You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Westmeerbeek" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 20 minutes away by bike. The motorway A2 / E314 (Leuven - Diest - Genk - Maasmechelen) can be reached in 12 minutes. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Vrijetijdscentrum "de Mixx"") is only 5 minutes’ drive away. The nearest train station is "Begijnendijk": reachable in 6 minutes by car, or 55 minutes by public transport.
Leuven is only 24 minutes away by car. In 35 minutes you can reach Mechelen. Hasselt is 39 minutes away by car. It takes about 50 minutes to reach Beveren with your car.
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 944 - Belbus Westerlo-Herselt-Hulshout with a stand 4 minutes’ walk away, De Lijn - 491 - Geel - Westerlo - Blauberg - Aarschot, De Lijn - 492 - Turnhout-Geel-Tongerlo-Westerlo-Blauberg-Aarschot with a stop 12 minutes away by foot.
You have the choice between several nearby supermarkets: "Aldi Ramsel" (25 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Colruyt Ramsel" (22 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Lidl Herselt" (25 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
"Golfclub Witbos" STRONG]golf can be reached in 14 minutes by car.
There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool", 7 minutes away by bike. The closest high school is named "Damiaaninstituut A" and is 9 minutes' away by car. You can find a close nursery: "'T Bavetteke", in fewer than 3 minutes by car.
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