You have the choice between several nearby supermarkets: "Proxy Leest" (9 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Okay Blaasveld" (6 minutes by car), "Louis Delhaize Blaasveld" (6 minutes by car).
You can access these bus lines: De Lijn - 289 - Mechelen - Breendonk with a stop reachable in fewer than 4 minutes as a pedestrian, De Lijn - 4 - Station - Battel - Leest with a stop 10 minutes away by foot, De Lijn - 286 - Boom - Willebroek -Mechelen with a stand 28 minutes’ walk away.
The nearest airport is Brussels Airport and is reachable by car in 20 minutes. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Wayenborgstraat 12") is only 9 minutes’ drive away. A SNCB station ("Kapelle-Op-Den-Bos") is located 27 minutes away by bike, or 8 minutes by car. The A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) can be reached in 5 minutes, and the slip road to A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) is just a 9 minute drive away. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Battel" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 38 minutes away by foot.
The closest high school is named "Kobos Secundair III" and is 9 minutes' away by car. De Man Christa En Emily Vandewalle is the most convieniently located nursery: just 4 minutes away by bike. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool Sint-Niklaas", 2 minutes away by car.
In just 28 minutes by car you can reach Brussels. Antwerp is only 23 minutes away by car. It takes about 49 minutes to reach Ghent with your car. Leuven is 34 minutes away by car.
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