It takes about 51 minutes to reach Brussels with your car. In 38 minutes you can reach Antwerp. Leuven is 33 minutes away by car. It takes about 30 minutes to reach Mechelen with your car.
The A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège) motorway is reachable in 13 minutes. The nearest train station is "Booischot": reachable in 9 minutes by car, or 48 minutes by public transport. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Hulshout" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 25 minutes away by foot. In fewer than 1 minute, you can find a charging station ("Telcom Nv") for your electric car.
You can access these bus lines: De Lijn - 946 - Belbus Herentals-Westerlo-Olen-Hulshout-Wiekevorst, De Lijn - 944 - Belbus Westerlo-Herselt-Hulshout with a stand 4 minutes’ walk away, De Lijn - 510 - Mechelen - Heist-op-den-Berg - Westerlo - Geel with a stop reachable in fewer than 16 minutes as a pedestrian.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Spar Heultje" (4 minutes by car), "Okay Hulshout" (4 minutes by car), "Ad Heultje" (4 minutes by car).
If you are looking for a high school, "Sint-Lambertusinstituut" it is 8 minutes away by car. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Gemeentelijke Basisschool", 8 minutes away by bike. De Troetelbeertjes Bvba is the most convieniently located nursery: just 18 minutes away as a pedestrian.
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