It takes about 30 minutes to reach Brussels with your car. In just 23 minutes by car you can reach Antwerp. Only 28 minutes are needed to reach Leuven with your car. Sint-Niklaas is 33 minutes away by car.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Aldi Mechelen" (1 minute by foot or 1 minute by car), "Lidl Mechelen" (6 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Colruyt St-Kat-Waver (Pasbrug)" (9 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car).
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 528 - Mechelen - Peulis - Waver Scholen, De Lijn - 510 - Mechelen - Heist-op-den-Berg - Westerlo - Geel, De Lijn - 511 - Mechelen - Heist-op-den-Berg - Herentals with a stop reachable in fewer than 2 minutes as a pedestrian.
You can find a convienient high school: "De Met", 17 minutes away by foot. The closest nursery is named "De Ravotterkes" and is 1 minute' away by car. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool - School Met De Bijbel - De Wegwijzer", 2 minutes away by bike.
An interesting activity to do in the vicinity: "Centre Sortilège.be" within 20 minutes drive. The museum "Musée Du Design Brussels" can be reached in 23 minutes. Want to play golf? You will find "Golfclub De Wijnvelden" at 6 minutes. "Atomium" is 23 minutes away.
You can find a shared bike station at 17 minutes as a pedestrian: "Blue-Bike - Malines-Nekkerspoel". In fewer than 2 minutes, by car, you can be at "Mechelen-Nekkerspoel / Malines-Nekkerspoel" train station. In fewer than 3 minutes, you can find a charging station ("Utopolis") for your electric car. For holidays or business, you can reach Brussels Airport in fewer than 18 minutes by car. Thanks to the "Cambio - St Libertus" station, you can rent a car when you need one, in fewer than 1 minute with your bike. The A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) motorway is reachable in 6 minutes.
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