It takes about 30 minutes to reach Brussels with your car. In 48 minutes you can reach Antwerp. Ghent is 55 minutes away by car. Charleroi is only 29 minutes away by car.
Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Chaussée De Charleroi") is only 3 minutes’ drive away. Thanks to the "Cambio - Abbé Michel" station, you can rent a car when you need one, in fewer than 128 minutes walk. The R0 (Brussels ring) can be reached in 2 minutes, and the slip road to A7 / E19 - E42 (Halle - Nivelles - Mons - (Valenciennes, France)) is just a 10 minute drive away. A SNCB station ("Eigenbrakel / Braine-L'Alleud") is located 4 minutes away by bike, or 2 minutes by car.
The nearest nursery is called "J. D." and is 6 minutes' walk away. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Ecole Fondamentale Libre Vallée Bailly", 1 minute away by car. The closest high school is named "Athenee Royal Riva-Bella" and is 1 minute' away by car.
There are multiple bus lines close by: TEC Brabant Wallon - 75 - Braine-l'Alleud - Chenois - Waterloo, TEC Brabant Wallon - W - Bruxelles/Brussel - Waterloo - Braine-l'Alleud, TEC Brabant Wallon - 39 - Waterloo - Braine-l'Alleud - Ottignies - LLN with a stop 2 minutes away by foot.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Delitraiteur Braine L’alleud" (3 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Lidl Braine-L' Alleud" (9 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Carrefour Market Braine L'Alleud Place Du Mole" (9 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
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