Brussels is 48 minutes away by car. It will take you 9 minutes to get to Charleroi by bike. It takes about 30 minutes to reach Namur with your car. In 36 minutes you can reach Mons.
The nearest airport is Brussels South Charleroi Airport and is reachable by car in 8 minutes. 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 20 minutes away by foot. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Renault Goeyens") is only 4 minutes’ drive away. A SNCB station ("Charleroi-Centraal / Charleroi-Central") is located 13 minutes away by bike, or 7 minutes by car. The A54 / E420 (Nivelles - Charleroi) motorway is accessible in 5 minutes and A15 / E42 (La Louvière - Charleroi - Namur - Liège) will take 11 minutes.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Aldi Marcinelle" (9 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Colruyt Marcinelle" (8 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Bio-Planet Charleroi" (12 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
Just 8 minutes away is the "Maison De La Poterie". Fancy a boat trip? There are "Bateaux Électriques Sur Le Canal Du Centre Historique" just 22 minutes away. An amusement park is 2 minutes away by car :"Bois Du Cazier" "Abbaye D'Aulne" is 11 minutes away by car. The "Ragnies Golf Club" golf is 18 minutes away by car. The museum "Musée Du Verre" can be reached in 2 minutes. The "Domaine Du Château De Seneffe" castle is 20 minutes away by car.
The closest high school is named "Athenee Royal Jules Destree" and is 1 minute' away by car. If you are looking for a nursery, "Fais À Ta Maud" it is 1 minute away by car. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Ecole Fondamentale Libre Protestante Les Perles", 1 minute away by bike.
There are multiple metro lines close by: TEC Charleroi - M3 - Gare Centrale - Gosselies Fbg de Bruxelles (Métro) with a stop 19 minutes away by foot, TEC Charleroi - M1 - Gare Centrale - Anderlues Monument (Métro) with a stop reachable in fewer than 20 minutes as a pedestrian. You can access these bus lines: TEC Charleroi - 21 - Marcinelle (Hublinbu) - Charleroi Gare Centrale with a stop reachable in fewer than 3 minutes as a pedestrian, TEC Charleroi - 1 - Montignies (Place) - Gare Centrale - GB Bomerée, TEC Charleroi - CERI - Cerisiers (Spécial) with a stand 4 minutes’ walk away.
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