The Oude Markt (Dutch for "Old Market") is a rectangular square in the centre of Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, that largely consists of catering establishments.

[1] As the historical residence city of the Counts of Leuven, the square was given market rights in 1150, when the first stone ramparts were built, so that economic activities started to develop.

De Kotmadam, a statue from 1985 by the sculptor Fred Bellefroid [nl], is located on the Oude Markt.

There is also Hapje-Tapje (literally: a little snack-a small drink, approximately pronounced in English as hap-yeh, tap-yeh): a gastronomical market with a bartender race, at the beginning of August (first Sunday).

[4] Since 1989, the Beleuvenissen [nl], a series of concerts that revolve around a specific theme, is organised every Friday in July.