For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Trafic Châtelet" (6 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car), "Colruyt Chatelet" (6 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Carrefour Market Mestdagh Chatelet" (9 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car).
The nearest train station is "Châtelet": reachable in 2 minutes by car, or 9 minutes by public transport. The A54 / E420 (Nivelles - Charleroi) motorway is accessible in 7 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 ("Rivage De Boubier") is only 2 minutes’ drive away. 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 74 minutes away by foot. Brussels South Charleroi Airport is 10 minutes’ drive away or reachable by public transport in about 61 minutes.
The closest bus lines are TEC Charleroi - 14 - Charleroi Sud - Bouffioulx - Gilly (Gazomètre), TEC Charleroi - 13 - Presles (Cité Solaire) - Charleroi Sud, TEC Charleroi - 158 - Châtelet - Farciennes - Roselies - Charl (B-Arts) with a stand 4 minutes’ walk away.
The nearest high school is called "Institut Saint-Joseph" and is 7 minutes' walk away. You can find a close nursery: "Les P'Tits Loups", in fewer than 3 minutes by car. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Ecole Fondamentale Annexée René Magritte - Châtelet", 2 minutes away by car.
It takes about 50 minutes to reach Brussels with your car. It will take you 23 minutes to get to Charleroi by bike. Only 27 minutes are needed to reach Namur with your car. In 39 minutes you can reach Mons.
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