{"id":6917,"date":"2024-03-05T20:41:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T20:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leuvenleisure.com\/?page_id=6917"},"modified":"2025-10-13T17:22:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T17:22:48","slug":"university-library-visit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.leuvenleisure.com\/en\/walk\/in-the-picture-en\/university-library-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"University Library Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6917\" class=\"elementor elementor-6917\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dae5c41 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4dae5c41\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32bb4c3d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"32bb4c3d\" 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elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b81df3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">A monumental building with an equally impressive story<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e270d8b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e270d8b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7093cb elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"c7093cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leuvenleisure.com\/en\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23efe8c7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"23efe8c7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44bb64f9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"44bb64f9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f7bf9d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6f7bf9d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fcc476 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4fcc476\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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fa-check-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">incl. guide and library entry ticket (+ drink at the end with the 29 euros variant)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">day and time of your choice<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dd5b74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5dd5b74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button 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During a one-and-a-half-hour visit in and around this stately witness of war and reconstruction, Leuven Leisure&#8217;s guide will tell you all about its past, present and future. Experience it for yourself with a visit to the great reading hall and a climb of the carillon tower.<\/p>\n<p>Well worth a visit &#8211; actually not-to-be-missed to really understand the story of this city and university.<\/p>\n<p><em>Good to know!<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No minimum number of participants required, there is however a minimum payment for at least ten participants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visit the UniversitY LIBRARY A monumental building with an equally impressive story Practical 1h30 or 2h start at Leuven Leisure or at Ladeuzeplein 24 or 29 euros p.p. incl. guide and library entry ticket (+ drink at the end with the 29 euros variant) day and time of your choice Reserve Ascent of the carillon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":6556,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6917","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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