1
00:00:02,956 --> 00:00:05,538
Let me take you to the most romantic
spot in Leuven.
2
00:00:05,638 --> 00:00:06,638
Follow me!
3
00:00:08,254 --> 00:00:10,141
Stop and smell the roses.
4
00:00:10,703 --> 00:00:14,248
Inhale the sweet scents of
this marvellous 'Jardin Botanique',
5
00:00:14,542 --> 00:00:16,630
French, of course, for Botanical Garden.
6
00:00:23,506 --> 00:00:25,460
Over there in the old anatomical theatre
7
00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:28,640
was where they dissected human bodies
in the name of science.
8
00:00:28,740 --> 00:00:32,109
Now, as you can imagine, they did this
only during the wintertime,
9
00:00:32,323 --> 00:00:34,320
but on a lighter note, in the summertime
10
00:00:34,420 --> 00:00:37,287
the anatomy students would shift
their studies to botany.
11
00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:41,640
There is only one botanist from Leuven
you should know by name.
12
00:00:41,740 --> 00:00:43,240
Mr. Rembert Dodoens.
13
00:00:43,414 --> 00:00:46,800
In the 16th century he wrote,
or actually drew,
14
00:00:46,900 --> 00:00:51,368
the 'Cruydeboeck'; a marvellous book
of illustrations of botanical studies.
15
00:00:51,468 --> 00:00:56,380
This used to be an area of study.
While it's still the oldest botanical garden in Belgium,
16
00:00:56,566 --> 00:00:58,613
it's Leuven's best-kept secret.