1 00:00:01,055 --> 00:00:04,042 Two Dutch words you should know: 'regen' (rain) and 'stuk'. 2 00:00:04,369 --> 00:00:07,852 STUK can mean 'object' or 'part', as well as 'artwork' or 'performance'. 3 00:00:07,979 --> 00:00:12,147 All four of these meanings are significant and can be found here at STUK: Leuven's arts centre. 4 00:00:12,264 --> 00:00:16,369 The concept sprang from the KU Leuven student activist movement back in the seventies 5 00:00:16,469 --> 00:00:19,799 and has become one of the biggest and most important arts centres in Flanders. 6 00:00:20,084 --> 00:00:24,407 The former Arenberg or Chemical Institute of KU Leuven was renovated 7 00:00:24,507 --> 00:00:28,486 and then donated to the city by the university under a 50­ year lease. 8 00:00:28,908 --> 00:00:33,220 The complex is a sort of 'city within a city', containing a courtyard with access to 9 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:37,351 different rooms: a cinema, an auditorium, a dance hall, 10 00:00:37,478 --> 00:00:39,430 a Grand Café and much more. 11 00:00:39,530 --> 00:00:43,520 This auditorium is one of the university's most beautiful lecture halls 12 00:00:43,620 --> 00:00:44,940 and it's still in use today. 13 00:00:45,489 --> 00:00:50,618 Cinema ZED is a small, noncommercial theatre that provides a unique and alternative programme. 14 00:00:50,718 --> 00:00:52,697 A must go for film lovers everywhere. 15 00:00:53,689 --> 00:00:55,884 But my favourite, of course, is the Grand Café. 16 00:00:56,655 --> 00:00:57,155 Cheers!