As the host to the Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve provides anybody eager to learn with anything they may wish to be taught. Besides the University, which provides academic courses in Sciences, Applied Sciences, Law, Sports, Economics, Theology, Philology, Psychology and Agronomy, you can find a wide range of colleges. Moreover, a lot of languages are taught by the Language Center.
Since Louvain-la-Neuve was made with the sole purpose of hosting the university, it is full of students all year round, but when they leave for holidays, the town can look quite empty. There are still plenty of things to do:
The biggest event in town is the student-organised 24h bike, which is the biggest student party in Belgium, with more than 50,000 students. There are three different categories in the race - humanitarian, competition and folkloric bikes. This event takes place the third Wednesday of October.
The University has created a special type of accommodation, called a Kot-Ã -Projet, which houses between 8 and 12 students around a specific project, such as organising a job fair, or circus activities. Thus, a lot of different kind of events are available during the course period.
A well-known theater is present in Louvain-la-Neuve since the very beginning of the city. The [www.atjv.be/ Atelier Théâtre Jean Vilar] will provide you with a wide variety of plays, but only in French. It's situated near the Grand-rue.
The Ferme du Blocry and Ferme du Biéreau situated in respective districts offer a wide variety of concerts.
The newly built Musée Hergé offers an innovative architecture to host the official Belgian comics writer's legacy. Not far from the Grand Place
Have a walk around the lake and many pedestrian pathways that crisscross the city and its suroundings.