For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Spar Helchteren" (4 minutes by car), "Delhaize Houthalen" (26 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car), "Carrefour Market Houthalen (Centrum)" (30 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car).
Do you need to charge an electric car? The nearest charging station ("Taverne De Hof") is just 2 minutes away by car. The nearest train station is "Zolder": reachable in 7 minutes by car, or 63 minutes by public transport. You only need 5 minutes to reach the motorway A2 / E314 (Leuven - Diest - Genk - Maasmechelen).
Brussels is 57 minutes away by car. It takes about 53 minutes to reach Antwerp with your car. Liège is 43 minutes away by car. Only 16 minutes are needed to reach Hasselt with your car.
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 16 - Maaseik - Kinrooi - Meeuwen-Gruitrode - Hasselt, De Lijn - 283 - Hasselt - Houthalen - Peer - Kleine Brogel, De Lijn - 18a - Hasselt - Houthalen - Neerpelt - Achel with a stop reachable in fewer than 19 minutes as a pedestrian.
The nearest preschool is called "Vrije Kleuterschool - De Kleine Reus" and is 8 minutes' walk away. If you are looking for a elementary school, "Gemeentelijke Lagere School - De Lakerberg" it is 8 minutes away by foot. Don Bosco Technisch Instituut 1 is the most convieniently located high school: just 24 minutes away as a pedestrian. If you are looking for a nursery, "Luyten - Vanbuel" it is 5 minutes away by car.
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