What to do · Leuven
The Great Beguinage (Groot Begijnhof)
Information
- Price
- Free
- Duration
- 1 h
- Season
- All year
- Who it's for
- All ages
- With a dog
- On a lead, along the streets of the beguinage
Leuven's Great Beguinage is a whole district, not a courtyard: cobbled streets, red-brick houses from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, a Gothic church and bridges over the arms of the river Dijle. Beguines lived there until the twentieth century; today it is a university residence, which restored it, and a World Heritage Site along with the other Flemish beguinages.
The walk
It is ten minutes' walk south of the Grote Markt, along the Naamsestraat. You enter freely: walk the streets without hurrying, cross the bridges and leave by the other end. It is one of the quietest corners of Belgium.
Tips
- Silence It is a residence for students and teachers: you stroll, you do not enter the houses.
Frequently asked questions
Does it cost anything to enter the Leuven beguinage?
No, it is a district with free access.
Is it far from the centre?
About ten minutes' walk from the Grote Markt.
With young childrenAs a familyWith a dog
