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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: [email protected]
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: [email protected] 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)
.
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
Thank you
