Anarchy in Leuven

'Anarchy in Leuven. At home in the underground' is a city walk with photos, posters, music, images and testimonies along various buildings in Leuven that were once squatted. Between their occupation by squatters and their inevitable eviction, many of these buildings were hotbeds of activism and counterculture. Today, some buildings have been restored and reoccupied. Other buildings have been demolished to make way for new construction. Yet they remain sites with their own history. They housed creatives and anarchists, the homeless and do-gooders. Large buildings such as Villa Squattus Dei, AC De Molotov, Plan Z, the squatted ACCO printing office or the Chaos Bar on the Aarschotsesteenweg were known far beyond the country's borders. Local punk bands like Ulrikes Dream or The Usual Suspects were at home there, but hundreds of other touring bands played there as well. And for years, every eviction simply led to a new squat.
"You don't evict ideas, squatting goes on"

28 locations are marked on the map. Most of them are on a mapped tour consisting of two loops. The first loop is 3.5km long and takes 45 minutes; the second loop is 3km long and takes 40 minutes. So you can choose where to go and how many places you want in one walk. In addition, there are some more distant points. You can visit those via the app or just bike to them. This gives you a nice picture of Leuven's squatting landscape.

ATTENTION: make sure your device doesn't go into sleep mode!

📏 3.5km + 3km
🕑 45 minutes + 40 minutes