For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Pro Meerhout III" (5 minutes by car), "Carrefour Express Olmen" (6 minutes by car), "Louis Delhaize Mol-Texaco" (6 minutes by car).
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 733 - Belbus Balen zuid/west with a stop 2 minutes away by foot, De Lijn - 20 - Tessenderlo - Meerhout - Geel/Mol with a stop reachable in fewer than 23 minutes as a pedestrian.
It takes about 42 minutes to reach Antwerp with your car. Hasselt is 30 minutes away by car. Beringen is only 20 minutes away by car.
If you are looking for a nursery, "Dol-Fijn Vestiging De Boomgaard" it is 5 minutes away by car. Ksom 9 is the most convieniently located high school: just 19 minutes away by bike. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Gemeentelijke Basisschool - De Twinkeling", 1 minute away by bike.
In fewer than 10 minutes, you can find a charging station ("Teichbedarf Distri Pond") for your electric car. Thanks to the "Cambio - Balen Gare" station, you can rent a car when you need one, in fewer than 18 minutes with your bike. The A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège) motorway is reachable in 13 minutes. A SNCB station ("Balen / Baelen") is located 18 minutes away by bike, or 7 minutes by car.
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