For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Colruyt Ramsel" (29 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Spar Booischot" (5 minutes by car), "Albert Heijn - Westmeerbeek" (5 minutes by car).
In fewer than 4 minutes, by car, you can be at "Begijnendijk" train station. You only need 14 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 - Houtvenne" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 1 minute away by bike. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Vissendijk") is only 5 minutes’ drive away.
You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool Houtvenne", 1 minute away by car. The closest nursery is named "Hupskadee" and is 4 minutes' away by car. Damiaaninstituut A is the most convieniently located high school: just 25 minutes away by bike.
In 44 minutes you can reach Brussels. Antwerp is 42 minutes away by car. Only 26 minutes are needed to reach Leuven with your car. In just 29 minutes by car you can reach Mechelen.
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 221 - Heultje - Houtvenne - Aarschot, De Lijn - 944 - Belbus Westerlo-Herselt-Hulshout with a stop 4 minutes away by foot, De Lijn - 220 - Herentals-Hulshout-Westmeerbeek-Ramsel-Aarschot with a stand 20 minutes’ walk away.
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