Brussels is 48 minutes away by car. Charleroi is only 4 minutes away by car. It takes about 30 minutes to reach Namur with your car. In 37 minutes you can reach Mons.
In fewer than 7 minutes, you can find a charging station ("Parking Rive Gauche Charleroi") for your electric car. The nearest train station is "Charleroi-Zuid / Charleroi-Sud": reachable in 3 minutes by car, or 12 minutes by public transport. 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 foot. The A54 / E420 (Nivelles - Charleroi) can be reached in 4 minutes, and the slip road to A15 / E42 (La Louvière - Charleroi - Namur - Liège) is just a 10 minute drive away. For holidays or business, you can reach Brussels South Charleroi Airport in fewer than 8 minutes by car.
There are multiple metro lines close by: TEC Charleroi - M2 - Charleroi Sud - Anderlues Monument (Métro), TEC Charleroi - M3 - Charleroi Sud - Gosselies Fbg de Bruxelles (Métro) with a stop reachable in fewer than 16 minutes as a pedestrian. You can access these bus lines: TEC Charleroi - 21 - Marcinelle (Hublinbu) - Charleroi Sud with a stop reachable in fewer than 4 minutes as a pedestrian, TEC Charleroi - 52 - Charleroi Sud - Nalinnes - Gourdinne, TEC Charleroi - 14 - Charleroi Sud - Bouffioulx - Gilly (Gazomètre) with a stand 6 minutes’ walk away.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Colruyt Marcinelle" (5 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Aldi Marcinnelle 2" (10 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Bio-Planet Charleroi" (11 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car).
You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Ecole Saint-Martin - Marcinelle", 1 minute away by car. If you are looking for a nursery, "V. B." it is 1 minute away by car. Athenee Royal Jules Destree is the most convieniently located high school: just 1 minute away by bike.
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