Brussels is 56 minutes away by car. In 30 minutes you can reach Antwerp. It takes about 39 minutes to reach Leuven with your car. Turnhout is only 25 minutes away by car.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Albert Heijn - Olen" (25 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Spar Olen" (4 minutes by car), "Proxy Olen" (5 minutes by 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 3 minutes as a pedestrian.
The closest nursery is named "Het Pareltje" and is 2 minutes' away by car. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Gemeentelijke Basisschool - Oevel - Het Lo", 3 minutes away by bike. Sint-Lambertus 1 is the most convieniently located high school: just 13 minutes away by bike.
Do you need to charge an electric car? The nearest charging station ("Lammerdries-Oost 21b") is just 4 minutes away by car. Thanks to the "Cambio - Westmeerbeek" station, you can rent a car when you need one, in fewer than 45 minutes with your bike. The nearest train station is "Olen": reachable in 6 minutes by car, or 40 minutes by public transport. The A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège) motorway is reachable in 4 minutes.
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