Brussels is only 29 minutes away by car. It takes about 46 minutes to reach Antwerp with your car. Only 29 minutes are needed to reach Ghent with your car. It takes approximately 19 minutes to reach Aalst with your bike.
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 54 - Aalst - Overmere - Lokeren, De Lijn - 53 - Aalst - Gijzegem - Overmere - Lokeren with a stop reachable in fewer than 3 minutes as a pedestrian, De Lijn - 57 - Aalst - Hofstade - Gijzegem - Dendermonde with a stop 14 minutes away by foot.
You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - De Brug" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 48 minutes away by foot. The motorway A10 / E40 (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende) can be reached in 8 minutes. The nearest train station is "Aalst-Kerrebroek / Alost Kerrebroek": reachable in 6 minutes by car, or 19 minutes by public transport. Do you need to charge an electric car? The nearest charging station ("Verffabriek Los Blancos") is just 8 minutes away by car.
You can find a close high school: "Instituut Sint-Vincentius A Paulo 1", in fewer than 4 minutes by car. You can find a convienient nursery: "'T Bubbeltje", 12 minutes away by foot. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Stedelijke Basisschool 'T Hofje", 3 minutes away by car.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Spar Hofstade-Aalst" (18 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Aldi Aalst" (5 minutes by car), "Louis Delhaize Aalst" (6 minutes by car).
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