For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Carrefour Market Westerlo" (11 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Ad Heultje" (4 minutes by car), "Okay Tongerlo" (4 minutes by car).
You can access these bus lines: De Lijn - 946 - Belbus Herentals-Westerlo-Olen-Hulshout-Wiekevorst with a stop 7 minutes away by foot, De Lijn - 543 - Westerlo - Voortkapel - Noorderwijk, De Lijn - 541 - Westerlo - Voortkapel - Herentals with a stand 9 minutes’ walk away.
It takes about 51 minutes to reach Brussels with your car. In 30 minutes you can reach Antwerp. It takes about 33 minutes to reach Leuven with your car. In 37 minutes you can reach Mechelen.
Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Bedrijven- En Conferentiecentrum De Basis") is only 4 minutes’ drive away. The nearest train station is "Olen": reachable in 12 minutes by car, or 70 minutes by public transport. The A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège) motorway is reachable in 5 minutes. 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 84 minutes away by foot.
De Zandkapoentjes is the most convieniently located nursery: just 13 minutes away by bike. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Gemeentelijke Basisschool - Voortkapel", 2 minutes away by bike. If you are looking for a high school, "Sint-Lambertus 1" it is 3 minutes away by car.
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