You have the choice between several nearby supermarkets: "Spar Hofstade-Zemst" (5 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Okay Hofstade" (6 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Hypermarché Carrefour Zemst" (24 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car).
Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Renault Autopartners Mechelen") is only 2 minutes’ drive away. The motorway A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) can be reached in 3 minutes. The nearest airport is Brussels Airport and is reachable by car in 16 minutes. You can find a shared bike station at 20 minutes as a pedestrian: "Blue-Bike - Malines". You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Abeelstraat" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 3 minutes away by bike. The nearest train station is "Mechelen / Malines": reachable in 3 minutes by car, or 15 minutes by public transport.
Brussels is only 27 minutes away by car. Only 24 minutes are needed to reach Antwerp with your car. It takes about 51 minutes to reach Ghent with your car. In 56 minutes you can reach Charleroi.
There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Go! Basisschool Maurits Sabbe", 2 minutes away by bike. Colomaplus 3 is the most convieniently located high school: just 14 minutes away as a pedestrian. The nearest nursery is called "Kinderdagverblijf Dennenstraat" and is 5 minutes' walk away.
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 552 - Mechelen Gandhi - Elzestraat, De Lijn - 550 - Mechelen Gandhi - Duffel - Lier, De Lijn - 551 - Mechelen Gandhi - Sint-Katelijne-Waver with a stop reachable in fewer than 5 minutes as a pedestrian.
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