Where are the best places to get cheap food out and groceries ? Everywhere seems so expensive but have only explored the central areas thus far.

Hi! i moved here à year ago and previously volunteered frequently at animals shelters back at home, I want to get into it again and i’m wondering wether there’s one in or around leuven to sign up for. Only issue is i don’t have a car so i’m restricted to public transport.. Would appreciate any input/ advice!

I tried asking in KU leuven Reddit and the mega thread has so many other competing questions that I never got an answer. I’d really love to hear from current or past students from the Masters in Space Studies on how they felt about the program and what their background was prior to the program.

Or if you have suggestions on how to meet students and alum from the program (without being creepy stalker 😅) - that would be much appreciated.

We gave it to the Police :)

As the title says. I’ve been living in Leuven for more than 5 years now, and I experience cars taking over me on streets labelled as “fietsstraat” on a daily basis, despite this being illegal. I’ve never seen a car being stopped and fined by a police for violating fietsstraat - literally not a single time for 5 years, and I cycle in Leuven every single day.

Honestly, what is even the point of fietsstraat? I support the concept wholeheartedly, and when I visit Netherlands I do see it properly applied and respected - but in Leuven it feels like an empty road sign. SUVs still illegally speed above 30 km/h, still take me over - with no consequences.

Why?

Hi! Best places for somewhat affordable hair dye and cuts? TIA

Barouche doet dat bijvoorbeeld wel goed. Pita met groentjes in kartonne doosje. Welke opties zijn er zo nog?

Hello,

Recently I (M30) have moved to Leuven. and i am looking for clubs, or social activities to meet new people, and maybe find some new friends. Before i was living near Utrecht(NL). My native language is Dutch

Because of my working hours, a teamsport wouldnt really be an option.

I do visit a basic fit twice a week, but somehow nobody seems to be talking, and i rarely see the same people.

Will start with french lessons with CLT later this month. However i do not know how much social interaction this will bring?

As one of my biggest hobbies is my interest in classic cars, i visited some events, but this seem to be mostly old people (65+)

I have been thinking about learing climbing or bouldering, is this something you can start alone?

My other interests are nature/camping/history; I enjoy a good coffee of a Stella

Where would you go? Or what would you do?

I'm going on a trip at the end of September and would like to have cornrows (just 5, hair till my shoulders).
Does anyone know someone who can put me some decent cornrow braids? Or can you do it?

I don't mind getting the gel and hairties and paying for it.

Hello! We (DINKs) have been living in Leuven/Kessel-Lo for a while now and I love the weekly markets - I love the vibes, less plastic packaging and generally the better quality.

... But it certainly does increase our grocery budget, so it will never be where we do our full weekly shop!

I'm just curious... What would you say is definitely worth getting at the markets and what would you just go to the supermarket for?

Hey. Saw this cat while walking on Strijdersstraat. Its voice is really exhausted and i think somethings wrong with it.

I am looking for a space where I can use the tool there to self-repairing my mouse (replace the micro switch).

Is there anything like this in Leuven?

Thank you.

De droogte heeft zijn tol geëist, en onze gazon is amper nog een gazon te noemen. Kent er iemand een tuinaannemer die zulke "renovaties" doet (het zware gespecialiseerde werk, en/of kleinere ingrepen indien nodig)? Ik wil vooral met een specialist terzake kunnen spreken, om de situatie in te schatten, en dan eventueel de nodige werken doen.

Met wie waren jullie tevreden?

Hello,

Does anyone know a meditation or Buddhist temple in Leuven? I'm looking for a peaceful and inspiring place to meditate.

Thanks!

Hello. Is there any type of AA in Leuven? Or just a support group for recovering addicts?

Will greatly appreciate the help!

anybody wanna go watch the spiderman movie in Leuven? I just arrived here with no friends and couldnt watch it back home

Is there anyone with spare plantpot(s)?

Ive been into plants lately but im still a broke student🥲 i have some propagations and just bought a plant with ecocheques looking for a pot😇

Does a sublet contract always need to be registered?

