Use a shared bike or rent a bike

Do you want to move easily through the city? Or travel easily from the train station, bus stop or parking to your destination? Use a shared bike. You can also rent a bike for 1 day or longer.

Use a shared bike

Blue-bike

How does it work?

You start, pause and stop a ride with the Blue-bike app:

  1. Download the app and register.
  2. Choose a price plan.
  3. Go in the app to the Blue-bike location where you are.
  4. Select a bike.
  5. Open the digital lock via Bluetooth.
  6. You can start your ride.
  7. You may return the bike to any Blue-bike location in our transport region.

Where?

Regular city bikes:

  • Leuven Station (Tiensevest side and Kessel-Lo side)
  • Heverlee Station
  • Wijgmaal Station

Electric bikes:

  • UCLL bus stop, Heverlee
  • Hoppinpunt Rector de Somerplein, Leuven
  • Hoppinpunt Parking Vaartkom, Leuven
  • Hoppinpunt Philipssite, Leuven
  • Hoppinpunt Parking Bodart, Heverlee
  • Hoppinpunt Researchpark Haasrode II, Heverlee
  • Kapeldreef, Heverlee
  • Leuven Station (Tiensevest side en Kessel-Lo side)
  • Heverlee Station
  • Wijgmaal Station
  • Wetenschapspark, Heverlee

Prices

You can choose between 3 price options:

  • Ticket
    • Regular city bike
      • €1 per 30 minutes
      • Max. €2,5 for the first 12 hours
    • Electric bike:
      • €2 per 30 minutes
      • Max. €5 for the first 12 hours
  • Member (annual or monthly subscription)
    • Regular city bike:
      • €2 per month
      • €12 per year
      • €1 per 30 minutes
      • Max. € 2,5 for the first 24 hours
    • Electric bike:
      • €2 per month
      • €12 per year
      • €2 per 30 minutes
      • Max. €5 for the first 24 hours
  • Member Plus (monthly subscription)
    • Regular city bike: unlimited riding for €35 per month
    • Electric bike: unlimited riding for €70 per month

More information on the Blue-bike website

Cozywheels

Cozywheels allows you to share your own bike with others or use a bike from someone in your neighbourhood. This can be any type of bike, for example a cargo bike, e-bike, wheelchair bike, or tandem.

Tip: Hoppinpunt

At a Hoppinpunt you can easily switch from one type of transport to another. Most shared bikes and shared cars are located at Hoppin points.

Find a Hoppinpunt in near you

Rent a bike

For a longer period

You can rent a second-hand bike for a longer period from Velo.

For 1 or several days

For day trips you can rent city bikes, electric bikes, tandems, wheelchair bikes and duo bikes for people with a disability at the Velo Fietspunt.

Rent a children's bike for longer period

With VELOKadee you rent a children’s bike and exchange it when it becomes too small.

Use a shared cargo bike

The electric shared cargo bikes are temporarily not available. We are working on a new offer for spring 2026.

Do you have a question?

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info@leuven.be

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