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Two Dutch words you should know:
'regen' (rain) and 'stuk'.
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STUK can mean 'object' or 'part',
as well as 'artwork' or 'performance'.
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All four of these meanings are significant and can be found here at STUK: Leuven's arts centre.
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The concept sprang from the KU Leuven student
activist movement back in the seventies
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and has become one of the biggest
and most important arts centres in Flanders.
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The former Arenberg or Chemical Institute
of KU Leuven was renovated
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and then donated to the city
by the university under a 50 year lease.
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The complex is a sort of 'city within a city',
containing a courtyard with access to
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different rooms: a cinema,
an auditorium, a dance hall,
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a Grand Café and much more.
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This auditorium is one of the university's
most beautiful lecture halls
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and it's still in use today.
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Cinema ZED is a small, noncommercial theatre
that provides a unique and alternative programme.
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A must go for film lovers everywhere.
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But my favourite, of course,
is the Grand Café.
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Cheers!