Living in Leuven as a Belgian can make you get used to everything and not notice the beautiful details. Seeing it through your eyes, though, makes me feel like I should romanticize it more because it is indeed an amazing city to live in!
I absolutely love the simplicity of this video. No massive intros, no ads, just you talking about things you appreciate. I've been to Leuven lots of times but I've never seen it through the eyes of a 'tourist'. Love it. Also, you have a really smooth and soothing voice, which compliments the video so much. Keep at it!
I was a student in Leuven from 1990 to 1995. The people, the architecture, the food and the culture were all amazing. The best years of my life. Thanks for posting your video.
As a resident of Leuven it is nice to see the city through the eyes of visitors. When I for example go to the “oude markt” for a beer, we pass by the “grote markt” and forget or take for granted that there actually are beautiful historical buildings. You know they are there, but you never really pay attention to them. You get to see the city through an entire new set of eyes and it makes you value the little things that make the city beautiful. Because tbh, some of the places shown in this video, I either know where they are but didn’t really think they were special or sometimes didn’t even know were those locations are located. Even as a resident I learned something about the city! Great video!
Thank you for this beautiful reportage about your life in Leuven. I've lived in Bruxelles from 2013 to 2018 and I've left a part of my heart there and in all of Belgium. I've been to Leuven several times, mainly in sunday afternoon since it's so close to Bruxelles and I've loved it so much. Very often I've eaten at The Rector in Oude Markt (excelent hamburgers!). There's so much to see in Belgium (Gent, Antwerpen, Brugge, Mechelen, LIer, Namur, Dinant, Liège, Mons, Bouillon, and much more) and I wish you to continue to take profit of your stay in Leuven to visit as much as you can, as your are already doing. I wish you the best. Bye.
Great job, Emilia! I lived in Leuven in the early 1970s, and have gone back to visit the city often since! You have captured the beauty of the city and its surrounding towns (like Heverlee). I lived on Vaarstraat, about a mile from Stella Artois, so all I remember is the strong smell of fermentation during parts of the day. Anyways, enjoy your frittes and your warm gauffres! Warm greetings from Atlanta, GA.
I watch a lot of travel channels, and it's always so interesting to see how foreigners perceive my home country. I'm not from Leuven myself, but it's a beautiful city, and so many of them are in Belgium and many other parts of Europe. I'm from Dendermonde, a town about 30km NW from Brussels. I don't live there any more though (I've lived for 7 years in Northern Finland, Rovaniemi, right at the arctic Circle. Now I've been living for some 5 years in Odessa, Ukraine, great to learn about different cultures). But I always hold my hometown close to my heart. It also dates back to Medieval times, and practically destroyed during WWI, but rebuilt mostly in its original state. It has one of the most beautiful town squares (Grote Markt) in the country. And it's best known for this beautiful legend about a horse (Ros Beiaard). It also has quite a big beguinage. In fact, my late grandmother lived there for several years. It's tucked away right in the centre of the main shopping street, if you didn't know about it, you'd walk right passed the entrance. When you have the opportunity, you should visit it :) Thanks for sharing your impressions!
Hey I spent three months living at the Irish institute on broekstraat in early 87. Best three months of my life but you've shown me more of Leuven in just ten minutes.... I was doing a work assignment in Brussels. Drank sooooo much Stella, cinema had a bar, the train platform has one, even MacDonald's!!! I recommend descent de LA Lease kayak day trip. The basement blues club on the square was a good spot. Grand place in Brussels also had a blues club. Checkout La chaloupe d'or bar. We had american students who did incredibly selfish things like set off the fire alarm as if it was an alarm clock. Please do not behave on such a way in a foreign country (end of lecture)..... You reminded me what a blast I had in Belgium and made me wish to hell I had stayed. Regards to all at the "Nod", Irish Kevin.
I love this city!! I've been living here for around 2 years after, didn't expect to fall for this charming and quiet city. Thank you for the video! I hope it makes more students pick Leuven in the future, the university is excellent, and the student services provided are really helpful.
