For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Carrefour Express Merksem Laaglandlaan" (7 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Match Merksem" (7 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Colruyt Merksem (Roosensplein)" (11 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
If you are looking for a nursery, "Het Engeltje 2" it is 1 minute away by car. You can find a close elementary school: "Vrije Lagere School Joma", in fewer than 1 minute by car. Vrije Kleuterschool - Joma is the most convieniently located preschool: just 1 minute away by bike. The closest high school is named "Joma 1" and is 1 minute' away by car.
The A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) and A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) motorways are accessible in 3 minutes. The nearest airport is Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) and is reachable by car in 12 minutes. The "Velo Antwerpen - Frans Adriaenssen / Joma" station allows you to rent a bike at 3 minutes away by foot. A SNCB station ("Antwerpen-Noorderdokken / Anvers-Noorderdokken") is located 12 minutes away by bike, or 3 minutes by car. Do you need to charge an electric car? The nearest charging station ("Victor Roosensplein") is just 2 minutes away by car. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Kroonplein" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 3 minutes away by bike.
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 778 - Zandvliet - Merksem Scholen via Bredabaan, De Lijn - 640 - Loenhout - Wuustwezel - Brasschaat - Antwerpen, De Lijn - 642 - Maria ter Heide - Antwerpen via Miksebaan with a stand 4 minutes’ walk away. The closest tram lines are De Lijn - 2 - Hoboken - P+R Merksem, De Lijn - 3 - P+R Merksem - P+R Melsele with a stop reachable in fewer than 12 minutes as a pedestrian.
Brussels is 41 minutes away by car. In 50 minutes you can reach Ghent. Mechelen is only 24 minutes away by car. Only 27 minutes are needed to reach Sint-Niklaas with your car.
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