In 55 minutes you can reach Brussels. Antwerp is only 28 minutes away by car. Leuven is 41 minutes away by car. In 39 minutes you can reach Mechelen.
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 15b - Geel - Herentals, De Lijn - 212 - Turnhout - Gierle - Tielen - Lichtaart - Herentals, De Lijn - 219 - Poederlee - Lichtaart - Herentals - Vorselaar with a stop reachable in fewer than 2 minutes as a pedestrian.
If you appreciate the flexibility offered by renting a bike, you can find the "Blue-Bike - Herentals" station at just 15 minutes’ walk away. A SNCB station ("Herentals") is located 4 minutes away by bike, or 2 minutes by car. Do you need to charge an electric car? The nearest charging station ("Bobbejaanland") is just 8 minutes away by car. The A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège) can be reached in 4 minutes, and the slip road to A21 / E34 (Antwerpen - Turnhout - (Eindhoven, Netherlands)) is just a 13 minute drive away.
There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Go! Basisschool De Vesten", 1 minute away by bike. Go! Daltonatheneum Het Leerlabo is the most convieniently located high school: just 1 minute away by bike. If you are looking for a nursery, "Dol-Fijn Vestiging De Vesten" it is 1 minute away by foot.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Ad Herentals" (7 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Carrefour Market Herentals" (8 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Colruyt Herentals" (12 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
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