You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool - School Met De Bijbel - De Wegwijzer", 1 minute away by car. The closest high school is named "Zalmscholen" and is 3 minutes' away by car. 'T Pandabos is the most convieniently located nursery: just 14 minutes away as a pedestrian.
Brussels is 30 minutes away by car. Only 23 minutes are needed to reach Antwerp with your car. It takes about 54 minutes to reach Ghent with your car. In 59 minutes you can reach Charleroi.
You can access these bus lines: De Lijn - 510 - Mechelen - Heist-op-den-Berg - Westerlo - Geel, De Lijn - 512 - Wiekevorst - Heist-op-den-Berg - Mechelen, De Lijn - 511 - Mechelen - Heist-op-den-Berg - Herentals with a stop reachable in fewer than 4 minutes as a pedestrian.
The motorway A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) can be reached in 6 minutes. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - St Libertus" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 5 minutes away by foot. The "Blue-Bike - Malines-Nekkerspoel" station allows you to rent a bike at 12 minutes away by foot. Brussels Airport is 18 minutes’ drive away or reachable by public transport in about 54 minutes. A SNCB station ("Malines-Nekkerspoel / Mechelen-Nekkerspoel") is located 4 minutes away by bike, or 2 minutes by car. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Utopolis") is only 3 minutes’ drive away.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Lidl Mechelen Nekkerspoelstraat" (1 minute by foot or 1 minute by car), "Colruyt St-Kat-Waver (Pasbrug)" (15 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Carrefour Express Veemarkt" (16 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
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