# The Great Beguinage (Groot Begijnhof)

What to do en Leuven · Leuven

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/leuven/things-to-do/great-beguinage · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Duración: 1 h
- Temporada: All year
- Para quién: All ages

Walk · 1 h · free · a whole district of brick houses beside the Dijle · World Heritage

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.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 50.8728, 4.6987

## Cerca de aquí

- [Martin's Klooster](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/leuven/where-to-stay/martins-klooster), a 360 m
- [Lukemieke](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/leuven/where-to-eat/lukemieke), a 511 m
- [The Oude Markt, Europe's longest bar](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/leuven/things-to-do/oude-markt), a 540 m
- [Domus](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/leuven/where-to-eat/domus), a 662 m
- [The Grote Markt and the Gothic town hall](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/leuven/things-to-do/grote-markt-and-town-hall), a 699 m
- [Leuven City Hostel](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/leuven/where-to-stay/leuven-city-hostel), a 855 m
- [M Leuven, the city's art museum](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/leuven/things-to-do/m-leuven), a 860 m
- [The University Library and its tower](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/leuven/things-to-do/university-library-and-tower), a 862 m

## Consejos

### Silence
It is a residence for students and teachers: you stroll, you do not enter the houses.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### 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.

Destino: [Leuven](https://www.geocalia.com/en/belgium/leuven.md)