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 21 minutes away by bike. In fewer than 2 minutes, you can find a charging station ("Rivage De Boubier") for your electric car. A SNCB station ("Châtelet") is located 3 minutes away by bike, or 2 minutes by car. The A54 / E420 (Nivelles - Charleroi) can be reached in 7 minutes, and the slip road to A15 / E42 (La Louvière - Charleroi - Namur - Liège) is just a 8 minute drive away. Brussels South Charleroi Airport is 10 minutes’ drive away or reachable by public transport in about 60 minutes.
You can find a convienient high school: "Athenee Royal Rene Magritte", 3 minutes away by foot. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Ecole Fondamentale Annexée René Magritte - Châtelet", 1 minute away by bike. If you are looking for a nursery, "La Claire Fontaine" it is 10 minutes away by foot.
There are a variety of supermarkets nearby: "Colruyt Chatelet" (2 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Match Chatelet Perron" (4 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Trafic Châtelet" (5 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car).
It takes about 50 minutes to reach Brussels with your car. In 22 minutes you can reach Charleroi by bike. In just 27 minutes by car you can reach Namur. In 39 minutes you can reach Mons.
The closest bus lines are TEC Charleroi - 18 - Jumet (Dépôt)-Charleroi Sud-Châtelet (Chavepeyer), TEC Charleroi - 14 - Charleroi Sud - Bouffioulx - Gilly (Gazomètre), TEC Charleroi - 156 - Châtelet - Velaine - Tamines - Châtelet - Gilly with a stop reachable in fewer than 3 minutes as a pedestrian.
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