I studied and lived in Leuven for a while. It is nice to see things haven't changed too much since I left in 2000. I lived at the Nachbar House 80 Schapenstraat. Which was old nunnery almost next door to the grote begijnhof! Your vlog has brought back great memories. Thank you
When you live here whole your life, you start taking it for granted. But when people visit your town, they help you appreciating it more. Nice overview.
4:47 Herent, my village. Overall a very balanced view that we, locals, often don't notice anymore. Well done, nice to see! Enjoy and hope you can experience also experience a normal (post covid) student life.
I was there last semester for my Erasmus and I am hoping to be there again soon. Very beautiful city with excellent university. I suggest you strong attachment with your studies because the exams are little bit hard in my experience :) regards from Turkey
I loved watching your video, Emilia! I used to study in Leuven as well, 40 years ago. I am from Antwerp. Please visit Antwerp in the future, it’s worth it! Ben
I grew up in Tervuren about 15 kilometers from Leuven and every time I go home I visit Leuven. It is a really vibrant yet homey city! Thanks for sharing!!
Spent 4 years in leuven, doing my masters in Leiden now, this video makes me nostalgic... Try to grab a drink at café den Boule when it opens up again, its has a very tradionally Belgian feel
Hi! As a Belgian student in Leuven, first of all welcome (maybe a bit late) and second it's very cool that you made a video of all things you liked. I don't live close to the city so coming here as a student was the first time to actually visit the city. I do believe Leuven has some of the most beautiful buildings in Flanders. As you said, the city is full of young people so that makes it so much nicer! Hope you have a good stay here!!
its a shame my parents decided to move us abroad to the UK for family, havent been back in years and still when i see videos like this makes me instantly happy, i miss my hometown and hopefully if everything aligns in my life i can move back to the best place ive ever lived, you have not lived until youve had frites with tartar sauce, the yearly carnival, the circus next to the catholic school, the botanical garden, the fact you can walk to town within 10-20 min, and im not sure if fabota is still going, but the best moments of my childhood was spent at that social club, its where i learned to kayak god i could go on for ever, just makes me more determined to move back it really is a magical place to raise a family.
Hello, I am from Czech Republic, I'm coming to Leuven (UCLL Campus Proximus) this September til February as an Erasmus exchange student, I can't really wait for it. I was little bit sad at first because I wanted to study in The Netherlands for their amazing architecture and the canals and also the culture of cycling everywhere but in the end it didn't work out. Watching this video absolutely threw away my doubts about Leuven though. It looks so beautiful, there are also canals, the culture is sooo similar. And I really have to say that I loved the historical-mediavel part, that one was so beautiful. The city it self kinda reminded me of Utrecht which is my favourite city from those I've visited in my life. Aaaaah, I can't wait and looking forward soo much.
Hi Emilia! Thank you for sharing your view about Leuven! Just a suggestion, whenever you visit a place on the videos, it would be very helpful to see the name of that place, and when you stop to eat/drink something at a restaurant/bar/caffee it would also be very nice and helpful to see a feedback from you about the food/drink. Thank you again for sharing the video! Lots of love
From someone who is born and raised in Leuven, I must say very nice video. We just walk past everything not seeing the beauty of it anymore. Maybe because it's a very small city and we get just used to everything? Anyway watching this really made me appreciate my city more so thank you for this! :)
This was so well done! I'm looking at master's programs in Europe, and KU Leuven is one of my top choices. Seeing how quaint the town is and your life there makes me all the more excited to apply and hopefully get accepted.
I grew up in Leuven, I always appreciated how beautiful the city is. Watching your video reminded me of the beauty of Belgium! (also, the hot waffles from Pinnochio are the best in flanders in my opinion haha)
I loved watching this video! I just started studying at the KU Leuven this week, but I never get to go to Leuven because the lessons are online due to Covid. So it was very nice to see the city I technically study in :D Thank you so much !
It was such a great video! I've been watching quite many about Leuven to get a grasp of what this city is like but it was not until I stumbled upon yours that I was truly captivated by Leuven. The footage is amazing itself, and I can really feel how you romanticized the city :-) (but it really is so beautiful). I would definitely recommend this video to anyone who wants to study at KU Leuven.
