Venue

BNAIC'02 will be held in Faculty Club, Groot Begijnhof, Leuven, Belgium. It is within a walking distance of the historic centre of Leuven.

Travel

Maps

• Leuven in Belgium.
• A roadmap of the Leuven vicinity (for car access).
• A map of Leuven.
• An on-line map of Leuven.
• At MapQuest.
• A map of the local area.

By train

Leuven is along the railway line Brussels-Liege. There are trains from Brussels every 30 minutes and the trip takes about 20min. You can take the train from any of the main stations in Brussels (South, Central, and North). If you are coming from Amsterdam (or other train to Brussels which passes Antwerpen) then you can also change in Mechelen. Consult the timetable of the Belgian Railways NMBS.

From the train station in Leuven (map):

• A taxi will cost approx. 5 €.
• Take bus number 2 direction Campus or Boskant. Take off at Naamsepoort and follow this map.
• A walk by foot will take about 30 minutes.

By car

• Take the highway E40 (Brussel-Luik).
• From E40 take the exit E314/A2 Leuven-Hasselt-Genk between exit 22 (Bertem) and exit 23 (Haasrode).
• From E314 take the exit 15 and follow directions Leuven.
• Once you are in Leuven (Tervuurseport) turn right and follow the ring around Leuven (Tervuursevest). Just before the first traffic lights (Naamseport) turn back. After you pass the gas-station and the restaurant Waaiberg turn right and stop at the parking. Here is a map.

By plane

Brussels National Airport (Zaventem) is about 25km from Leuven. There are trains every 15 minutes to Brussels North where you can take the train to Leuven. A taxi from the airport to Leuven will cost around 50 €.

Accommodation

• Begijnhof Congreshotel****
  Address: Tervuursevest 70, 3000 Leuven
  Located next to the conference site.
   
• Hotel Binnenhof***
  Address: Maria Theresiastraat 65, 3000 Leuven
  Close to the train station.
   
• AC Hotel Leuven***
  Address: E40 highway just outside Leuven.
  Very easy car access to the conference site - about 10 min.
  

Other options for accommodation in Leuven can be found at Hotels Belgium and at Leuven's tourism webpage. From the hotels, New Damshire is the closest hotel located just between the conference site and the city centre (5 min. distance from each). Professor is about 10 min, Ibis and Jackson's are about 15 min by foot, and Holiday Inn is about 20 min. Car access from all hotels except those located next to the train station or the AC Hotel is not very convenient. There are also frequent bus connections from various places in town (including train station and town center) to the conference site (bus stops "Sportcentrum", "Capucijnenvoer" and "Naamsepoort" are closest).