For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Spar Mechelen" (10 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Carrefour Express Mechelen Brusselsepoort" (17 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Okay Hofstade" (21 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car).
The nearest train station is "Mechelen / Malines": reachable in 1 minute by car, or 6 minutes by public transport. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Kruisbaan" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 3 minutes away by foot. The motorway A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) can be reached in 2 minutes. The nearest airport is Brussels Airport and is reachable by car in 14 minutes. If you appreciate the flexibility offered by renting a bike, you can find the "Blue-Bike - Malines" station at just 15 minutes’ walk away. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Renault Autopartners Mechelen") is only 1 minute’ drive away.
Patapoef is the most convieniently located nursery: just 2 minutes away by bike. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Go! Basisschool De Vlindertuin", 1 minute away by bike. You can find a convienient high school: "Colomaplus 3", 14 minutes away by foot.
Only 26 minutes are needed to reach Brussels with your car. In just 22 minutes by car you can reach Antwerp. It takes about 50 minutes to reach Ghent with your car. In 55 minutes you can reach Charleroi.
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 5 - AZ Sint-Maarten - Station - Geerdegemdries with a stop 2 minutes away by foot, De Lijn - 282 - Mechelen - Zaventem, De Lijn - 682 - Mechelen - Zemst - Weerde - Perk - Zaventem with a stand 5 minutes’ walk away.
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