Your video popped up in my feed (living in Brussels), it was very relaxing to watch :) (love the botanical gardens in Leuven!!) If you go back to Brussels, I recommend the Dieweg cemetery in Uccle. It's outside the city centre but so worth it (especially on a sunny day!). It's a cemetery that was built in the 1860's after a cholera epidemic. It was desecrated and closed in the 1950's and, although the pathways are still being kept up, nature has been taking over most of the graves. It's very beautiful. :)
It was a very nice video, rich with historical details. I am also coming from another country live here in Leuven for about 2 years. I live actually next to the forest you been visiting at the end. With some local forest walker group, I explored the closer part of the forest called Heverlee forest and there is a botanical garden part where all kinds of trees all over the world are planted. And actually, it is Not allowed to pick mushrooms at all in all areas in Belgian. Because they are very little and it is lefts for the forest animals. Enjoy your stay! ;)
So I also study in the Luca in Leuven its in a Forrest where you can walk so u just walk to gasthuisberg and than the Lemmensberg its really beautiful there!
I’m from leuven and it is funny to hear someone from an other country say leuven, because someone from an other country never says the ‘eu’ wright so I hear all the time ‘loeven’ instead of ‘leuven’ but I like it you try 🤗
This video popped up when I was studying from inside Agora. So happy you made this video, will be happy to join you in your next tour. We could visit the different libraries :)
Emilia, you have great talent to make such documentaries. You should start a separate channel on a topic of your interest. Keep on doing that for a few years and you'll have a million dolar business. Good luck and greetings from West-Vlaanderen ;-)
Wow I've lived around Leuven my entire life and I go there at least once a week bc I live so close. But I've never looked at the city like this. You made it look so calm and beautiful. This made me love the city even more and also made me realize that I haven't seen all the pretty parts of Leuven. Hope you enjoy it here :)
Hi there! I have no idea how this video got recommended to me, but I'm a student from Brussels and this little vid really made me happy because it really made me realize I sometimes forget how beautiful Belgium can be! Greetings from a student that studies in Odisee Brussels! If the COVID-situation calms down a bit we could meet up and I will show you around Brussels a bit because I personally know a lot of nice sights to visit there :-)!
So funny, the half of all your shots were places i walked in years ago on a friends visit. It's a very nice place to be in, exactly as you described :)
I love Leuven. Just down the road from my place. Great music shop (Leo Caerts) and lovely bars and Cafés. The music Festival in the main place is (or was) brilliant. Thx for the video.
"I'm surprised Belgium is so pretty" I guess that's the reaction of every Belgian while watching your video, we're complaining too much we forget to go outside and, appreciate what we have.
Hey Emilia, I just found your youtube channel. You make beautiful vlogs and your presentation is fantastic. You are doing it so well that you can start working for a television station. Doing well ! Greetings from Mechelen, and if you wanted to, be sure to come to our beautiful city
Little historical remark (no criticism): the library you showed was not bombed in WW1. The library which was bombed was actually close to the University Hall and the Oude Markt. The foreign money was used after WW1 to build a new library. That's the one on the Ladeuzeplein.
The story of the library is even worse than that lol. That library wasn't bombed during WWI. The original, located at the Old Market (the large facade next to the Meeting Room, which is also the back of the university hall), was burned down (along with much of the city, every building that was rebuilt afterwards actually has a stone in the facade with 1914 and flames on it). This one was newly built after WWI, thank you America, and got shelled during an artillery fight between the British and the Germans (both blaming the other for hitting it :') ). And if the multiple destructions of priceless and irreplaceable books and manuscripts wasn't enough, after the university was split after the language conflict the whole collection was split too, sometimes in a way as ridiculous as giving the odd volumes to one and even volumes to the other.
I did not know that! I tried to do some research on the building, but unfortunately there was not much info available (and in English). Thanks for sharing!
