For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Proxy Dorp" (25 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Aldi Erpe-Mere" (4 minutes by car), "Okay Nieuwerkerken" (29 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car).
Only 26 minutes are needed to reach Brussels with your car. Antwerp is 49 minutes away by car. In just 23 minutes by car you can reach Ghent. It takes about 55 minutes to reach Charleroi with your car.
If you are looking for a high school, "Sint-Jozefschool" it is 4 minutes away by car. The closest elementary school is named "Vrije Basisschool - Sint-Jozef" and is 3 minutes' away by car. Stedelijke Basisschool - Notelaar is the most convieniently located preschool: just 3 minutes away as a pedestrian. You can find a close nursery: "De Cocon", in fewer than 1 minute by car.
Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Renault Valckenier") is only 5 minutes’ drive away. The motorway A10 / E40 (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende) can be reached in 4 minutes. The nearest train station is "Ede": reachable in 2 minutes by car, or 17 minutes by public transport. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Weggevoerden" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 54 minutes away by foot.
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 3 - Aalst Oude Abdijstraat - Station - Nieuwerkerken with a stop reachable in fewer than 2 minutes as a pedestrian, De Lijn - 84 - Aalst - Mere - Burst - Heldergem, De Lijn - 385 - Belbus Lede - Erpe-Mere with a stand 5 minutes’ walk away.
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