Antwerp is 35 minutes away by car. It takes about 39 minutes to reach Ghent with your car. In 48 minutes you can reach Charleroi. It takes about 30 minutes to reach Leuven with your car.
The A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) can be reached in 6 minutes, and the slip road to R0 (Brussels ring) is just a 7 minute drive away. If you appreciate the flexibility offered by renting a bike, you can find the "Villo - Place Bockstael/Bockstaelplaats" station at just 5 minutes’ walk away. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Bockstael" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 2 minutes away by bike. The nearest train station is "Bockstael": reachable in 2 minutes by car, or 9 minutes by public transport. For holidays or business, you can reach Brussels Airport in fewer than 16 minutes by car. Do you need to charge an electric car? The nearest charging station ("Rue Claessens - Claessensstraat") is just 4 minutes away by car.
You can find a close nursery: "Léopold Ier", in fewer than 1 minute by car. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Hoofdstedelijke Basisschool De Droomboom", 1 minute away by bike. You can find a convienient high school: "Institut Notre-Dame De Lourdes", 5 minutes away by foot.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Proxy Bockstael" (5 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Carrefour Express Rue Marie-Christin" (6 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Lidl Laken 2" (8 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
The closest tram lines are STIB/MIVB - 93 - STADE - LEGRAND with a stand 3 minutes’ walk away, STIB/MIVB - 51 - STADE - VAN HAELEN with a stop 12 minutes away by foot. There are multiple metro lines close by: STIB/MIVB - 6 - ROI BAUDOUIN - ELISABETH with a stand 7 minutes’ walk away, STIB/MIVB - 2 - SIMONIS - ELISABETH with a stop 23 minutes away by foot. You can access these bus lines: STIB/MIVB - 88 - DE BROUCKERE - UZ-VUB, STIB/MIVB - 53 - WESTLAND SHOPPING - HOPITAL MILITAIRE with a stop reachable in fewer than 4 minutes as a pedestrian, De Lijn - 251 - Brussel - Steenhuffel - Londerzeel - Malderen with a stop 6 minutes away by foot.
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