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The M Leuven museum buildingFrDr · CC BY 4.0

What to do · Leuven

M Leuven, the city's art museum

Museum · 1 h 30 · early Flemish and contemporary art · closed Wednesdays · included in the ILUVLeuven Ticket

InformationIncluded in the €19 ILUVLeuven Ticket
Price
Included in the €19 ILUVLeuven Ticket
Duration
1 h 30
Season
All year, 11:00 to 18:00 (Thursday until 22:00); closed Wednesdays
Who it's for
Adults and teenagers

M Leuven is Leuven's art museum, two minutes from the Grote Markt: a contemporary building joined to a neoclassical house, with fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Flemish painting and sculpture alongside exhibitions of present-day art.

Opening hours and admission

Open every day except Wednesday, from 11:00 to 18:00, and on Thursday until 22:00. It is included in the €19 ILUVLeuven Ticket, which adds the University Library with its tower and a walk around the city. Check its website for temporary exhibitions and the single-entry price.

Tips

  • Thursday evening With hours until 22:00, it is the best day to go without crowds.

Frequently asked questions

Which day is M Leuven closed?

On Wednesdays.

With teenagers

Opening hours and prices can change: check them before you go.

Round off the plan

Where to eat, where to stay and what else to do

To eat nearby

The dining room of Domus, with wooden tables and leaded windows© DomusBrasserie with its own brewery since 1985

Domus

Restaurant · Leuven · Tiensestraat · €€€€

What to order: a Flemish house dish with one of its beers, which arrive through a copper pipe from the brewery opposite

Tuesday to Sunday · closed Monday · no midday break on Friday, Saturday and Sunday
The dining room of Lukemieke, with checked-tablecloth tables© LukemiekeVegetarian cooking on weekdays, beside the park

Lukemieke

Restaurant · Leuven · Vlamingenstraat · €€€€

What to order: the vegetarian dish of the day, with soup

Monday to Friday, 12:00–14:00 and 18:00–20:00 · closed weekends and 18 July to 16 August

To stay nearby

Hotel

Martin's Klooster

Four stars · Former 500-year-old convent · 135 rooms beside the Dijle

Why we like it: Four-star hotel in a historic building about 500 years old beside the river Dijle, with 135 rooms, a bar, an orangery and a restaurant.

A double room at the hostel© Leuven City HostelHostel

Leuven City Hostel

Central hostel · Doubles and family rooms · Enclosed bike shed

Why we like it: Hostel a minute from the Ladeuze square, with beds from €22, doubles from €67 and family rooms for four from €93.

From €22 / bed View details