Brussels is 30 minutes away by car. It takes about 48 minutes to reach Antwerp with your car. In 57 minutes you can reach Ghent. In just 28 minutes by car you can reach Charleroi.
The nearest airport is Brussels South Charleroi Airport and is reachable by car in 25 minutes. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Chaussée De Charleroi") is only 4 minutes’ drive away. The R0 (Brussels ring) can be reached in 2 minutes, and the slip road to A7 / E19 - E42 (Halle - Nivelles - Mons - (Valenciennes, France)) is just a 13 minute drive away. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Abbé Michel" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 122 minutes away by foot. In fewer than 7 minutes, by car, you can be at "Eigenbrakel / Braine-L'Alleud" train station.
The closest bus lines are TEC Brabant Wallon - 36 - Braine-l'Alleud - Wavre, TEC Brabant Wallon - 126 - Lasne - Argentueil (Berlaymont) with a stop reachable in fewer than 3 minutes as a pedestrian, TEC Charleroi - 365a - Bruxelles - Jumet (Madeleine) with a stand 5 minutes’ walk away.
You have the choice between several nearby supermarkets: "Ad Merbraine" (4 minutes by car), "Hypermarché Carrefour Mont St Jean" (3 minutes by car), "Colruyt Waterloo" (4 minutes by car).
The closest high school is named "Institut D'Enseignement Cardinal Mercier" and is 7 minutes' away by car. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Ecole Communale De Plancenoit", 6 minutes away by bike. You can find a close nursery: "Thi Nguyen", in fewer than 2 minutes by car.
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