Minor thing, but the replica you see on 5:24 isn't of the town hall, but of a set of towers that were once intended to be on the St. Peter's church itself. On 1:38 you can see the church has these odd flat finishes on its roof; that's where these towers were originally built, but they had to take them off later because the soil below was too soft and marshy to support the weight of the structure. These would have been 3 towers: one lower, one higher and then one lower again, not unlike the town hall, so I can understand the confusion. I only know this myself because a small guidebook at Museum M (just across the square from the Central Library) they give out for free had a section about it. :)
Can highly recommend a visit to the forest in Beauvechain just 10mins south of Leuven, it's also Meerdalwoud but the side at Beauvechain is much more beautiful
Btw, at 4:24 immediately to your right you are allowed to go through a sliding door to access the tropical house. It looks forbidden but the biologists like myself know its public, there a small turtles in the back and it has a cool jungle biome. At the kolenmuseum you can also just enter to see the museum with whale skeletons etc for free, also little known cool spot of the city
Who else from Leuven is watching this 😂 this is my everyday city yalll hahaha
Watching in my kot xd
Hahaha ik ben ook van leuven
@@nicksuh PHAHAHAHA KDKSKSK
I am a Brazilian married with a Belgium guy from Leuven.
I am about to move back to Leuven with my hub. ,:)
@@AnaOliveira-gi5lz oh that’s Amazing hope you like it here in belgium ;)
As a Belgian watching this it’s quite nice.
Please take me home I wanna be your puppy😭
@@geopirnaud.c1309 nigga wtf is this bullshit?
Living in Leuven as a Belgian can make you get used to everything and not notice the beautiful details. Seeing it through your eyes, though, makes me feel like I should romanticize it more because it is indeed an amazing city to live in!
It really is beautiful, and lots of culture and history! Thanks for watching!
I have that too!!
@Annelies Smet.... WAS indeed an amazing city....
The Leuven glory days are loooonnnggg gone.
I think It's a horrible city with drunk, noisy students making a racket. There should be more peace and quiet.
Always appreciate your city. Look around and above 😊
Resident of the city for nearly 30 years. This was nice. Interesting to see how visitors look at the city.
I absolutely love the simplicity of this video. No massive intros, no ads, just you talking about things you appreciate. I've been to Leuven lots of times but I've never seen it through the eyes of a 'tourist'. Love it. Also, you have a really smooth and soothing voice, which compliments the video so much. Keep at it!
Thank you so much, it means a lot!
I was a student in Leuven from 1990 to 1995. The people, the architecture, the food and the culture were all amazing. The best years of my life. Thanks for posting your video.
As a resident of Leuven it is nice to see the city through the eyes of visitors. When I for example go to the “oude markt” for a beer, we pass by the “grote markt” and forget or take for granted that there actually are beautiful historical buildings. You know they are there, but you never really pay attention to them. You get to see the city through an entire new set of eyes and it makes you value the little things that make the city beautiful. Because tbh, some of the places shown in this video, I either know where they are but didn’t really think they were special or sometimes didn’t even know were those locations are located. Even as a resident I learned something about the city! Great video!
Actually learned more from you than studying and working at Uni for 12 years now, thanks!
Cool! From Leuven myself and this movie reminds me I should spend more time exploring. ;)
Thank you for this beautiful reportage about your life in Leuven. I've lived in Bruxelles from 2013 to 2018 and I've left a part of my heart there and in all of Belgium. I've been to Leuven several times, mainly in sunday afternoon since it's so close to Bruxelles and I've loved it so much. Very often I've eaten at The Rector in Oude Markt (excelent hamburgers!). There's so much to see in Belgium (Gent, Antwerpen, Brugge, Mechelen, LIer, Namur, Dinant, Liège, Mons, Bouillon, and much more) and I wish you to continue to take profit of your stay in Leuven to visit as much as you can, as your are already doing. I wish you the best. Bye.
Great job, Emilia! I lived in Leuven in the early 1970s, and have gone back to visit the city often since! You have captured the beauty of the city and its surrounding towns (like Heverlee). I lived on Vaarstraat, about a mile from Stella Artois, so all I remember is the strong smell of fermentation during parts of the day. Anyways, enjoy your frittes and your warm gauffres! Warm greetings from Atlanta, GA.
