It takes about 49 minutes to reach Brussels with your car. In 11 minutes you can reach Charleroi by bike. In just 29 minutes by car you can reach Namur. In 38 minutes you can reach Mons.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Trafic Marcinelle" (13 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Bio-Planet Charleroi" (13 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Aldi Marcinnelle 2" (14 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
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 14 minutes away by bike. In fewer than 1 minute, by car, you can be at "Couillet" train station. 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 8 minutes’ drive away or reachable by public transport in about 29 minutes. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Renault Goeyens") is only 3 minutes’ drive away.
There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Ecole Fondamentale Alphonse Vaisière", 1 minute away by bike. If you are looking for a high school, "Centre Éducatif Communal Secondaire De Couillet-Marcinelle" it is 2 minutes away by car. The closest nursery is named "L. S." and is 2 minutes' away by car.
There are multiple bus lines close by: TEC Charleroi - 12 - Gilly (Cimetière) - Loverval (IMTR), TEC Charleroi - 18 - Jumet (Dépôt)-Charleroi Sud-Châtelet (Chavepeyer), TEC Charleroi - 13 - Presles (Cité Solaire) - Charleroi Sud with a stand 3 minutes’ walk away.
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