Brussels is 49 minutes away by car. It will take you 13 minutes to get to Charleroi by bike. In just 29 minutes by car you can reach Namur. It takes about 37 minutes to reach Mons with your car.
To reach A54 / E420 (Nivelles - Charleroi) you only need 5 minutes and A15 / E42 (La Louvière - Charleroi - Namur - Liège) is reachable in 11 minutes. Brussels South Charleroi Airport is 9 minutes’ drive away or reachable by public transport in about 29 minutes. In fewer than 2 minutes, you can find a charging station ("Renault Goeyens") for your electric car. In fewer than 1 minute, by car, you can be at "Couillet" train station. 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 40 minutes away by foot.
There are a variety of supermarkets nearby: "Delhaize Marcinelle" (14 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Carrefour Market Couillet" (15 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Trafic Marcinelle" (15 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Ecole Fondamentale Alphonse Vaisière", 1 minute away by car. If you are looking for a nursery, "L. S." it is 6 minutes away by foot. The closest high school is named "Centre Éducatif Communal Secondaire De Couillet-Marcinelle" and is 2 minutes' away by car.
There are multiple bus lines close by: TEC Charleroi - 12 - Gilly (Cimetière) - Loverval (IMTR), TEC Charleroi - 13 - Presles (Cité Solaire) - Charleroi Sud, TEC Charleroi - 18 - Jumet (Dépôt)-Charleroi Sud-Châtelet (Chavepeyer) with a stop reachable in fewer than 3 minutes as a pedestrian.
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