Bars and clubs
Club Montréal
Larger venues are situated outside the city centre, and have a slightly higher entrance fee â¬5-â¬9 and drinks cost a bit more.
Other bars filled with young people are
Most parties take place in clubs in the city centre and require a small entrance fee, â¬2-â¬4:
Tiensestraat
The area around the Tiensestraat, where there are bars owned by student organisations:
Old Market
You can visit the many bars around the Old Market every night, but expect a lot more ambiance on Wednesday and Thursday during the Academic Year, when the student population is in the city late September - early December and early February - end of May.
Leuven is truly a beer city, with the world's largest brewery Inbev being founded here. Try the many tasty beers, but beware, some have much higher alcohol levels than in the rest of the world! Bars are mostly entrance-free and prices are relatively low.
Club Room
Open on Friday and Saturday, offering theme evenings such as a gay-friendly evening every first Friday of the month. Take a taxi or a nightbus.
In Belgium, the legal drinking age in bars and cafés is 16 for beers and 18 for spirits.
festivals
Attend the nearby and world renowned Rock Werchter (http://www.rockwerchter.be) music festival in late June/early July, or Marktrock (http://www.marktrock.be) in the city centre, around August 15th.