You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Westmeerbeek" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 114 minutes away by foot. The A2 / E314 (Leuven - Diest - Genk - Maasmechelen) motorway is reachable in 13 minutes. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Vorststraat") is only 9 minutes’ drive away. The nearest train station is "Testelt": reachable in 5 minutes by car, or 35 minutes by public transport.
You can access these bus lines: De Lijn - 707 - belbus Aarschot with a stop reachable in fewer than 3 minutes as a pedestrian, De Lijn - 708 - belbus Scherpenheuvel with a stop 13 minutes away by foot, De Lijn - 37 - Aarschot - Gijmel - Varenwinkel - Wolfsdonk with a stop reachable in fewer than 17 minutes as a pedestrian.
It takes about 46 minutes to reach Brussels with your car. Antwerp is 44 minutes away by car. It takes about 59 minutes to reach Liège with your car. In just 28 minutes by car you can reach Leuven.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Spar Express Herselt" (4 minutes by car), "Carrefour Market Testelt" (4 minutes by car), "Colruyt Averbode" (6 minutes by car).
There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool", 6 minutes away by bike. You can find a close nursery: "Villa Deugeniet", in fewer than 4 minutes by car. Sint-Lambertus 4 is the most convieniently located high school: just 31 minutes away by bike.
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