon in 1988, as a gift to the city of the Dutch Association of Years. He wanted to use it to say that you can transcend everyday worries with friends around you. The statue stood on Herbert Hooverplein for almost 30 years. During the redevelopment of that square, the statue temporarily disappeared from the streets, but now it is in a new location: the flowerbed opposite the bus station of De Lijn on Martelarenplein. Artist Dany Tulkens is already satisfied with the new location: "Of course I am sorry that he had to disappear on Herbert Hooverplein, but this location is also good. A lot of people pass here and it is clearly visible."
vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2019/08/01/ballon-van-de-vriendschap-landt-aan-station-leuven

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Stella Artois Brewery

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Artois Brewery was a Leuven brewery, best known for its Stella Artois lager. The brewery grew into the multinational Anheuser-Busch InBev. The brewery existed under the name Artois since 1717 when Sébastien Artois (1680-1727) bought the old Leuven brewery Den Hoorn.

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Futuristic man with jetpack

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He's ready to take to the skies

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2.50 km

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Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.17 km

272 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

1.88 km

457 m

158 m

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Tuesday 14 July

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Balloon of Friendship – Stella Artois Brewery loop from Leuven

Stella Artois Brewery