1. Orientation Days Living in Leuven September 2015

2. Topics Student Services - Housing Service Veggie bag Mobility and Highway Code Garbage disposal Housekeeping

3. Student Services Van Dalecollege Naamsestraat 80 3000 Leuven

4. Housing Service … After you’ve found a ‘kot’… Advice about tenancy agreements and rent legislation Mediation

5. 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

6. Veggie Bag

7. Mobility in Leuven 800m 2 kilometres Conclusion? Walk Ride a bike

8. Rent a bike Renting a bike & lock 25 € for 1 year + deposit of 70 € Repairing bikes o Velo-bikes: included in the price! o Own bike: 2 € for using tools + cost of spare parts www.velo.be Hollestraat 1 3001 Heverlee

9. Save your bike How to park your bike? If available, in a bicycle parking If possible, anchor the frame If not, lock the rear wheel to the frame

10. 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

11. Cycling School Leuven Cycling lessons for adults

12. 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

13. The first module Bike-repair - fixing tires - maintenance - lighting and safety Cycling School Leuven

14. PRICE: 5 euro per module MAIL: fietsschoolleuven@mobiel21.be fietsschoolleuven@mobiel21.be PHONE: 016/31 77 01 ask for Ine Bosmans Cycling School Leuven

15. 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: politieantenne@kuleuven.be or 016/ 32 76 01politieantenne@kuleuven.be Celestijnenlaan 200 P (Campus Arenberg in Heverlee) Monday till Friday (12.00h-14.00h) STUDENT COP

16. CITY FINES Party with respect!

17. TRAFFIC FINES SAFETY FIRST Bike lights Cell Phone Red traffic lights 1 m free space on pavement One way streets Pedestrians zones

18. TRAFFIC FINES SAFETY FIRST Bike lights Cell Phone Red traffic lights 1 m free space on pavement One way streets Pedestrians zones

19. TRAFFIC FINES SAFETY FIRST Bike lights Cell Phone Red traffic lights 1 m free space on pavement One way streets Pedestrians zones

20. TRAFFIC FINES SAFETY FIRST Bike lights Cell Phone Red traffic lights 1 m free space on pavement One way streets Pedestrians zones

21. TRAFFIC FINES SAFETY 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

22. TRAFFIC FINES SAFETY FIRST Bike lights Cell Phone Red traffic lights 1 m free space on pavement One way streets Pedestrian zones

23. PEDESTRIANS ZONE BIKES NEVER ALLOWED: BIKES ALWAYS ALLOWED: RESTRICTIONS: Allowed between 7PM en 11AM

24. Leuven: Tiensestraat

25. LEUVEN: Tiensestraat (Alma 1).

26. LEUVEN: Muntstraat

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28. 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

29. The bike- and busmap

30. 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

31. 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.bewww.delijn.be -> Lijnwinkel (in front of the railway station)

32. 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.bewww.nmbs.be (subscriptions, weekend tickets, group discounts, events and excursions, timetables,…)

33. 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’www.kuleuven.be

34. ON THE PAVEMENT Paper and cardboard In a cardboard bag or box Organic waste (GFT) Green bag (0.5 or 1 €) or greencontainer Regular garbage Brown bag (1.25 or 2.25 €) Plastic bottles, metal packaging and drink cartons (PMD) Blue bag (0.15 €) Sorting Waste

35. 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 68 3. 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 item FREE 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

36. Garbage disposal Different pick-up days on the wastecalendar Illegal waste dumping? ! Fines up to 250 euro !

37. Garbage disposal

38. Housekeeping

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