You can find a convienient nursery: "Dol-Fijn Vestiging De Boomgaard", 3 minutes away by foot. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Go! Basisschool De Boomgaard Meerhout", 1 minute away by car. If you are looking for a high school, "Ksom 4" it is 7 minutes away by car.
It takes about 38 minutes to reach Antwerp with your car. Hasselt is only 25 minutes away by car. Only 16 minutes are needed to reach Beringen with your car.
Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Teichbedarf Distri Pond") is only 6 minutes’ drive away. You only need 7 minutes to reach the motorway A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège). The nearest train station is "Balen / Baelen": reachable in 10 minutes by car, or 72 minutes by public transport. Thanks to the "Cambio - Tessenderlo Post" station, you can rent a car when you need one, in fewer than 97 minutes walk.
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 299 - Hasselt - Diest - Geel, De Lijn - 20 - Tessenderlo - Meerhout - Geel/Mol with a stop 3 minutes away by foot, De Lijn - 733 - Belbus Balen zuid/west with a stop reachable in fewer than 24 minutes as a pedestrian.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Pro Meerhout III" (8 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Okay Meerhout" (21 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Aldi Meerhout" (23 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car).
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