In just 29 minutes by car you can reach Brussels. Antwerp is only 20 minutes away by car. In 52 minutes you can reach Ghent. In just 28 minutes by car you can reach Leuven.
There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool - De Luchtballon", 7 minutes away by bike. If you are looking for a high school, "Go! Busleyden Atheneum-Campus Stassart" it is 8 minutes away by foot. You can find a convienient nursery: "Kinderdagverblijf Klein Begijnhof", 4 minutes away by foot.
A SNCB station ("Mechelen-Nekkerspoel / Malines-Nekkerspoel") is located 5 minutes away by bike, or 2 minutes by car. 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 2 minutes away by bike. If you appreciate the flexibility offered by renting a bike, you can find the "Blue-Bike - Malines Veemarkt" station at just 12 minutes’ walk away. The nearest airport is Brussels Airport and is reachable by car in 17 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)) can be reached in 2 minutes, and the slip road to A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) is just a 12 minute drive away.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Spar Express Mechelen" (4 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Delhaize Mechelen" (5 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Bio-Planet Mechelen" (12 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
You can access these bus lines: De Lijn - 508 - Snelbus Aartselaar - Rumst - Mechelen, De Lijn - 500 - Antwerpen - Boom - Rumst - Mechelen with a stop 1 minute away by foot, De Lijn - 5 - AZ Sint-Maarten - Station - Geerdegemdries with a stop reachable in fewer than 2 minutes as a pedestrian.
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