Only 28 minutes are needed to reach Brussels with your car. In just 20 minutes by car you can reach Antwerp. In 51 minutes you can reach Ghent. Leuven is only 28 minutes away by car.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Carrefour Express Oranje Mechelen" (1 minute by foot or 1 minute by car), "Bio-Planet Mechelen" (8 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Delhaize Mechelen" (21 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car).
You can find a shared bike station at 26 minutes as a pedestrian: "Blue-Bike - Malines Veemarkt". In fewer than 4 minutes, by car, you can be at "Mechelen-Nekkerspoel / Malines-Nekkerspoel" train station. The A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) can be reached in 3 minutes, and the slip road to A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) is just a 10 minute drive away. In fewer than 2 minutes, you can find a charging station ("Brico Mechelen-Noord") for your electric car. Brussels Airport is 16 minutes’ drive away or reachable by public transport in about 54 minutes. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Winketkaai" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 10 minutes away by foot.
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 4 - Station - Battel - Leest, De Lijn - 286 - Boom - Willebroek -Mechelen, De Lijn - 287 - Boom - Willebroek - Heindonk - Mechelen with a stop 2 minutes away by foot.
You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Go! Basisschool De Spreeuwen", 1 minute away by car. You can find a convienient high school: "Sint-Ursula-Instituut 3", 18 minutes away by foot. If you are looking for a nursery, "'T Spreeuwennestje" it is 3 minutes away by foot.
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