It takes about 48 minutes to reach Brussels with your car. It takes approximately 8 minutes to reach Charleroi with your bike. Namur is only 29 minutes away by car. In 36 minutes you can reach Mons.
Thanks to the "Cambio - Charleroi-Gare" station, you can rent a car when you need one, in fewer than 12 minutes with your bike. The nearest airport is Brussels South Charleroi Airport and is reachable by car in 7 minutes. A SNCB station ("Charleroi-Sud / Charleroi-Zuid") is located 9 minutes away by bike, or 3 minutes by car. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Parking Rive Gauche Charleroi") is only 7 minutes’ drive away. 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 your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Louis Delhaize Marcinelle-Texac" (6 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Colruyt Marcinelle" (6 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Lidl Marcinelle" (10 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car).
The closest high school is named "Athenee Royal Jules Destree" and is 2 minutes' away by car. Les P'Tits Loups is the most convieniently located nursery: just 1 minute away by bike. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Ecole Fondamentale Libre De La Villette", 1 minute away by car.
There are multiple bus lines close by: TEC Charleroi - 3 - Montignies (Place) - Charl-Sud - Jamioulx (Prison), TEC Charleroi - 1 - Montignies (Place) - Charleroi Sud - GB Bomerée, TEC Charleroi - CERI - Cerisiers (Spécial) with a stop reachable in fewer than 4 minutes as a pedestrian. The closest metro lines are TEC Charleroi - M2 - Charleroi Sud - Anderlues Monument (Métro), TEC Charleroi - M3 - Charleroi Sud - Gosselies Fbg de Bruxelles (Métro) with a stop 11 minutes away by foot.
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