I watch a lot of travel channels, and it's always so interesting to see how foreigners perceive my home country. I'm not from Leuven myself, but it's a beautiful city, and so many of them are in Belgium and many other parts of Europe. I'm from Dendermonde, a town about 30km NW from Brussels. I don't live there any more though (I've lived for 7 years in Northern Finland, Rovaniemi, right at the arctic Circle. Now I've been living for some 5 years in Odessa, Ukraine, great to learn about different cultures). But I always hold my hometown close to my heart. It also dates back to Medieval times, and practically destroyed during WWI, but rebuilt mostly in its original state. It has one of the most beautiful town squares (Grote Markt) in the country. And it's best known for this beautiful legend about a horse (Ros Beiaard). It also has quite a big beguinage. In fact, my late grandmother lived there for several years. It's tucked away right in the centre of the main shopping street, if you didn't know about it, you'd walk right passed the entrance. When you have the opportunity, you should visit it :)
Thanks for sharing your impressions!
Leuvennnnnn😍
This video is an instant throwback. Had a great time there! :')
Hey I spent three months living at the Irish institute on broekstraat in early 87. Best three months of my life but you've shown me more of Leuven in just ten minutes.... I was doing a work assignment in Brussels. Drank sooooo much Stella, cinema had a bar, the train platform has one, even MacDonald's!!! I recommend descent de LA Lease kayak day trip. The basement blues club on the square was a good spot. Grand place in Brussels also had a blues club. Checkout La chaloupe d'or bar. We had american students who did incredibly selfish things like set off the fire alarm as if it was an alarm clock. Please do not behave on such a way in a foreign country (end of lecture)..... You reminded me what a blast I had in Belgium and made me wish to hell I had stayed. Regards to all at the "Nod", Irish Kevin.
I love this city!! I've been living here for around 2 years after, didn't expect to fall for this charming and quiet city. Thank you for the video! I hope it makes more students pick Leuven in the future, the university is excellent, and the student services provided are really helpful.
Watching this I was thinking "I have to go there".
I've been living there for more than 5 years.
Lived there for 5 years and never been to a bunch of places she went to in 1 month o.O I was just on the market every day
I studied and lived in Leuven for a while. It is nice to see things haven't changed too much since I left in 2000. I lived at the Nachbar House 80 Schapenstraat. Which was old nunnery almost next door to the grote begijnhof! Your vlog has brought back great memories. Thank you
When you live here whole your life, you start taking it for granted. But when people visit your town, they help you appreciating it more. Nice overview.
What a great suggestion this was!
I love your enthusiasm, and the skill in your shots, the flow of the whole piece. Great to have you here!
4:47 Herent, my village. Overall a very balanced view that we, locals, often don't notice anymore. Well done, nice to see! Enjoy and hope you can experience also experience a normal (post covid) student life.
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I was there last semester for my Erasmus and I am hoping to be there again soon. Very beautiful city with excellent university. I suggest you strong attachment with your studies because the exams are little bit hard in my experience :) regards from Turkey
I loved watching your video, Emilia! I used to study in Leuven as well, 40 years ago. I am from Antwerp. Please visit Antwerp in the future, it’s worth it! Ben
Thank you for showing me my city . And make sure to visit Kessel-Lo aswel . You will like it
I grew up in Tervuren about 15 kilometers from Leuven and every time I go home I visit Leuven. It is a really vibrant yet homey city! Thanks for sharing!!
Tervuren also nice for a hike :)
@@timchromecast It is :)
This makes me calm, thank you for sharing! I look forward to studying in Leuven.
"Closing the cafes & bars for a month" wow its been a long month :D
(great video insight in to Leuven!)
I am a resident to and born in Leuven, enjoy your stay and thanks for sharing
Beautiful video! Very glad to have you here ;)
Spent 4 years in leuven, doing my masters in Leiden now, this video makes me nostalgic... Try to grab a drink at café den Boule when it opens up again, its has a very tradionally Belgian feel
Your video gave me a wonderful throwback to my old student times in Leuven, I still miss those days. Leuven is a great city to live as a studiant.
