For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Carrefour Market Kapellen" (11 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Proxy Hoevenen" (27 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car), "Louis Delhaize Ekeren-Texaco" (5 minutes by car).
You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Ekeren Gare" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 57 minutes away by foot. In fewer than 1 minute, you can find a charging station ("Gemeentelijk Sportcentrum Kapellen") for your electric car. The A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) can be reached in 5 minutes, and the slip road to A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) is just a 7 minute drive away. The nearest airport is Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) and is reachable by car in 18 minutes. In fewer than 2 minutes, by car, you can be at "Kapellen" train station.
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 659 - Ekeren-Donk - Kapellen - Wuustwezel - Hoogstraten, De Lijn - 676 - Essen - Kalmthout - Kapellen, De Lijn - 670 - Essen - Kapellen - Merksem with a stop reachable in fewer than 4 minutes as a pedestrian.
It takes about 47 minutes to reach Brussels with your car. Antwerp is only 16 minutes away by car. In 52 minutes you can reach Ghent. Sint-Niklaas is 32 minutes away by car.
You can find a convienient nursery: "Tierlantijn Kapellen", 7 minutes away by foot. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Vbs Klavertjevier", 2 minutes away by bike. If you are looking for a high school, "Go! Technisch Atheneum Kapellen" it is 3 minutes away by foot.
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