In 58 minutes you can reach Brussels. Antwerp is 55 minutes away by car. It takes about 34 minutes to reach Liège with your car. Only 20 minutes are needed to reach Genk with your car.
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 700 - Belbus Alken - Wellen with a stand 2 minutes’ walk away, De Lijn - H18 - Hasselt-St.-Lam-Terkoest-Stev-Kuringen-Hasselt, De Lijn - H81 - Hasselt-Kuringen-Stev-Terkoest-St.-Lam-Hasselt with a stop reachable in fewer than 4 minutes as a pedestrian.
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 69 minutes away by foot. The A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège) motorway is reachable in 6 minutes. Do you need to charge an electric car? The nearest charging station ("P1 : Parking Station") is just 9 minutes away by car. In fewer than 3 minutes, by car, you can be at "Alken" train station.
There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool - De Kleine Reus", 1 minute away by bike. The closest high school is named "Instituut Mariaburcht - Secundair Onderwijs" and is 5 minutes' away by car. 'T Kinderhof is the most convieniently located nursery: just 11 minutes away by bike.
There are a variety of supermarkets nearby: "Spar Alken" (6 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Okay Alken" (3 minutes by car), "Proxy Stevoort" (5 minutes by car).
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