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 19 minutes away by bike. Brussels South Charleroi Airport is 10 minutes’ drive away or reachable by public transport in about 52 minutes. A SNCB station ("Châtelet") is located 4 minutes away by bike, or 2 minutes by car. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Rivage De Boubier") is only 3 minutes’ drive away. The A54 / E420 (Nivelles - Charleroi) can be reached in 6 minutes, and the slip road to A15 / E42 (La Louvière - Charleroi - Namur - Liège) is just a 8 minute drive away.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Carrefour Market Chatelineau" (4 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Colruyt Chatelet" (10 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Match Chatelet Perron" (11 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
The closest bus lines are TEC Charleroi - 158 - Châtelet - Farciennes - Roselies - Charl (B-Arts), TEC Charleroi - 156 - Châtelet - Velaine - Tamines - Châtelet - Gilly, TEC Charleroi - 17 - Fleurus - Wanfercée-Baulet - Gilly - Châtelet with a stand 4 minutes’ walk away.
You can find a convienient high school: "College Saint Pie X", 1 minute away by foot. You can find a close nursery: "Les P'Tits Loups", in fewer than 2 minutes by car. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Ecole Fondamentale Libre Sainte-Marie", 1 minute away by car.
It takes about 50 minutes to reach Brussels with your car. In 21 minutes you can reach Charleroi by bike. In just 26 minutes by car you can reach Namur. In 39 minutes you can reach Mons.
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