For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Pro Meerhout III" (15 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Okay Meerhout" (25 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car), "Aldi Meerhout" (27 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car).
The closest high school is named "Kogeka 6" and is 8 minutes' away by car. You can find a convienient nursery: "Het Pagadderke", 18 minutes away by foot. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Gemeentelijke Basisschool - De Duizendpoot", 3 minutes away by bike.
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 299 - Hasselt - Diest - Geel with a stop 7 minutes away by foot, De Lijn - 20 - Tessenderlo - Meerhout - Geel/Mol with a stand 15 minutes’ walk away, De Lijn - 733 - Belbus Balen zuid/west with a stop reachable in fewer than 28 minutes as a pedestrian.
In 39 minutes you can reach Antwerp. Turnhout is only 26 minutes away by car. Only 18 minutes are needed to reach Beringen with your car.
You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Balen Gare" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 111 minutes away by foot. The nearest train station is "Geel": reachable in 10 minutes by car, or 46 minutes by public transport. The motorway A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège) can be reached in 8 minutes. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Hezemeer") is only 8 minutes’ drive away.
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