In 30 minutes you can reach Brussels. In just 21 minutes by car you can reach Antwerp. Ghent is 54 minutes away by car. Leuven is only 29 minutes away by car.
The A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) motorway is reachable in 4 minutes. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Eva Mechelen I") is only 3 minutes’ drive away. The nearest airport is Brussels Airport and is reachable by car in 19 minutes. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Frans Halsvest" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 8 minutes away by foot. You can find a shared bike station at 12 minutes as a pedestrian: "Blue-Bike - Malines-Nekkerspoel". In fewer than 2 minutes, by car, you can be at "Mechelen-Nekkerspoel / Malines-Nekkerspoel" train station.
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 560 - Mechelen - St-Katelijne-Waver - Beukheuvel - Lier, De Lijn - 561 - Mechelen - St-Katelijne-Waver - Berlaarbaan - Lier, De Lijn - 558 - Mechelen - Waver Scholen with a stop 7 minutes away by foot.
There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Go! Basisschool Lyceum", 2 minutes away by bike. If you are looking for a high school, "Go! Busleyden Atheneum-Campus Caputsteen" it is 6 minutes away by foot. De Sjotterkes is the most convieniently located nursery: just 2 minutes away as a pedestrian.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Carrefour Express Veemarkt" (16 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Spar Express Mechelen" (17 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car), "Lidl Mechelen Nekkerspoelstraat" (17 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car).
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