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Oude Markt: Student Nightlife
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  • Christophe_Ons
  • Updated By Christophe_Ons on April 14, 2004
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  • Cafe d'Oase on the Oude Markt - Leuven
    Cafe d'Oase on the Oude Markt
    by Christophe_Ons
    Lined front to back with cafes, the Oude Markt square (Old Marketplace) is the main nightlife scene in Leuven. There's a great variety to choose from - from the tiny, cozy and laidback cafes to the bigger places that sometimes have an improvised dancefloor and loud music. What most of these places have in common, though, is that they attract a young crowd, including many students - both Belgians and international students from a.o. the US, Ireland, Spain, and so on.
    Most places have a number of beers on draft, and a large variety of bottled beers to choose from, but you can also get alcohol free drinks as well. Most places also have a liquor license. Here in Belgium, the age at which you can drink unaccompanied by someone who is 18 or older, is 16.

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  • Theme: Eating and Drinking
  • Address: Oude Markt square, Leuven
  • Directions: located next to the central square, the Grote Markt. Facing the town hall, walk to the right corner. The Oude Markt is in front of you.
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    bars around the "Oude Markt": "Pintje pakken!!!"
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  • chicabonita
  • Updated By chicabonita on August 31, 2003
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  • Leuven Nightlife
    by chicabonita
    The Oude Markt is a really great place surrounded by many pubs and bars all with a terrace for sitting out side.

    My favourite was not a pub but the bench "Kotmadam" on which we were sitting quite some time. We bought the drinks in one of the pubs beside it and had a great time talking to a group of guys from Amsterdam ...

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  • Theme: People Watching
  • Website: http://www.leuven.com/oudemarkt/cafes/index.html
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    Oude Markt
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  • Helga67
  • Updated By Helga67 on August 31, 2003
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  • Oude Markt - Leuven
    Oude Markt
    by Helga67
    This is the square where everything happens at night. Here you will find one cafe next to the other where students come together at night. The square is also called "'The greatest bar of Belgium'". During the month of August the famous "Marktrock" festival takes place here.

    Casual

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  • Theme: Eating and Drinking
  • Directions: Around the corner of the Grote Markt
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    ???: Best mojito in town
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  • chicabonita
  • Updated By chicabonita on September 6, 2003
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  • Leuven Nightlife
    by chicabonita
    I don't know the name of the pub but my friends boyfriend (he's from Leuven) told us that it's the best place to have a mojito.

    It is also a restaurant. A very nice place!!! The place is at the Oude Markt besides a pub/dancing cellar called Bierkeller (if I remember the name correctly)

    By the way, the mojito was great :-))

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  • Directions: Oude Markt
  • Website: http://www.leuven.com/oudemarkt/cafes/index.html
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    Beguinage :): OTBP by VT standards... but a real one
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  • Norali
  • Updated By Norali on February 28, 2004
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  • Moonlighting - Leuven
    Moonlighting
    by Norali
    It was not even the end of the afternoon when we reached the beguinage, worrying about seeing it only in the dark. Hopefully, we could see the medieval area, in daylight and also in twilight.

    We visited the area, soaked up the ambience. It seemed to me that the area wouldn't stand any noise, it was serene and silent anyway. Perfect to have some students' nightlife: studying and in some periods, moonlighting.

    Hehe.. This picture was taken while we were taking a picture of Suri posing on bikes parked in front of students' kots. He was posing on the bikes, for BM's pleasure when I spotted this light a student switched on. She was bent on her desk, reading, writing... studying!

    Yep... this is an usual nightlife type over here. With some coffee poured, sometimes a light music as a surround sound... In January-February and May-June (blocus period), coffee can be replaced by some guarana drinks, vitamin complex pills.

    As for eating, spaghetti bolognese and other pasta sauce if the students decided to keep their kots. In case they decided to return home and devote their time to only studying, eating, sleeping and some TV-break, they would be pampered by Mum.. very probably without bolo spaghetti, students' food par excellence.:)

    One of usual nightlife that doesn't go along with beer-drinking :)

    casual, pajama :)

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    Oude markt: Try "the biggest pub in the world"
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  • Norali
  • Updated By Norali on February 25, 2004
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  • Oude markt - Leuven
    Oude markt
    by Norali
    In Leuven, university city with a past, one should expect some nice nightlife.. Probably not disco-type neither the hype lounge joints but rather laid-back.

    Oude Markt is, as far as I could see, one of places to be. The square is edged by pubs and cafés, nothing else. It's nicknamed "the biggest pub in the world"...

    Of course, beer, other drinks, music, sometimes live music.

    We landed in a pub that has either been lately renovated/ either brand newly launched. Some nice music (Tori Amos live CD and rock classics live too), young clientèle, less smoky than elsewhere.

    Oh, in fact, we initially tried a pub and couldn't stay due to too much cigarette in there, then switched to land to a less smokey one.. forgot the name. We are on Oude markt... jump in here, step down, land there... You would be spoilt with choice.

    Fun enough, the one where we hanged out had'nt installed its toilets yet... Clients were told to go to the neigbouring café (agreement between them) so did some of us.

    Meanwhile, we had some time talking.. first the four of us chatted together then the Flemish-speaking (Gini, Dannie) on one hand and the English-speaking on the other hand (Suri, me). Nothing bad in that..
    Interesting !

    I discovered there too that this Indian guy turned into a Duvel- guy?.. haha.. A Biermadam effect on our Suri?

    I had a coke but regretted I didn't have my Duvel... Too late!

    No tie,
    G-string allowed, preferrably out of the jeans waist... :)),
    Laid-back.. casual.. place seems to be designed for students.

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  • Theme: Eating and Drinking
  • Address: Oude markt
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    eat and drink festival: Hapje tapje
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  • By marc56 on February 15, 2003
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  • hapje tapje - Leuven
    hapje tapje
    by marc56
    Hapje tapje happens the first sunday of august.
    The most of the restaurant from and around Leuven, have a stand in the streets of Leuven, and for a little price, you can taste of the meals they prepare.
    On the Oude Markt, you vendors of beers and liquers showing their prodcuts. Here you can also taste for a little price.
    Because there are many vendors, that they we have the longest bar in the world.

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  • Theme: Eating and Drinking
  • Address: Oude Markt
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    Markt Rock: Music happening
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  • Updated By marc56 on February 27, 2003
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  • marktrock 2002 - Leuven
    marktrock 2002
    by marc56
    Markt Rock is an happening in Leuven. It happens from 13 august till 15 august.
    On 6 stages in the town different singers plays there music. All live.
    These singers are national and international stars.
    Some names: Status quo, James Brown etc.
    The star oft his year 2003 is Elvis Costello. He closes marktrock on 15 august.

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  • Theme: Live Music
  • Address: www.marktrock.be
  • Directions: All over the town
  • Website: www.marktrock.be
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    Street music: Beleuvenissen
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  • By marc56 on January 23, 2003
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  • Leuven Nightlife
    by marc56
    Every friday in July, on different stages in the town, there will be live music.
    Normaly the first friday is classical
    the second friday Jazz
    The third friday Folk
    The fourth friday Tropical music.
    This is all for free.

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  • Theme: Live Music
  • Address: Centre of the city
  • Directions: All over the town.
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    Students
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  • OlafS
  • Updated By OlafS on January 28, 2003
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  • This remark came from a local I talked to. The nightlife is completely dominated by students. All bars are of the crowded and noisy type, and the students are noisy themselves too. Sorry, I cannot judge or myself, but you decide if you like this sort of nightlife or not.

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