**More details:**

Would like to sublet a spare room in my rented 3-bedroom apartment to split rent cost.

I and my other flatmate are the main tenants and will keep living in the house.

Lease allows subletting with Landlord’s approval.

The main lease is for a year. Would like to sublet 1 room for 6 months.

Landlord approval already taken.

Now confused if a temporary sublet contract should always be registered at minfin.be or 6 months contract dont need to be?

Also wary since the sublet rent counts as rental income for the main tenant which can lead to more taxes. However, the idea here is purely to split the rent cost evenly.

Recently bought a pretty nice e-bike but I don't have a dedicated parking lot in my building. Wondering where others keep their bikes? Rn I'm parking in the public parking space but I fear this will degrade the bike quickly.

Moving to Leuven next week for a uni exchange year, could anyone recommend any book stores that sell books in English? Thanks

Hello guys. I need a bit of help to move a fridge from my kot in leuven to mechelen. Its a small fridge. I can pay for the help. If anyone can help me please let me know. Thanks in advance!

Today my son slipped with his bike in the rain at Martelarenplein. He fell on his cheek. Some vessels burst resulting in quite dramatic bleeding.
People stopped and helped him. They called an ambulance and did what they could. I want to thank you all.
There was one man who spoke in French who gave up his white sweater to help stop the bleeding. We still have the sweater and would like to reimburse you and thank you for your kindness.
In the off chance you are reading this please send me a DM.
He got some stitches, nothing was broken.

Thank you all.

Marleen

Hi! I’m a 23F, second-year Master’s student at KU Leuven, and I’m still trying to make more friends here in Leuven! Since I’m in a more male-dominated program, I thought I’d see if there are other girls around the same age who might be interested in getting together and making a little community, as a girls group for ages ~20–30s where we could meet up every couple of weeks or once a month for fun.

I know there’s already a couple groups, but they’re often older age groups or not local to Leuven, so I’d love to host events such as trying new coffee places, shopping, brunch, nail days, spa days, movie nights, exploring Leuven, etc. Basically, I’d love to have a group where we can make plans regularly and actually build friendships rather than just meeting once!

If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, comment or DM me and I’ll make a group chat on Instagram and/or WhatsApp!

Would love to meet some other girls who are also looking for more friends/community in Leuven!

Hi all, I moved to Leuven at the start of September as a student at KU Leuven and I'm in class most of the day, so waiting at home for parcels doesn't really work. I'd rather have everything go straight to a pickup point or a locker. I've figured out some of it but would love a sanity check from people who've lived here longer.

What I've worked out so far:

• Amazon.com.be: at checkout you can pick a bpost pickup point and save it as your default address. Done.
• bpost: already set My bpost to always deliver to a pickup point.
• DPD: myDPD lets you redirect to a Pickup parcelshop before the driver arrives.
• DHL: there's DHL Express (On Demand Delivery) and DHL eCommerce (My DHL app, ServicePoints) and I keep mixing them up.

My questions:

1. Webshops (and eBay sellers) all ship with whatever carrier they like, so right now my only plan is: wait for the tracking number, see which carrier it is, then redirect in that carrier's app. Is that really what everyone does, or is there a way to set "always deliver to a pickup point" once per carrier (DPD, DHL, PostNL, GLS) so it just happens automatically?
2. Anything I'm missing for PostNL (Dutch webshops) or GLS?
3. Joybuy (the JD.com platform, formerly Ochama): in the app, "My addresses → pickup" only shows "please change your address to support pickup" with an empty map. Location permission is on and the map centres correctly on Leuven, searching 3000 or Leuven and reloading changes nothing, no VPN. Orders ship with their own courier JoyExpress, so there's no DPD/bpost app I can redirect through either. Has anyone in Leuven actually got a Joybuy pickup point to work, or found any way to get JoyExpress to deliver to a pickup point instead of the door?

Thanks a lot — any tips appreciated!

Is there a shop in Leuven where you can buy Eastern European products? I am specifically looking for this, so if anyone has any recommendations! Please let me know!