Meze & Moules
Place · 9 Jul 2026 to 23 Aug 2026 · 20 photographs

Leuven at home, summer 2026

Our own city over one summer, photographed as if we had just arrived: the view from the Keizersberg, an afternoon through the centre, and the last day of the Renewi Tour, the Sunday Jasper Philipsen won it. Down at the Vaartkom stands De Hoorn, where the first Stella Artois was brewed in 1926 as a Christmas beer; stella is Latin for star, hence the one on the wall.

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The library tower above Leuven’s rooftops, seen through leaves from the Keizersberg
A tall brick building crowned with ‘Artois’ letters, the De Lantaarn café below in low sun
People on red chairs under white parasols at a waterside terrace, apartment blocks behind
A tall tower block topped by a slender spire, seen between leaves against blue sky
A white statue of a crowned figure holding a child, seen from behind above dark conifers
Motorboats moored along the Vaartkom quay below brick apartment blocks on a bright day
De Hoorn’s name and star running down its brick wall, orange leaves in the foreground
A vintage cream and green coach parked on cobbles beside a brick building with tall windows
Looking up between pale walls and zigzag stairs to a rectangle of blue sky
A single white flower edged in magenta, its yellow centre lit against weathered wooden planks
A golden-haired dog peering through a gap in a wooden fence, shaggy paws on the rail
Stepped balconies of brick and pebbled concrete, with planters and an orange awning in strong sun
A red taco trailer trimmed with pink flowers, a ‘Tacos’ neon sign glowing in its hatch
A stall heaped with dried fruit, nuts and pastries, the vendor serving two customers
Ornate gabled facades above the busy Gambrinus terraces, a cyclist in racing kit crossing the cobbles
A haloed stone figure atop a carved gable with a round window, against deep blue sky
The white facade of the Blauwe Kater, its terrace of green chairs under white parasols
Two riders pass the Vaartkom on the Renewi Tour’s last day, race motorbikes close behind
A yellow Uno-X team car with racing bikes on its roof, parked below apartment blocks
The peloton riding through in a tight pack of helmets, sunglasses and team colours