A SNCB station ("Olen") is located 35 minutes away by bike, or 13 minutes by car. The A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège) motorway is reachable in 6 minutes. 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 21 minutes away by bike. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Bedrijven- En Conferentiecentrum De Basis") is only 4 minutes’ drive away.
In 50 minutes you can reach Brussels. Antwerp is 31 minutes away by car. In 32 minutes you can reach Leuven. Mechelen is 36 minutes away by car.
You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Gemeentelijke Basisschool - Voortkapel", 3 minutes away by car. If you are looking for a nursery, "Kribbelkrab" it is 4 minutes away by car. Sint-Lambertus 1 is the most convieniently located high school: just 11 minutes away by bike.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Carrefour Market Westerlo" (20 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Ad Heultje" (4 minutes by car), "Okay Tongerlo" (3 minutes by car).
You can access these bus lines: De Lijn - 305 - Turnhout - Herentals - Herselt - Leuven, De Lijn - 946 - Belbus Herentals-Westerlo-Olen-Hulshout-Wiekevorst with a stand 11 minutes’ walk away, De Lijn - 541 - Westerlo - Voortkapel - Herentals with a stop 12 minutes away by foot.
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