In just 27 minutes by car you can reach Brussels. It takes about 46 minutes to reach Antwerp with your car. Ghent is only 28 minutes away by car. Charleroi is 56 minutes away by car.
You only need 7 minutes to reach the motorway A10 / E40 (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende). The "Blue-Bike - Alost" station allows you to rent a bike at 30 minutes away by foot. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Mijlbeek" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 17 minutes away by foot. In fewer than 7 minutes, by car, you can be at "Aalst / Alost" train station. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("A.d. Motors") is only 4 minutes’ drive away.
You can access these bus lines: De Lijn - 3 - Aalst Oude Abdijstraat - Station - Nieuwerkerken, De Lijn - 1 - ASZ - Station - Oude Abdijstraat, De Lijn - 340 - Belbus Faluintjes - Opwijk with a stop 5 minutes away by foot.
You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Go! Basisschool De Nieuwe Arend Aalst", 2 minutes away by car. The closest high school is named "Sint-Augustinusinstituut" and is 2 minutes' away by car. You can find a close nursery: "Kinderdagverblijf Molenkouter", in fewer than 1 minute by car.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Ad Arend" (12 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Carrefour Express Langestraat" (15 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Louis Delhaize Aalst" (21 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car).
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