Brussels is 30 minutes away by car. Only 21 minutes are needed to reach Antwerp with your car. It takes about 53 minutes to reach Ghent with your car. In just 29 minutes by car you can reach Leuven.
For holidays or business, you can reach Brussels Airport in fewer than 18 minutes by car. Do you need to charge an electric car? The nearest charging station ("Brico Mechelen-Noord") is just 2 minutes away by car. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Ovam Parking" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 2 minutes away by foot. You can find a shared bike station at 9 minutes as a pedestrian: "Blue-Bike - Malines Veemarkt". To reach A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) you only need 3 minutes and A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) is reachable in 13 minutes. In fewer than 3 minutes, by car, you can be at "Mechelen-Nekkerspoel / Malines-Nekkerspoel" train station.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Spar Express Mechelen" (1 minute by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Delhaize Mechelen" (8 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Bio-Planet Mechelen" (14 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car).
The nearest nursery is called "Kinderdagverblijf Klein Begijnhof" and is 1 minute' walk away. Go! Busleyden Atheneum-Campus Stassart is the most convieniently located high school: just 5 minutes away as a pedestrian. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool - De Luchtballon", 2 minutes away by car.
You can access these bus lines: De Lijn - 1 - Mechelen Station - Centrum - Sint-Libertuskerk, De Lijn - 500 - Antwerpen - Boom - Rumst - Mechelen, De Lijn - 508 - Snelbus Aartselaar - Rumst - Mechelen with a stand 4 minutes’ walk away.
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