You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Tumelaire" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 10 minutes away by bike. For holidays or business, you can reach Brussels South Charleroi Airport in fewer than 5 minutes by car. The A54 / E420 (Nivelles - Charleroi) motorway is accessible in 2 minutes and A15 / E42 (La Louvière - Charleroi - Namur - Liège) will take 8 minutes. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Parking Rive Gauche Charleroi") is only 6 minutes’ drive away. The nearest train station is "Lodelinsart": reachable in 2 minutes by car, or 12 minutes by public transport.
The closest bus lines are TEC Charleroi - 28 - Châtelineau (SNCB) - Jumet (Madeleine), TEC Charleroi - 29 - Châtelineau (SNCB) - Gosselies (Athénée), TEC Charleroi - 172 - Châtelet (Justice) - March.-au-Pont (De Cartier) with a stop 1 minute away by foot. There are multiple metro lines close by: TEC Charleroi - M4 - Charleroi Sud - Gilly Soleilmont (Métro) with a stand 12 minutes’ walk away, TEC Charleroi - M3 - Charleroi Sud - Gosselies Fbg de Bruxelles (Métro) with a stop reachable in fewer than 26 minutes as a pedestrian.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Lidl Gilly - Avenue Caporal Alain Debatty" (3 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Carrefour Market Gilly" (10 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Intermarché Gilly" (10 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car).
You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Ecole Communale Des Haies", 1 minute away by car. C. V. is the most convieniently located nursery: just 10 minutes away as a pedestrian. Lycee Mixte Francois De Sales is the most convieniently located high school: just 1 minute away by bike.
Brussels is 45 minutes away by car. It will take you 10 minutes to get to Charleroi by bike. Namur is only 26 minutes away by car. It takes about 35 minutes to reach Mons with your car.
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