For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Carrefour Market Alken" (9 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Okay Alken" (26 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Aldi Kortessem" (5 minutes by car).
There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Gemeentelijke Basisschool - De B@sis", 4 minutes away by bike. The nearest nursery is called "De Speelvogel" and is 9 minutes' walk away. The closest high school is named "Freinetschool Keerpunt" and is 2 minutes' away by car.
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 700 - Belbus Alken - Wellen with a stop reachable in fewer than 5 minutes as a pedestrian, De Lijn - H71 - Hasselt-St-Lambr. Herk-Alken-Rapertingen-Hasselt with a stand 10 minutes’ walk away, De Lijn - 3 - Hasselt - Wellen - Borgloon - Heers with a stop 17 minutes away by foot.
Brussels is 59 minutes away by car. It takes about 54 minutes to reach Antwerp with your car. In 32 minutes you can reach Liège. In 32 minutes you can reach Hasselt by bike.
You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - St Hubertus" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 85 minutes away by foot. The nearest train station is "Alken": reachable in 4 minutes by car, or 24 minutes by public transport. You only need 6 minutes to reach the motorway A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège). Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Delhaize Hasselt") is only 8 minutes’ drive away.
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