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This school walk takes you past seven different schools in the center of Aalst, each with their own heritage story. This app will tell you more about these schools. 📏 3.5 km 🕑 90 min 📍 Keizersplein 19 🏁 Pontstraat 51 Scan the QR code with ErfgoedApp start the tour or start the tour

Anyone who recently followed the series "Bruisende plekken" (Bustling Places) by VRT journalists Jos Vandervelden and photographer Alexander Dumarey on the De Redactie website will undoubtedly have been impressed by the article about the Keizersberg. It is hard to imagine that this quiet, protected archaeological site was once

Welcome to the website of the former St. Gertrude Abbey! It is a remarkable part of the city in the center of Leuven. It is also an oasis of tranquility, through which the Dijle River, omnipresent in Leuven, flows. This fascinating complex dates from various periods, but was mainly built after the First and Second World Wars.

A delightful cobblestone labyrinth of streets and squares, gardens and parks, with sandstone houses and convents: this is the Groot Begijnhof, founded in the 1230s. At its peak in the 17th century, it was home to some 360 beguines, living in eighty houses and ten convents. Today, this restored mini-oasis town is home to students and visiting professors from abroad.

The Ichtegem heritage walk takes you past various aspects of a quiet village. During the walk, special attention is paid to the story of the families who have shaped the village's appearance. You will also learn more about the meaning of certain street names and discover