In just 28 minutes by car you can reach Brussels. Antwerp is only 19 minutes away by car. In 52 minutes you can reach Ghent. Only 29 minutes are needed to reach Leuven with your car.
The nearest train station is "Mechelen-Nekkerspoel / Malines-Nekkerspoel": reachable in 3 minutes by car, or 23 minutes by public transport. Brussels Airport is 16 minutes’ drive away or reachable by public transport in about 54 minutes. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Brico Mechelen-Noord") is only 1 minute’ drive away. The A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) motorway is accessible in 1 minute and A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) will take 11 minutes. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Begijnenweide" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 8 minutes away by foot. The "Blue-Bike - Malines Veemarkt" station allows you to rent a bike at 22 minutes away by foot.
You can find a convienient high school: "Provinciale Middenschool", 11 minutes away by foot. The closest nursery is named "Kinderdagverblijf Zwaluwstraat" and is 1 minute' away by car. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Go! Basisschool De Baan", 1 minute away by car.
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 6 - Station - Industrie Noord - Tivoli - Station with a stand 4 minutes’ walk away, De Lijn - 500 - Antwerpen - Boom - Rumst - Mechelen, De Lijn - 9 - Station - Tivoli - Industrie Noord - Station with a stop reachable in fewer than 5 minutes as a pedestrian.
There are a variety of supermarkets nearby: "Delhaize Mechelen" (5 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Carrefour Market Mechelen Eikestraat" (11 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Spar Express Mechelen" (13 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
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