It takes about 48 minutes to reach Brussels with your car. It will take you 27 minutes to get to Charleroi by bike. Only 25 minutes are needed to reach Namur with your car. Mons is 37 minutes away by car.
You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Beaux-Arts" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 31 minutes away by bike. For holidays or business, you can reach Brussels South Charleroi Airport in fewer than 5 minutes by car. The A15 / E42 (La Louvière - Charleroi - Namur - Liège) can be reached in 3 minutes, and the slip road to A54 / E420 (Nivelles - Charleroi) is just a 5 minute drive away. The nearest train station is "Lodelinsart": reachable in 7 minutes by car, or 43 minutes by public transport. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Airspace Indoor Skydiving") is only 6 minutes’ drive away.
The closest bus lines are TEC Charleroi - 67 - Jumet (Madeleine) - Fleurus (Champs Elysées), TEC Charleroi - 11 - Jumet Madeleine-Ransart-Gilly-Mont/s/Sambre Place, TEC Charleroi - 28 - Châtelineau (SNCB) - Jumet (Madeleine) with a stop reachable in fewer than 3 minutes as a pedestrian.
You can find a close nursery: "E. L.", in fewer than 1 minute by car. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Ecole Communale "bois"", 2 minutes away by car. If you are looking for a high school, "Centre Educatif Communal Secondaire "la Garenne"" it is 5 minutes away by car.
You have the choice between several nearby supermarkets: "Aldi Ransart" (17 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Intermarché Ransart" (22 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Lidl Ransart" (23 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car).
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