The motorway A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) can be reached in 3 minutes. A SNCB station ("Malines / Mechelen") is located 4 minutes away by bike, or 2 minutes by car. The nearest airport is Brussels Airport and is reachable by car in 14 minutes. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Stenenmolenstraat" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 1 minute away by bike. The "Blue-Bike - Malines" station allows you to rent a bike at 11 minutes away by foot. In fewer than 1 minute, you can find a charging station ("Renault Autopartners Mechelen") for your electric car.
You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool - Sint-Jozef Coloma", 1 minute away by car. If you are looking for a nursery, "Kinderdagverblijf Dennenstraat" it is 1 minute away by car. Colomaplus 3 is the most convieniently located high school: just 5 minutes away as a pedestrian.
There are a variety of supermarkets nearby: "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" (19 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car).
In just 27 minutes by car you can reach Brussels. Antwerp is only 23 minutes away by car. It takes about 51 minutes to reach Ghent with your car. In 56 minutes you can reach Charleroi.
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 550 - Mechelen Gandhi - Duffel - Lier, De Lijn - 551 - Mechelen Gandhi - Sint-Katelijne-Waver, De Lijn - 552 - Mechelen Gandhi - Elzestraat with a stop reachable in fewer than 1 minute as a pedestrian.
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