A SNCB station ("Boom") is located 5 minutes away by bike, or 2 minutes by car. Thanks to the "Cambio - Battel" station, you can rent a car when you need one, in fewer than 127 minutes walk. The nearest airport is Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) and is reachable by car in 19 minutes. The A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) motorway is accessible in 4 minutes and A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) will take 10 minutes. Do you need to charge an electric car? The nearest charging station ("Hoofd") is just 5 minutes away by car.
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 287 - Boom - Willebroek - Heindonk - Mechelen, De Lijn - 182 - Groenplaats - Aartselaar - Boom, De Lijn - 286 - Boom - Willebroek -Mechelen with a stop reachable in fewer than 6 minutes as a pedestrian.
In just 26 minutes by car you can reach Brussels. Antwerp is only 19 minutes away by car. Ghent is 45 minutes away by car. Only 18 minutes are needed to reach Mechelen with your car.
The nearest high school is called "Onze-Lieve-Vrouwinstituut Bovenbouw Tso-Bso" and is 17 minutes' walk away. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Go! Basisschool De Hoeksteen", 3 minutes away by car. If you are looking for a nursery, "Troetelboom" it is 4 minutes away by car.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Shop & Go Schutterlaan" (11 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Colruyt Boom" (14 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Spar Express Boom" (17 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car).
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