In 49 minutes you can reach Brussels. It takes approximately 13 minutes to reach Charleroi with your bike. Only 29 minutes are needed to reach Namur with your car. It takes about 37 minutes to reach Mons with your car.
The A54 / E420 (Nivelles - Charleroi) can be reached in 5 minutes, and the slip road to A15 / E42 (La Louvière - Charleroi - Namur - Liège) is just a 11 minute 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 41 minutes away by foot. The nearest airport is Brussels South Charleroi Airport and is reachable by car in 9 minutes. A SNCB station ("Couillet") is located 4 minutes away by bike, or 1 minute by car. In fewer than 2 minutes, you can find a charging station ("Renault Goeyens") for your electric car.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "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" (16 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
There are multiple bus lines close by: TEC Charleroi - 12 - Gilly (Cimetière) - Loverval (IMTR), TEC Charleroi - 13 - Presles (Cité Solaire) - Charleroi Sud with a stop reachable in fewer than 2 minutes as a pedestrian, TEC Charleroi - 18 - Jumet (Dépôt)-Charleroi Sud-Châtelet (Chavepeyer) with a stop 3 minutes away by foot.
The closest nursery is named "L. S." and is 1 minute' away by car. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Ecole Fondamentale Alphonse Vaisière", 1 minute away by car. The nearest high school is called "Centre Éducatif Communal Secondaire De Couillet-Marcinelle" and is 16 minutes' walk away.
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