There are a variety of supermarkets nearby: "Proxy Veerle" (15 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Aldi Veerle-Laakdal" (27 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Okay Veerle Laakdal" (30 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car).
It takes about 52 minutes to reach Brussels with your car. In 40 minutes you can reach Antwerp. Leuven is 34 minutes away by car. Hasselt is only 29 minutes away by car.
Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Engsbergen") is only 9 minutes’ drive away. You only need 7 minutes to reach the motorway A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège). Thanks to the "Cambio - Tessenderlo Post" station, you can rent a car when you need one, in fewer than 26 minutes with your bike. The nearest train station is "Zichem": reachable in 9 minutes by car, or 52 minutes by public transport.
If you are looking for a nursery, "De Sprokkeltjes" it is 11 minutes away by foot. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Go! Basisschool De Wissel", 7 minutes away by bike. Go! Atheneum Russelberg Tessenderlo is the most convieniently located high school: just 21 minutes away by bike.
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 751 - Belbus Laakdal - Tessenderlo with a stop reachable in fewer than 4 minutes as a pedestrian, De Lijn - 717 - Belbus Schoot - Tessenderlo - Hulst, De Lijn - 17c - Tessenderlo (schoolbediening) with a stand 13 minutes’ walk away.
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