In 51 minutes you can reach Brussels. Charleroi is only 8 minutes away by car. Namur is 30 minutes away by car. It takes about 37 minutes to reach Mons with your car.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Carrefour Market Couillet" (11 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Delhaize Marcinelle" (14 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Lidl Couillet" (19 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car).
The closest bus lines are TEC Charleroi - 13 - Presles (Cité Solaire) - Charleroi Sud, TEC Charleroi - 20 - Gerpinnes - IMTR - Charleroi with a stand 2 minutes’ walk away, TEC Charleroi - 12 - Gilly (Cimetière) - Loverval (IMTR) with a stop reachable in fewer than 4 minutes as a pedestrian.
You can find a close nursery: "Les Fiestaux", in fewer than 1 minute by car. The closest high school is named "Centre Éducatif Communal Secondaire De Couillet-Marcinelle" and is 3 minutes' away by car. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Institut Notre-Dame D'Espérance - Section Fondamentale", 1 minute away by car.
The A54 / E420 (Nivelles - Charleroi) can be reached in 7 minutes, and the slip road to A15 / E42 (La Louvière - Charleroi - Namur - Liège) is just a 11 minute drive away. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Renault Goeyens") is only 2 minutes’ drive away. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Charleroi-Gare" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 21 minutes away by bike. The nearest train station is "Couillet": reachable in 3 minutes by car, or 12 minutes by public transport. The nearest airport is Brussels South Charleroi Airport and is reachable by car in 10 minutes.
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