You can find a close preschool: "Vrije Basisschool - Sint-Vincentius", in fewer than 2 minutes by car. The closest elementary school is named "Gemeentelijke Basisschool De Schakel" and is 6 minutes' away by car. Lab is the most convieniently located high school: just 6 minutes away by bike. If you are looking for a nursery, "Duimelotje" it is 5 minutes away by car.
You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Kerk St Gillis" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 26 minutes away by bike. The motorway A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) can be reached in 15 minutes. The nearest train station is "Buggenhout": reachable in 4 minutes by car, or 20 minutes by public transport. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("The Lost Mills B&b") is only 9 minutes’ drive away.
Brussels is 32 minutes away by car. It takes about 30 minutes to reach Antwerp with your car. Ghent is 39 minutes away by car. Aalst is only 26 minutes away by car.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Okay Buggenhout" (9 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Ad Sint-Amands" (25 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Aldi St Amands A/D Schelde" (5 minutes by car).
You can access these bus lines: De Lijn - 320 - Belbus Lebbeke - Buggenhout with a stand 2 minutes’ walk away, De Lijn - 252 - Boom - Puurs - Bornem - Dendermonde, De Lijn - 257 - Boom - Bornem - Dendermonde with a stop reachable in fewer than 10 minutes as a pedestrian.
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