You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Zone Westveld" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 19 minutes away by foot. The A14 / E17 (Antwerpen - Sint-Niklaas - Gent - Kortrijk - (Lille, France)) can be reached in 3 minutes, and the slip road to A10 / E40 (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende) is just a 10 minute drive away. In fewer than 2 minutes, you can find a charging station ("Tc De Krijte") for your electric car. The nearest train station is "Gent-Dampoort / Gand-Dampoort": reachable in 5 minutes by car, or 36 minutes by public transport.
In 40 minutes you can reach Brussels. It takes about 38 minutes to reach Antwerp with your car. Ghent is only 12 minutes away by car. In 40 minutes you can reach Bruges.
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 76 - De Pinte - Gent - Lochristi - Wachtebeke, De Lijn - 930 - Minder Mobielen Gent, De Lijn - 77 - Deinze - Gent - Lochristi - Beervelde with a stop reachable in fewer than 2 minutes as a pedestrian.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Hypermarché Carrefour Oostakker" (9 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Louis Delhaize Sint-Amandsberg (Texaco)" (9 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Proxy St-Amandsberg" (4 minutes by car).
Edugo Campus De Toren is the most convieniently located high school: just 5 minutes away by bike. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool - Sint-Janscollege - Oude Bareel", 2 minutes away by bike. 'T Bareeltje is the most convieniently located nursery: just 6 minutes away as a pedestrian.
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