It takes about 54 minutes to reach Brussels with your car. In 30 minutes you can reach Antwerp. Leuven is 36 minutes away by car. Beringen is only 17 minutes away by car.
Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Ottersweier 7") is only 5 minutes’ drive away. A SNCB station ("Geel") is located 30 minutes away by bike, or 9 minutes by car. The A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège) motorway is reachable in 1 minute. 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 58 minutes away by bike.
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 946 - Belbus Herentals-Westerlo-Olen-Hulshout-Wiekevorst with a stop reachable in fewer than 17 minutes as a pedestrian, De Lijn - 542 - Geel Industrie - Olen - Herentals, De Lijn - 492 - Turnhout-Geel-Tongerlo-Westerlo-Blauberg-Aarschot with a stand 28 minutes’ walk away.
If you are looking for a nursery, "Mama Leen En Tante Anne" it is 4 minutes away by car. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Stedelijke Basisschool - Geel-Zuid", 2 minutes away by car. You can find a close high school: "Sint-Lambertus 4", in fewer than 4 minutes by car.
You have the choice between several nearby supermarkets: "Sapr Zammel" (23 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Colruyt Geel" (4 minutes by car), "Aldi Westerlo" (5 minutes by car).
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