You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Molenborre" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 87 minutes away by foot. The nearest train station is "Lembeek": reachable in 11 minutes by car, or 54 minutes by public transport. The R0 (Brussels ring) motorway is accessible in 2 minutes and A8 / E429 - E42 (Halle - Tournai - (Lille, France)) will take 7 minutes. In fewer than 3 minutes, you can find a charging station ("Renault Motors Wauthier") for your electric car.
In just 26 minutes by car you can reach Brussels. Antwerp is 51 minutes away by car. In 49 minutes you can reach Ghent. Charleroi is only 26 minutes away by car.
You can access these bus lines: TEC Brabant Wallon - 69 - Nivelles - B.S.Isaac - Ittre - Braine-le-Château with a stand 6 minutes’ walk away, TEC Brabant Wallon - 115 - Braine-l'Alleud - Tubize, TEC Brabant Wallon - 114 - Braine-l'Alleud - Halle with a stop reachable in fewer than 8 minutes as a pedestrian.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Lidl Braine-Le-Château-Rue De Nivelles" (28 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car), "Colruyt Braine-Le-Château" (26 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car), "Carrefour Market Braine Le Chateau" (5 minutes by car).
You can find a convienient nursery: "Christine Lemestre", 19 minutes away by foot. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Ecole Communale Fondamentale", 3 minutes away by car. You can find a close high school: "Institut Provincial D'Enseignement Secondaire", in fewer than 8 minutes by car.
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