I really enjoy the trip! You have a calm demeanor so I was at ease the whole tour! 🚲 Thanks for sharing! Greetings from Nicaragua! ☘️🇳🇮☘️
Hi! As a Belgian student in Leuven, first of all welcome (maybe a bit late) and second it's very cool that you made a video of all things you liked. I don't live close to the city so coming here as a student was the first time to actually visit the city. I do believe Leuven has some of the most beautiful buildings in Flanders. As you said, the city is full of young people so that makes it so much nicer! Hope you have a good stay here!!
its a shame my parents decided to move us abroad to the UK for family, havent been back in years and still when i see videos like this makes me instantly happy, i miss my hometown and hopefully if everything aligns in my life i can move back to the best place ive ever lived, you have not lived until youve had frites with tartar sauce, the yearly carnival, the circus next to the catholic school, the botanical garden, the fact you can walk to town within 10-20 min, and im not sure if fabota is still going, but the best moments of my childhood was spent at that social club, its where i learned to kayak god i could go on for ever, just makes me more determined to move back it really is a magical place to raise a family.
Greetings from Belgium, thanks for this amazing video!
Hello, I am from Czech Republic, I'm coming to Leuven (UCLL Campus Proximus) this September til February as an Erasmus exchange student, I can't really wait for it. I was little bit sad at first because I wanted to study in The Netherlands for their amazing architecture and the canals and also the culture of cycling everywhere but in the end it didn't work out. Watching this video absolutely threw away my doubts about Leuven though. It looks so beautiful, there are also canals, the culture is sooo similar. And I really have to say that I loved the historical-mediavel part, that one was so beautiful. The city it self kinda reminded me of Utrecht which is my favourite city from those I've visited in my life. Aaaaah, I can't wait and looking forward soo much.
Hi Emilia! Thank you for sharing your view about Leuven! Just a suggestion, whenever you visit a place on the videos, it would be very helpful to see the name of that place, and when you stop to eat/drink something at a restaurant/bar/caffee it would also be very nice and helpful to see a feedback from you about the food/drink. Thank you again for sharing the video! Lots of love
loved seeing your video pop up in my feed, I'm a Belgian living near Leuven and it's my absolute favorite place
Aaah Leuven.... brings back memories from my party hardy days as a student.... Thank you for sharing!! Nice work!
Thanks for making this video! Considering to make the move to Leuven!
You have talent. So please continue. Even you have amazing voice.
From someone who is born and raised in Leuven, I must say very nice video. We just walk past everything not seeing the beauty of it anymore. Maybe because it's a very small city and we get just used to everything? Anyway watching this really made me appreciate my city more so thank you for this! :)
This was so well done! I'm looking at master's programs in Europe, and KU Leuven is one of my top choices. Seeing how quaint the town is and your life there makes me all the more excited to apply and hopefully get accepted.
I grew up in Leuven, I always appreciated how beautiful the city is. Watching your video reminded me of the beauty of Belgium! (also, the hot waffles from Pinnochio are the best in flanders in my opinion haha)
I loved watching this video! I just started studying at the KU Leuven this week, but I never get to go to Leuven because the lessons are online due to Covid. So it was very nice to see the city I technically study in :D Thank you so much !
Aw, hopefully you will be able to come in-person soon!
So you are doing a course whilst not physically in Leuven? Are you an erasmus student?
@@fuzzylogiceire no, I live in Belgium, but none of my lessons are on campus due to Covit, they’re all online , so I don’t have to go to Leuven.
@@meisitjes What do you study? :)
@@nichtjes4ever psychology ! :)
It was such a great video! I've been watching quite many about Leuven to get a grasp of what this city is like but it was not until I stumbled upon yours that I was truly captivated by Leuven. The footage is amazing itself, and I can really feel how you romanticized the city :-) (but it really is so beautiful).
I would definitely recommend this video to anyone who wants to study at KU Leuven.
