Leuven has a lot of cool places to stay. Here are some places I heard good things about: Condo Gardens Leuven

Ibis Budget Leuven

Getaway Studios Leuven

There are so many laundromats in Leuven. No worries, you'll get your training gear clean. Google the closest one when you arrive.

Tripadvisor or Google can give you a lot of good suggestions, but here are my personal favorites:

Meat meat meat - The MEATing room

All you can eat ribs, need I say more?! - RestoRibs

Best burgers in town - HamburgerFolie

Moroccan food - Koutoubiya

Amazing vegetarian restaurant - Lukemieke

Want to eat Mexican? - New Mexico

Vegan food - Loving Hut

Cheap food - De Werf

Leuven is terrible and expensive to park a car, so I would not recommend driving there every day. Public transport is an option, depending on where you're staying.

Departing from Brussels Zaventem Airport is really easy. Just head down to the train station and take a train heading to Leuven. It takes about 20 minutes.

If you land in Brussels Charleroi it will be a longer journey. You will have to take the bus to the train station Charleroi and then take the train to Brussels (South, Central or North) - all stops are fine. Then switch to a train heading to Leuven.