Leuven

Best little University town I have seen so far (and I have seen quite a few). Place is loaded with cafes and restaurants and full of good atmosphere. Excellant Belgian beers just help make your visit more fun. Really enjoyable.

Leuven is known for four things: gas works, Stella Artois brewery, being the capital of Brabant, and, of course, KUL – as in “cool!” or Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. If your school offers an exchange program with them – GO!

I used to live here.

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A very compact university town with the absolute best ‘brabant gothic’ Stadhuis and a very well-preserved Begijnhof. (And a very high ratio of pretty girls compared to other Belgian cities)