It takes about 46 minutes to reach Antwerp with your car. Ghent is only 26 minutes away by car. In 40 minutes you can reach Bruges. It takes about 36 minutes to reach Sint-Niklaas with your car.
You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Sloebertuin" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 111 minutes away by foot. The nearest train station is "Sleidinge": reachable in 14 minutes by car, or 60 minutes by public transport. Do you need to charge an electric car? The nearest charging station ("Av Mekaniek") is just 15 minutes away by car. The A11 / E34 (Antwerpen - Zelzate) motorway is reachable in 13 minutes.
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 56 - Evergem - Ertvelde - Zelzate, De Lijn - 150 - Belbus Evergem with a stop reachable in fewer than 8 minutes as a pedestrian, De Lijn - 195 - Belbus Meetjesland with a stop 9 minutes away by foot.
If you are looking for a preschool, "Vrije Basisschool De Schatkist - Ertvelde" it is 19 minutes away by foot. You can find a convienient nursery: "De Babyklas", 26 minutes away by foot. The closest high school is named "Go! Muda Kunstsecundair" and is 16 minutes' away by car. If you are looking for a elementary school, "Vrije Basisschool De Kameleon" it is 7 minutes away by car.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Okay Ertvelde" (10 minutes by car), "Louis Delhaize Ertvelde" (11 minutes by car), "Carrefour Market Ertvelde" (11 minutes by car).
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