For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Proxy Leest" (21 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Carrefour Express Oranje Mechelen" (26 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Spar Hombeek" (5 minutes by car).
In just 27 minutes by car you can reach Brussels. Only 19 minutes are needed to reach Antwerp with your car. In 50 minutes you can reach Ghent. It takes about 30 minutes to reach Leuven with your car.
If you are looking for a high school, "Provinciale Middenschool" it is 5 minutes away by car. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool - De Ark", 3 minutes away by bike. If you are looking for a nursery, "Juul & Juliette" it is 6 minutes away by foot.
You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Battel" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 3 minutes away by bike. To reach A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) you only need 1 minute and A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) is reachable in 9 minutes. In fewer than 5 minutes, you can find a charging station ("Wayenborgstraat 12") for your electric car. Brussels Airport is 15 minutes’ drive away or reachable by public transport in about 54 minutes. In fewer than 5 minutes, by car, you can be at "Mechelen-Nekkerspoel / Malines-Nekkerspoel" train station.
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 4 - Station - Battel - Leest with a stop 3 minutes away by foot, De Lijn - 287 - Boom - Willebroek - Heindonk - Mechelen, De Lijn - 286 - Boom - Willebroek -Mechelen with a stand 7 minutes’ walk away.
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