You are here for a semester of which almost 3 months are already gone. Stop trying to catch up with your studies: it s not worth it anymore and you are too late anyway. You have picked up Leuven as your Erasmus destination certainly not for what it has to offer from an education point of view but for its reputation as a great place to party. You might not be the most valuable asset of Leuven academically but you are incredible at pumping life in the city..

Originally, a marginal phenomenon within the Erasmus community, you developed through the years to such an extent that you now belong to a community by itself. For you, the Erasmus experience is nothing more than just a way to live globalization… on bedroom’s level. For you, morning classes are certainly not to gather knowledge but rather a good scouting spot of your eventual preys at tonight’s party. At tonight’s party, you will use all your charm; dig deep into your seduction skills in order to achieve the supreme goal: get laid. At the end of you semester, your success is measured not in study points but in the amount of partners you lured into your bed. Just never go to war without a helmet!

You were born in Leuven. Your parents too and if we even go several generations back we will find that your family history is rooted into this city. You re probably older than sixty and even though you are the true “Leuvenaar”, you find yourself somewhat alienated because you belong to the few who don’t have anything to do with the university… and yeah, you have your own washing machine!

You had a vision when you were a kid. Since, you have had a passion for religion, metaphysics and decided you wanted to dedicate yourself to God…. Or in less acute syndromes, to just study theology. You might have crossed half the globe to come to Leuven drawn by the “K” of K.U.Leuven or by the eagerness of discovering it famous scrolls. You spend your time between the theology faculty, the church and the Begijnhof (where you’ll probably be living). God bless you. God bless Leuven.

You are the professor’s best and you have an answer to every question. When you wake up you are always wondering: “Central Library, Law Library, Social Sciences Library or Medical Library?” Your room is never 50 meters further than your faculty and you feel this constant urge to be surrounded by books. You prefer the smell of a 15th century book to the new scent from Chanel. You interact well with Holy men. You enjoy listening to Orgasmus people stories, but you know that this will never happen to you. And, please, stop fantasying about your professor!

You are characterized by a broken biological clock. You live by night, sleep by day. Your friends thus suspect that your species originally evolved from bats. You are almost never there for the morning lessons and if you inadvertently attend one of those, you are easily recognizable: You are sleeping, face against the table, your hair is a mess and you smell beer down to the first row. However, at night, you reveal your true identity. Hyperactive and tireless, you can beat anyone at drinking game and still dance till dawn. You love Leuven, but certainly not for its university. Your mottos can vary from “shake me amor” to “it’s getting’ hot in here”. Your favorite buddy would be an orgasmus… Even though your goals for the evening are different…

As your name says, you live outside Leuven’s ring. You are the outcast. Physically you distinguish yourself with a pair of strong legs, the fruit of daily walking or cycling between your home and the city. Morally, you possess an unbreakable will and unmovable determination, necessary traits to bare the wind and rain of a cold December morning. After a party, for your own safety, you would better stay at a friend’s place (inside the ring): chances are big that you get chopped by a car or that you just lose your way back home. These sacrifices don’t come without a reward: You can enjoy the countryside and the vicinity of the Sport centers and large supermarkets.

You just graduated from school. Here you are in the city of Leuven. Your dream became true and you left your parents house in order to study. You have to learn everything from the scratch but this does not bother you as you have a lot of free time. Enthusiasm and energy are your characteristics. People might make fun of you because you ignore the basics to wish you can’t reply but by smiling. Well, keep on smiling because next year you will be the one making life hard to the others.

Whether you are a 50 years old man with a brownish beard tainted by pipe smoke or a freshly graduated PhD student, you SHOULD ride a bike. It is part of your image even though it doesn’t make you smarter. We wonder sometimes why you can’t enjoy life and the fruits of your work and success outside your lab or your books. You are probably responsible for the flourishing of the university; however, you have probably done it at the expense of your owns’.

Peace out… You are colorful, open-minded, warm, and hospitable. You like wearing your entire wardrobe when you go out. It is ok: It is cold… Even the locals admit it. You smoke… A lot…and we mean “SMOKE”. You would never get angry even if someone stepped on your foot. You are the western version of the Dalai Lama though Bob Marley is your all-time idol. The word shampoo has clearly never existed in your dictionary.

Rare to find in Leuven. Considered by the UNESCO as a species in danger of extinction. The few specimens spotted are undergoing tests for possible cloning.