Welcome to The Beer Capital!
Leuven is the undisputed beer capital of the world. For centuries, beer has played a central part in the life of Leuven city. Today, the city and its surroundings harbour some thirty breweries. Either at small, artisanal breweries or at well-known beer giants like Stella Artois, Leuven breweries produce several hundred varieties of beer. Als take in the 50.000 students walking and cycling around, and it comes as no surprise that Leuven has more pubs per capita than any other Belgian city.
Without a doubt, Leuven is the place to be(er). It would be the pleasure of Leuven Leisure to be your guide: discover our vast range of tourist activities and get a real taste of our Leuven and Belgian beer culture.
THIS AUTUMN AND WINTER (21/09 - 20/03/19) hop on one of our
Pub Tasting Tours, every Friday at 7:30 pm. We also keep on riding off to a craft brewery around town, each and every Saturday at 1:30 pm. On this
Brewery Bike Trip our guide/beer connaisseur takes you along the most beautiful roads to the brewery, we get a tour of the place and obviously taste the house beers. Until Saturday November 3rd we cycle to the brewery, from November 10 we stay warm and dry in our minivan and switch to the
Brewery Bus Trip. From March 23 2019 we again put on our cycle legs!
SPRING AND SUMMER (21/3 - 20/09) are also coming! We continue our Friday evening
Pub Tasting Tour, the Saturday
Brewery Bike Ride, ánd we have a brand new walk every Saturday at 2 pm
Leuven on Tap, Beer Experience Tour (see Leuven Walks
here).
All dates, prices and complete details on these programmed beer events, you can find in the menu under 'Beer Trips & Activities'. Groups can also always ask for a personalized trip or activity.
If stíll thirsty, you are always welcome at our
Beer Hop Beer Shop in Tiensestraat 5 where you find the best selection of Leuven and Flemish Brabant speciality beers (around 100 varieties, changing all the time), plus another 30 top Belgian and Trappist beers.
To Hop or not to Hop!
Beer Hop Team
