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The city of Leuven and its surroundings offer superb cycling infrastructure. This impressive crossing of the train station is part of it.

The Stella Artois brewery is located in the heart of Leuven. In the city registers of Leuven, we find a record of excise duties for the Den Hoorn brewery as early as 1366. It was at this brewery that Sébastien Artois became master brewer on June 13, 1708. His name thus became inextricably linked to the brewery and the city of Leuven. In 1926, the Artois brewery launched a Christmas beer, following the tradition of the time. It was called "Stella," the Latin word for "star." The beer was such a success that the brewer decided to market it permanently. Our Stella Artois still exists today. The horn and the year 1366 are still mentioned in the logo, references to the beer's origins. Click on the map at https://ab-inbev.be/ with the breweries, select the one for Leuven, and you will find this text with a photo and directions to the brewery.

Known in Leuven as "the Stella".

Visiting the stella is possible.

St. James' Church is one of Leuven's five medieval parish churches, located in the west of the city, approximately 500 meters outside the first city walls. The former cemetery of St. James' Church is enclosed by Brusselsestraat, Kruisstraat, Pelgrimstraat, and Sint-Jacobsplein. Stability problems led to the closure of the church building in 1963, which has since undergone major consolidations. The origins of St. James' Church are believed to have been a 12th-century chapel built in the hamlet of Ter Biest, a residential area in the Voer valley. A St. James' Church is first mentioned in 1187 and again in 1222. Along with the parishes of St. Quentin, St. Michael, and St. Gertrude, St. James became an independent entity from St. Peter's Parish in 1252. Besides being a parish church, St. James's Church was also a stop for pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela. Leuven lay on the route of pilgrims traveling from Cologne via Aachen, Maastricht, and Brussels to Paris. Near St. James's Church, the St. Laurentius Hospice for pilgrims was built in the 13th century on Blauwe Hoek (the intersection of Brusselsestraat, Goudsbloemstraat, and Riddersstraat). According to Canon Lemaire, the west tower, the oldest part of the current church, dates from around 1220-1235. A three-aisled nave adjoined the tower; excavations in 1943 revealed the foundations of the aisles. These were narrower than the current aisles, but also extended to the west facade of the tower. A new, wider nave was added in 1290-1300. Inventory of Immovable Heritage: Parish Church of St. James, https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/42129

Of this original Romanesque church from the early 13th century, only the tower remains. The transept is also of interest, built between 1457 and 1488 by the architect of Leuven's town hall, Matheus de Layens. Currently closed for restoration work. Source: https://www.visitleuven.be/sint-jacobskerk Today, the church consists of three pillars and was a stop for pilgrims (Saint James and Compostela, as walkers know), which also made it a wealthy church. However, the foundations proved insufficient, and work is underway to improve them.

The Bailey-style Soldiers' Bridge wasn't built over the Demer during the war, but in the 1950s. It doesn't really matter, but we're still grateful to Sir Bailey for his valuable, durable bridges.