There are a variety of supermarkets nearby: "Spar Express Melveren" (4 minutes by car), "Okay Alken" (5 minutes by car), "Carrefour Market Alken" (6 minutes by car).
In fewer than 6 minutes, by car, you can be at "Alken" train station. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Delhaize Sint-Truiden") is only 7 minutes’ drive away. The motorway A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège) can be reached in 6 minutes. 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 33 minutes away by bike.
Brussels is 59 minutes away by car. It takes about 55 minutes to reach Antwerp with your car. In 34 minutes you can reach Liège. Hasselt is only 10 minutes away by car.
You can find a close nursery: "De Jungels", in fewer than 4 minutes by car. Hasp-O 6 is the most convieniently located high school: just 19 minutes away by bike. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool - Klim-Op", 4 minutes away by car.
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 700 - Belbus Alken - Wellen with a stop 2 minutes away by foot, De Lijn - 105 - Hasselt - Stevoort - Sint-Truiden with a stand 13 minutes’ walk away.
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