You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Leliestraat" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 3 minutes away by foot. Do you need to charge an electric car? The nearest charging station ("Renault Autopartners Mechelen") is just 2 minutes away by car. The "Blue-Bike - Malines" station allows you to rent a bike at 14 minutes away by foot. A SNCB station ("Malines / Mechelen") is located 4 minutes away by bike, or 3 minutes by car. Brussels Airport is 15 minutes’ drive away or reachable by public transport in about 54 minutes. You only need 4 minutes to reach the motorway A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)).
If you are looking for a high school, "Colomaplus 3" it is 8 minutes away by foot. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool - Sint-Jozef Coloma", 2 minutes away by car. If you are looking for a nursery, "Kinderdagverblijf Dennenstraat" it is 2 minutes away by car.
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 550 - Mechelen Gandhi - Duffel - Lier, De Lijn - 552 - Mechelen Gandhi - Elzestraat, De Lijn - 551 - Mechelen Gandhi - Sint-Katelijne-Waver with a stop reachable in fewer than 3 minutes as a pedestrian.
In just 28 minutes by car you can reach Brussels. Antwerp is only 24 minutes away by car. It takes about 52 minutes to reach Ghent with your car. In 57 minutes you can reach Charleroi.
You have the choice between several nearby supermarkets: "Spar Hofstade-Zemst" (8 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Okay Hofstade" (8 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Carrefour Express Mechelen Brusselsepoort" (22 minutes by foot or 5 minutes by car).
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