For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Hypermarché Carrefour Oostakker" (14 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Okay Oostakker" (26 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car), "Louis Delhaize Sint-Amandsberg (Texaco)" (20 minutes by foot or 3 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. The A14 / E17 (Antwerpen - Sint-Niklaas - Gent - Kortrijk - (Lille, France)) can be reached in 4 minutes, and the slip road to A10 / E40 (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende) is just a 11 minute drive away. In fewer than 9 minutes, by car, you can be at "Wondelgem" train station. About 31 minutes walk away, you will find the "Cambio - Zone Westveld" station.
The nearest high school is called "Edugo Campus De Brug 2" and is 6 minutes' walk away. Vrije Lagere School Slotendries is the most convieniently located elementary school: just 14 minutes away as a pedestrian. You can find a close preschool: "Vrije Kleuterschool - Edugo Lourdes - Meerhout", in fewer than 1 minute by car. If you are looking for a nursery, "Partena Kinderopvang - Onderonsje" it is 4 minutes away by foot.
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 39 - Blaarmeersen-Oostakker Dorp, De Lijn - 930 - Minder Mobielen Gent with a stop reachable in fewer than 4 minutes as a pedestrian, De Lijn - 73 - Gent - Oostakker - Zelzate/Wachtebeke Overslag with a stop 6 minutes away by foot.
In 42 minutes you can reach Brussels. Antwerp is 39 minutes away by car. It takes approximately 23 minutes to reach Ghent with your bike. It takes about 41 minutes to reach Bruges with your car.
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