Brussels is 41 minutes away by car. It takes about 39 minutes to reach Antwerp with your car. Ghent is only 13 minutes away by car. In 41 minutes you can reach Bruges.
The A14 / E17 (Antwerpen - Sint-Niklaas - Gent - Kortrijk - (Lille, France)) motorway is accessible in 4 minutes and A10 / E40 (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende) will take 11 minutes. A SNCB station ("Gent-Dampoort / Gand-Dampoort") is located 15 minutes away by bike, or 6 minutes by car. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Tc De Krijte") is only 1 minute’ drive away. Thanks to the "Cambio - Zone Westveld" station, you can rent a car when you need one, in fewer than 29 minutes walk.
You can find a close elementary school: "Vrije Lagere School Slotendries", in fewer than 2 minutes by car. The nearest nursery is called "Okidoki 3" and is 8 minutes' walk away. Vrije Kleuterschool - Edugo Lourdes - Meerhout is the most convieniently located preschool: just 3 minutes away by bike. If you are looking for a high school, "Edugo Campus De Toren" it is 9 minutes away by foot.
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 39 - Blaarmeersen-Oostakker Dorp with a stop reachable in fewer than 4 minutes as a pedestrian, De Lijn - 74 - Gent - Zaffelare - Lokeren, De Lijn - 73 - Gent - Oostakker - Zelzate/Wachtebeke Overslag with a stop 7 minutes away by foot.
There are a variety of supermarkets nearby: "Hypermarché Carrefour Oostakker" (12 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Okay Oostakker" (27 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Louis Delhaize Sint-Amandsberg (Texaco)" (19 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car).
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