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Advantages: Beautiful old town, lots of good, inexpensive, restaurants, near to Brussels, university ambience
Disadvantages: Parking not easy, windy in winter

Leuven (Louvain) is home to the oldest unviersity in the Low Countries, and is less than 30km to the east of the centre of Brussels. Its town hall (Stadhuis) is one of the finest buildings anywhere, and is at one end of a square where you can sit and drink coffee and watch the world go by. There are several other university buildings of interest, including the old library in Ladeuzeplein. There are several interesting churches, and the Begijnhof is ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap, plenty of bars, good selection of resteraunts, historic city
Disadvantages: Students, busy main street, not ideal for tourism (yet).

Leuven (Lovaine in French), is Europe's oldest Catholic university city. It attracts some 40,000 students, along with it's indigenous population. Not to be confused with Lovaine a Nauf, the Walloon 'equivalent' university town, it is situated just outside of Brussels, in Vlaams Brabant (Flemish Brabant). It is also the administrative capitol of that region, and is due to become the capitol city of all of Flanders. Once arriving in the city (By ... Read review