Less than a half hour, by train, from Brussels, Leuven is home to Belgium's oldest university. As a result, roughly half of the city's 90,000 inhabitants are students, who give the city a lively, informal air - and help sustain the many bars and cafes! Whistle stop tour.

Highlights include the Grote Markt (home to the Stadhuis and St Pieterskerk), as well as the Oude Markt and the Groot Begijnhof.  Vodcast of the charming city of Leuven presented by Simon Calder.