Nice video to understand the city. My daughter is studying there and am eagerly waiting to go.
And yes this is a nice video by far.
Great video! makes me realize i should appreciate my home town Leuven a lot more :-)
Lovely well done, our daughter was born in Leuven so it’s holds a special part in our hearts!
Your video popped up in my feed (living in Brussels), it was very relaxing to watch :) (love the botanical gardens in Leuven!!) If you go back to Brussels, I recommend the Dieweg cemetery in Uccle. It's outside the city centre but so worth it (especially on a sunny day!). It's a cemetery that was built in the 1860's after a cholera epidemic. It was desecrated and closed in the 1950's and, although the pathways are still being kept up, nature has been taking over most of the graves. It's very beautiful. :)
Ah Leuven....where I was born and raised
Wauw!! I’ve always lived near Leuven and you showed me spots I didn’t even know existed!
I’ve been going to Leuven for sooooo long my whole life and never looked at it this way :):)
It was a very nice video, rich with historical details. I am also coming from another country live here in Leuven for about 2 years. I live actually next to the forest you been visiting at the end. With some local forest walker group, I explored the closer part of the forest called Heverlee forest and there is a botanical garden part where all kinds of trees all over the world are planted. And actually, it is Not allowed to pick mushrooms at all in all areas in Belgian. Because they are very little and it is lefts for the forest animals. Enjoy your stay! ;)
Leuven rocks! Glad you like it. Let us hope bars open soon ... :)
Welcome in Leuven! :-)
So I also study in the Luca in Leuven its in a Forrest where you can walk so u just walk to gasthuisberg and than the Lemmensberg its really beautiful there!
Welcome to my country! Enjoy it! Have you already visit Bruges!
Wow hey! I'm a resident at Justus Lipsius college, really close to the botanical gardens you showed. Awesome!
hoe grappig ik ook:)
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Nice video, I always forget how beautiful Leuven/Belgium is!
Wow, great video!
Nice presentation of Leuven :) and as you can see, this movie is a real hit! :D
Did my masters there in 2010! Best year ever...so many good memories with great people! I hope crazy Thursday night outs still continue
I’m from leuven and it is funny to hear someone from an other country say leuven, because someone from an other country never says the ‘eu’ wright so I hear all the time ‘loeven’ instead of ‘leuven’ but I like it you try 🤗
Haha, it has really been a challenge to get all the Dutch sounds properly :)
True, we don't even say the last letter.. we say leuve haha
@@briesn7004 just irak 😅
You did a good job exploring Leuven. And made a nice movie as well!
Welcome , greetings from lummen. (Belgium)
This video popped up when I was studying from inside Agora. So happy you made this video, will be happy to join you in your next tour. We could visit the different libraries :)
Haha, glad you liked it!
Emilia, you have great talent to make such documentaries. You should start a separate channel on a topic of your interest. Keep on doing that for a few years and you'll have a million dolar business. Good luck and greetings from West-Vlaanderen ;-)
Thank you! Maybe one day :)
Yeah very good video and calm voice. I enjoyed it!
Your videos and personality are great
I was there yesterday with 20 C° ^^ Thank's for your great video !
Very informative. It is great if you can do a video about the part-time jobs in Leuven
Ohhhh damn I miss this! I've spent 6 years there studying psychology. This lockdown situation is so sad :( Hope you enjoy your stay!
It's a wonderful town, hope you could reminisce a bit!
Thanks for enlighting us about this hidden European treasure. Gent is even more amazing.
Wow I've lived around Leuven my entire life and I go there at least once a week bc I live so close. But I've never looked at the city like this. You made it look so calm and beautiful. This made me love the city even more and also made me realize that I haven't seen all the pretty parts of Leuven. Hope you enjoy it here :)
Hi there! I have no idea how this video got recommended to me, but I'm a student from Brussels and this little vid really made me happy because it really made me realize I sometimes forget how beautiful Belgium can be! Greetings from a student that studies in Odisee Brussels! If the COVID-situation calms down a bit we could meet up and I will show you around Brussels a bit because I personally know a lot of nice sights to visit there :-)!
