Healthy, economical, and avoiding all parking problems, walking is no doubt one of the most suitable modes of transportation for traveling short distances.
A person who sits for 7 hours a day (or continuous periods of 2/3 hour) is considered to be sedentary, which is not without consequences for their health. To combat the negative effects of a sedentary lifestyle, we recommend incorporating at least 30 minutes of physical activity into your daily routine to stimulate blood circulation and reduce muscular tension.
As well as reducing stress, alleviating symptoms of depression and anxiety, improving physical fitness and enhancing memory and concentration, walking is known to stimulate brain activity! It wouldn't be surprising if new ideas or solutions to a problem encountered in the course of a professional task came to light during these periods!
So don't hesitate to include some walking time in your day, whether it's :
To encourage walking on its campuses, the University of Liège is working to create wide, safe and, if possible, well-lit paths to move between buildings. It has also produced "pedestrian maps" to estimate the travel time between the sites in the centre of Liège, Sart Tilman and Gembloux.
Download the pedestrian maps of Liège, Sart Tilman and Gembloux.
There are many pedestrian links between the buildings of the Sart-Tilman campus. To get from one building to another, it is quite possible to leave your car in the car park and avoid wasting time looking for a parking space. An adapted directional signage installation was finalised in autumn of 2016. A survey of footpaths was performed. It will lead to rehabilitation projects and new soft pathways. In particular:
Planning - Urbanism and Mobility Unit
Secure parking, showers, self-repair stations, bike workshop, recommended routes...
Everything you need to know to reach the ULiège by bike.
From September 15, 2025, TEC line 2 becomes B2, the first BUSWAY line in Liège. It runs directly from Guillemins station to Sart-Tilman, via Fragnée, Angleur, the CHU and the Botanique.
The prize was awarded by the Fondation de l'Université de Liège for his research work in the field of automatic reasoning.
À quelques semaines du Printemps, deux nouveaux espaces de stationnement sécurisé pour vélos et des blocs sanitaires viennent compléter l’offre déjà présente dans le quartier Polytech (Sart Tilman)
En ce début d’année 2025, un nouvel espace de stationnement sécurisé pour vélos vient compléter l’offre présente sur le site Fonck de la Faculté d'Architecture.
The mobility survey carried out at ULiège in 2024 collected over 4,000 questionnaires and over 700 comments, enabling us to update data on how people travel to the Arlon, Gembloux and Liège campuses.
