You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Gemeentelijke Basisschool - Voortkapel", 2 minutes away by car. If you are looking for a high school, "Sint-Lambertus 1" it is 28 minutes away by foot. The closest nursery is named "De Zandkapoentjes" and is 4 minutes' away by car.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Carrefour Market Westerlo" (10 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Okay Tongerlo" (4 minutes by car), "Ad Heultje" (6 minutes by car).
You only need 5 minutes to reach the motorway A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège). 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 85 minutes away by foot. In fewer than 12 minutes, by car, you can be at "Olen" train station. In fewer than 4 minutes, you can find a charging station ("Bedrijven- En Conferentiecentrum De Basis") for your electric car.
In 51 minutes you can reach Brussels. Antwerp is 31 minutes away by car. It takes about 33 minutes to reach Leuven with your car. In 38 minutes you can reach Mechelen.
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 543 - Westerlo - Voortkapel - Noorderwijk, De Lijn - 946 - Belbus Herentals-Westerlo-Olen-Hulshout-Wiekevorst, De Lijn - 541 - Westerlo - Voortkapel - Herentals with a stand 5 minutes’ walk away.
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