You have the choice between several nearby supermarkets: "Carrefour Express Machelen" (2 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Albert Heijn - Vilvoorde" (14 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Colruyt Vilvoorde (Schaarbeeklei)" (21 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car).
Antwerp is 30 minutes away by car. It takes about 44 minutes to reach Ghent with your car. In 47 minutes you can reach Charleroi. Liège is 56 minutes away by car.
Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Total Vilvoorde") is only 2 minutes’ drive away. A SNCB station ("Vilvoorde / Vilvorde") is located 8 minutes away by bike, or 3 minutes by car. The motorways A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) and R0 (Brussels ring) can be reached in 3 minutes. You can find a shared bike station at 24 minutes as a pedestrian: "Blue-Bike - Vilvoorde". You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Woluwestraat" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 5 minutes away by foot. The nearest airport is Brussels Airport and is reachable by car in 7 minutes.
You can access these bus lines: STIB/MIVB - 65 - GARE CENTRALE - MACHELEN, De Lijn - 282 - Mechelen - Zaventem with a stop reachable in fewer than 1 minute as a pedestrian, De Lijn - 222 - Vilvoorde - Diegem Lo - Zaventem with a stop 6 minutes away by foot.
You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool - De Windroos", 1 minute away by car. De Madieliefjes is the most convieniently located nursery: just 5 minutes away as a pedestrian. The closest high school is named "Go! Atheneum Vilvoorde" and is 3 minutes' away by car.
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