For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Spar Express Mechelen" (3 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Louis Delhaize Malines" (8 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Delhaize Mechelen" (8 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
The A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) motorway is accessible in 3 minutes and A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) will take 12 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 1 minute away by bike. You can find a shared bike station at 10 minutes as a pedestrian: "Blue-Bike - Malines Veemarkt". The nearest airport is Brussels Airport and is reachable by car in 18 minutes. In fewer than 2 minutes, by car, you can be at "Mechelen-Nekkerspoel / Malines-Nekkerspoel" train station. In fewer than 2 minutes, you can find a charging station ("Brico Mechelen-Noord") for your electric car.
The nearest nursery is called "Kinderdagverblijf Klein Begijnhof" and is 2 minutes' walk away. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool - De Luchtballon", 2 minutes away by bike. Go! Busleyden Atheneum-Campus Stassart is the most convieniently located high school: just 6 minutes away as a pedestrian.
An amusement park is 23 minutes away by car :"Atomium" An interesting activity to do in the vicinity: "Centre Sortilège.be" within 20 minutes drive. The "Porte De Hal" castle is 30 minutes away by car. The "Golfclub De Wijnvelden" golf course is 9 away. The museum "Musée Du Design Brussels" is nearby (22 minutes drive).
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 508 - Snelbus Aartselaar - Rumst - Mechelen, De Lijn - 500 - Antwerpen - Boom - Rumst - Mechelen with a stand 2 minutes’ walk away, De Lijn - 9 - Station - Tivoli - Industrie Noord - Station with a stop reachable in fewer than 5 minutes as a pedestrian.
Brussels is 30 minutes away by car. Antwerp is only 20 minutes away by car. Only 28 minutes are needed to reach Leuven with your car. It takes about 30 minutes to reach Sint-Niklaas with your car.
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