I used to be there 8 years before as exchange student. One of the most beautiful city I love is Leuven
So funny, the half of all your shots were places i walked in years ago on a friends visit.
It's a very nice place to be in, exactly as you described :)
I love Leuven. Just down the road from my place. Great music shop (Leo Caerts) and lovely bars and Cafés. The music Festival in the main place is (or was) brilliant. Thx for the video.
So cute how you say "Leuven" ;)) haha enjoy Belgium!! :))
Best Erasmus 2019 ever ❤
In spring you will see lots of lilies of the valley (white flowers) on the right of the castle, under the big tree. Something to look forward to!
That sounds so pretty, I’ll keep an eye out!
Leuven rocks. I met my wife there.
"I'm surprised Belgium is so pretty"
I guess that's the reaction of every Belgian while watching your video, we're complaining too much we forget to go outside and, appreciate what we have.
Love it! Posted the link in some local Leuven groups
Wow, thanks for sharing!
Beautiful City ❤❤❤
My old town, I lived there two years during my masters. .. Oh the memories, enjoy your time there
Great city for studying but even better for partying 😉
Great content, love it !
Thanks for watching!
I miss leuven❤️😢😢😭😭😭😭 thank you for making this video
Hey Emilia, I just found your youtube channel. You make beautiful vlogs and your presentation is fantastic. You are doing it so well that you can start working for a television station. Doing well ! Greetings from Mechelen, and if you wanted to, be sure to come to our beautiful city
One of my best friends lives at your residency! :)
Haha, it’s a small town!
Little historical remark (no criticism): the library you showed was not bombed in WW1. The library which was bombed was actually close to the University Hall and the Oude Markt. The foreign money was used after WW1 to build a new library. That's the one on the Ladeuzeplein.
I tried to pronounce Leuven gutturally and now I got my lungs stuck in the ceiling fan.
Spent my Erasmus in Leuven from February-May 2020. Even during the pandemic, it was a great experience ❤️
Same for me! 🥰 Erasmus Student from February to June 2020...I miss Leuven so much!!
I will come to leuven next month
U make me feel so excited 😊😊
The story of the library is even worse than that lol. That library wasn't bombed during WWI. The original, located at the Old Market (the large facade next to the Meeting Room, which is also the back of the university hall), was burned down (along with much of the city, every building that was rebuilt afterwards actually has a stone in the facade with 1914 and flames on it). This one was newly built after WWI, thank you America, and got shelled during an artillery fight between the British and the Germans (both blaming the other for hitting it :') ). And if the multiple destructions of priceless and irreplaceable books and manuscripts wasn't enough, after the university was split after the language conflict the whole collection was split too, sometimes in a way as ridiculous as giving the odd volumes to one and even volumes to the other.
I did not know that! I tried to do some research on the building, but unfortunately there was not much info available (and in English). Thanks for sharing!
Minor thing, but the replica you see on 5:24 isn't of the town hall, but of a set of towers that were once intended to be on the St. Peter's church itself. On 1:38 you can see the church has these odd flat finishes on its roof; that's where these towers were originally built, but they had to take them off later because the soil below was too soft and marshy to support the weight of the structure. These would have been 3 towers: one lower, one higher and then one lower again, not unlike the town hall, so I can understand the confusion. I only know this myself because a small guidebook at Museum M (just across the square from the Central Library) they give out for free had a section about it. :)
Can highly recommend a visit to the forest in Beauvechain just 10mins south of Leuven, it's also Meerdalwoud but the side at Beauvechain is much more beautiful
Enjoy your time in Leuven! (I live 12km from Leuven)
Btw, at 4:24 immediately to your right you are allowed to go through a sliding door to access the tropical house. It looks forbidden but the biologists like myself know its public, there a small turtles in the back and it has a cool jungle biome. At the kolenmuseum you can also just enter to see the museum with whale skeletons etc for free, also little known cool spot of the city
Cool, thanks for the tips!
Leuven for the WIN !!! :) By the way you are my neighbour :):)