You only need 3 minutes to reach the motorway A2 / E314 (Leuven - Diest - Genk - Maasmechelen). You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Genk Gare" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 20 minutes away by bike. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Evence Coppeelaan 89") is only 6 minutes’ drive away. A SNCB station ("Genk") is located 27 minutes away by bike, or 8 minutes by car.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Aldi Markt" (21 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car), "Carrefour Express Genk" (6 minutes by car), "Shop & Go Hoevenzavel" (6 minutes by car).
There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool", 17 minutes away by bike. If you are looking for a high school, "Go! Campus Genk Middenschool" it is 6 minutes away by car. Kieke-Boe is the most convieniently located nursery: just 43 minutes away by bike.
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 35 - Hasselt - Zonhoven - Boxbergheide - Genk, De Lijn - 33 - Genk - Meeuwen - Peer - Neerpelt with a stop reachable in fewer than 24 minutes as a pedestrian, De Lijn - G6 - Genk Station - Waterschei - Zwartberg with a stop 25 minutes away by foot.
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