Orientation Days

Living in LeuvenSeptember 2015

Topics

• Student Services - Housing Service

• Veggie bag

• Mobility and Highway Code

• Garbage disposal

• Housekeeping

Student Services

Student Services

Van Dalecollege

Naamsestraat 80

3000 Leuven

Housing Service

… After you’ve found a ‘kot’…

• Advice about tenancy agreements and rent legislation

• Mediation

Veggie Bag

• Every Monday between 15.30 pm and 18.30 pm

• Organic vegetables and/or fruit from 6 up to 12 € a bag

• Localy produced by a social economy-project

• 8 pick-up points

• www.kuleuven.be/veggiebag

Veggie Bag

Mobility in Leuven

800m2 kilometres

Conclusion?

Walk

Ride a bike

Rent a bike

• Renting a bike & lock

25 € for 1 year + deposit of 70 €

• Repairing bikeso Velo-bikes: included in the price!o Own bike: 2 € for using tools + cost of spare parts

www.velo.be Hollestraat 1

3001 Heverlee

Save your bikeHow to park your bike?

If available, in a bicycle parking

If possible, anchor the frame

If not, lock the rear wheel to the frame

Save your bike

What to do if your bike got stolen?

• First look around

Often it is only moved a few hundred metres

• Always report the theft at the police-station!

Your bike could have been taken by the police, or retrieved after theft

Cycling School LeuvenCycling lessons for adults

Cycling is the fastest, healthiest and cheapest way to go through Leuven

BUT not everybody knows how to ride a bike (safely)

Cycling School Leuven

The first module

Bike-repair

- fixing tires

- maintenance

- lighting and safety

Cycling School Leuven

PRICE: 5 euro per module

MAIL: fietsschoolleuven@mobiel21.be

PHONE: 016/31 77 01 ask for Ine Bosmans

Cycling School Leuven

Contact for all your questions about safety and security, traffic problems, if you want to organise a party in Leuven, if you are concerned about burglary or bike theft,…

• Email: politieantenne@kuleuven.be or 016/ 32 76 01

• Celestijnenlaan 200 P (Campus Arenberg in Heverlee)

Monday till Friday (12.00h-14.00h)

STUDENT COP

CITY FINESParty with respect!

TRAFFIC FINESSAFETY FIRST

• Bike lights

• Cell Phone

• Red traffic lights

• 1 m free space on pavement

• One way streets

• Pedestrians zones

TRAFFIC FINESSAFETY FIRST

• Bike lights

• Cell Phone

• Red traffic lights

• 1 m free space on pavement

• One way streets

• Pedestrians zones

TRAFFIC FINESSAFETY FIRST

• Bike lights

• Cell Phone

• Red traffic lights

• 1 m free space on pavement

• One way streets

• Pedestrians zones

TRAFFIC FINESSAFETY FIRST

• Bike lights

• Cell Phone

• Red traffic lights

• 1 m free space on pavement

• One way streets

• Pedestrians zones

TRAFFIC FINESSAFETY FIRST

• Bike lights

• Cell Phone

• Red traffic lights

• 1 m free space on pavement

• One way streets

• Pedestrians zones

No entrance, not even with a bike

One way street, but bikes allowed in both ways

TRAFFIC FINESSAFETY FIRST

• Bike lights

• Cell Phone

• Red traffic lights

• 1 m free space on pavement

• One way streets

• Pedestrian zones

PEDESTRIANS ZONE• BIKES NEVER ALLOWED:

• BIKES ALWAYS ALLOWED:

• RESTRICTIONS:Allowed between 7PM en 11AM

Leuven: Tiensestraat

LEUVEN: Tiensestraat (Alma 1)

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LEUVEN: Muntstraat

LEUVEN: Muntstraat

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Taking the bus

1. Leuven & suburbs

Student buspass (€ 20)-> write your name on it!-> insert the card when you enter the bus

First name

Last name

The bike- and busmap

The bus to Heverlee

Social Work:Bus 315, 316, 318 & 410

Education:Bus 1 & 2

Health & Tech:Bus 3 or ‘Gasthuisberg’

Management:Bus 4, 5 & 6

‘Ringbus’:Bus 600 and 601

Taking the bus

2. Outside of Leuven (Flanders, not Brussels!)- Cost:

Ticket on the bus: € 3 (60 minutes)Travel cheaper:

-> Buy tickets in a shop or at the Lijnwinkel-> Buy a ticket for 10 rides

-> € 1,40 for 60 minutes-> € 1,80 for 60 minutes on your smartphone 4884 “dl”

- Find your way:-> Online: www.delijn.be -> Lijnwinkel (in front of the railway station)

Travelling by train

Where to buy tickets

- In the railway station

- Online

- On the train: extra fee + risk of getting fined!

What does a ticket cost? - Many different formulas!• Occasional use:

Go pass 10 (-26): 51 € for 10 one-way trips

Rail Pass (25+): 76 € for 10 one-way trips

• Regular use – price depends on distance, travel frequency and age

www.nmbs.be (subscriptions, weekend tickets, group discounts, events and excursions, timetables,…)

Garbage disposal

Waste selection system

• 5 different waste fractions = 5 bags or boxes to be put on the pavement

• City shop and big supermarkets

• Different pick-up days between 6 and 7 am

• www.kuleuven.be search for ‘sorting waste’

ON THE PAVEMENT

Paper and cardboardIn a cardboard bag or box

Organic waste (GFT)Green bag (0.5 or 1 €) or greencontainer

Regular garbageBrown bag (1.25 or 2.25 €)

Plastic bottles, metal packaging and drink cartons (PMD)Blue bag (0.15 €)

Sorting Waste

Sorting Waste

Glass in glass containers spread over the city

Other waste: to the container park 1. Call 016 29 61 14 (7am – 15pm) for a card 2. Fetch the card at Aarschotsesteenweg 683. Go to the container park at Aarschotsesteenweg 212 (Tuesday – Friday 12.30 pm – 19.30 pm, Saturday 9 am – 16 pm)COST: € 2,5 entrance (plus € 50 bail for the card) Large domestic waste (sofa, bed…): price per itemFREE of CHARGE: Electronics, small dangerous waste, textile…

You can also call 016 29 61 14 to pick up large domestic waste at home for € 25 drive cost plus a price per item

Garbage disposalDifferent pick-up days on the wastecalendar

Illegal waste dumping?

! Fines up to 250 euro !

Garbage disposal

Housekeeping

Housekeeping

Housekeeping

Housekeeping

Housekeeping

Thank you