If you are looking for a nursery, "De Sprokkeltjes" it is 3 minutes away by foot. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Go! Basisschool De Wissel", 2 minutes away by car. The closest high school is named "Sint-Lambertus 4" and is 9 minutes' away by car.
You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Tessenderlo Post" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 85 minutes away by foot. You only need 7 minutes to reach the motorway A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège). Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Vorststraat") is only 8 minutes’ drive away. The nearest train station is "Zichem": reachable in 9 minutes by car, or 52 minutes by public transport.
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 751 - Belbus Laakdal - Tessenderlo with a stop reachable in fewer than 3 minutes as a pedestrian, De Lijn - 19b - Kwaadmechelen - Westerlo, De Lijn - 19 - Diest - Geel / Tessenderlo with a stop 9 minutes away by foot.
In 51 minutes you can reach Brussels. Antwerp is 39 minutes away by car. It takes about 33 minutes to reach Leuven with your car. Hasselt is only 29 minutes away by car.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Proxy Veerle" (6 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Aldi Veerle-Laakdal" (19 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Okay Veerle Laakdal" (21 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
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