In 52 minutes you can reach Brussels. Antwerp is 32 minutes away by car. It takes about 34 minutes to reach Leuven with your car. In 36 minutes you can reach Mechelen.
You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Hulshout" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 71 minutes away by foot. Do you need to charge an electric car? The nearest charging station ("Bedrijven- En Conferentiecentrum De Basis") is just 6 minutes away by car. In fewer than 12 minutes, by car, you can be at "Wolfstee" train station. The motorway A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège) can be reached in 7 minutes.
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 946 - Belbus Herentals-Westerlo-Olen-Hulshout-Wiekevorst with a stop 3 minutes away by foot, De Lijn - 543 - Westerlo - Voortkapel - Noorderwijk with a stand 18 minutes’ walk away, De Lijn - 220 - Herentals-Hulshout-Westmeerbeek-Ramsel-Aarschot with a stop reachable in fewer than 25 minutes as a pedestrian.
If you are looking for a high school, "Sint-Lambertus 1" it is 5 minutes away by car. The closest elementary school is named "Vrije Basisschool - De Wegwijzer" and is 3 minutes' away by car. Gemeentelijke Basisschool - Voortkapel is the most convieniently located preschool: just 6 minutes away by bike. You can find a close nursery: "De Zandkapoentjes", in fewer than 4 minutes by car.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Ad Heultje" (4 minutes by car), "Carrefour Market Westerlo" (29 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Spar Heultje" (5 minutes by car).
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