You have the choice between several nearby supermarkets: "Spar Hombeek" (26 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Proxy Leest" (29 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car), "Carrefour Express Oranje Mechelen" (9 minutes by car).
There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool Sint-Niklaas", 9 minutes away by bike. If you are looking for a nursery, "De Man Christa En Emily Vandewalle" it is 5 minutes away by car. Kobos Secundair I is the most convieniently located high school: just 18 minutes away by bike.
Brussels is only 27 minutes away by car. Only 26 minutes are needed to reach Antwerp with your car. Ghent is 51 minutes away by car. In 35 minutes you can reach Leuven.
You can access these bus lines: De Lijn - 288 - Mechelen - Londerzeel with a stand 12 minutes’ walk away, De Lijn - 4 - Station - Battel - Leest with a stop 24 minutes away by foot, De Lijn - 289 - Mechelen - Breendonk with a stop reachable in fewer than 25 minutes as a pedestrian.
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 30 minutes away by foot. In fewer than 5 minutes, by car, you can be at "Kapelle-Op-Den-Bos" train station. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Egide Walschaertsstraat") is only 12 minutes’ drive away. The A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) motorway is accessible in 8 minutes and A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) will take 14 minutes. For holidays or business, you can reach Brussels Airport in fewer than 21 minutes by car.
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