You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Hombeek Gare" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 2 minutes away by bike. The A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) can be reached in 9 minutes, and the slip road to A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) is just a 16 minute drive away. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Egide Walschaertsstraat") is only 9 minutes’ drive away. The nearest airport is Brussels Airport and is reachable by car in 18 minutes. The nearest train station is "Mechelen / Malines": reachable in 10 minutes by car, or 14 minutes by public transport.
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 288 - Mechelen - Londerzeel with a stand 2 minutes’ walk away, De Lijn - 28 - Mechelen - Hombeek with a stop reachable in fewer than 10 minutes as a pedestrian, De Lijn - 289 - Mechelen - Breendonk with a stop 13 minutes away by foot.
There are a variety of supermarkets nearby: "Spar Hombeek" (15 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Proxy Leest" (5 minutes by car), "Carrefour Express Oranje Mechelen" (9 minutes by car).
Ursulinen Mechelen 1 is the most convieniently located high school: just 12 minutes away by bike. If you are looking for a nursery, "Huizewuizewoutertje" it is 6 minutes away by foot. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Go! Basisschool De Esdoorn", 1 minute away by car.
Brussels is only 28 minutes away by car. Only 26 minutes are needed to reach Antwerp with your car. It takes about 52 minutes to reach Ghent with your car. Leuven is 32 minutes away by car.
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