You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Rooibos" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 1 minute away by bike. In fewer than 5 minutes, by car, you can be at "Hoboken-Polder" train station. The A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) can be reached in 2 minutes, and the slip road to A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) is just a 5 minute drive away. The nearest airport is Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) and is reachable by car in 11 minutes. If you appreciate the flexibility offered by renting a bike, you can find the "Velo Antwerpen - Marmotteke" station at just 3 minutes’ walk away. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Valkenveld") is only 3 minutes’ drive away.
Don Bosco Technisch Instituut is the most convieniently located high school: just 14 minutes away as a pedestrian. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool - Johannesschool", 1 minute away by car. You can find a convienient nursery: "'T Valaartuintje", 5 minutes away by foot.
Brussels is 32 minutes away by car. It takes about 44 minutes to reach Ghent with your car. Only 17 minutes are needed to reach Mechelen with your car. In just 21 minutes by car you can reach Sint-Niklaas.
You can access these tram lines: De Lijn - 2 - Hoboken - P+R Merksem with a stop 11 minutes away by foot, De Lijn - 10 - Wijnegem - P+R Schoonselhof with a stand 12 minutes’ walk away. The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 33 - Hoboken - Wilrijk - Merksem - Ekeren, De Lijn - 22 - UZA - Valaar - Groenplaats with a stop reachable in fewer than 4 minutes as a pedestrian, De Lijn - 141 - Hoboken - Wilrijk - UZA - Mortsel - Wijnegem with a stop 9 minutes away by foot.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Carrefour Market Wilrijk (Valaar)" (6 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Delhaize Wilrijk" (9 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Lidl Wilrijk" (13 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
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