There are a variety of supermarkets nearby: "Spar Tongerlo" (7 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Okay Tongerlo" (22 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car), "Aldi Westerlo" (5 minutes by car).
Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Ottersweier 7") is only 2 minutes’ drive away. The nearest train station is "Olen": reachable in 10 minutes by car, or 40 minutes by public transport. Thanks to the "Cambio - Westmeerbeek" station, you can rent a car when you need one, in fewer than 43 minutes with your bike. The motorway A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège) can be reached in 6 minutes.
In 54 minutes you can reach Brussels. It takes about 34 minutes to reach Antwerp with your car. Leuven is 36 minutes away by car. It takes about 43 minutes to reach Mechelen with your car.
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 490 - Turnhout-Geel-Westerlo-Aarschot, De Lijn - 946 - Belbus Herentals-Westerlo-Olen-Hulshout-Wiekevorst, De Lijn - 492 - Turnhout-Geel-Tongerlo-Westerlo-Blauberg-Aarschot with a stop reachable in fewer than 6 minutes as a pedestrian.
If you are looking for a nursery, "Mama Leen En Tante Anne" it is 2 minutes away by car. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool - 'T Grafiekje", 5 minutes away by bike. Sint-Lambertus 4 is the most convieniently located high school: just 13 minutes away by bike.
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