Brussels is only 26 minutes away by car. Only 22 minutes are needed to reach Antwerp with your car. It takes about 50 minutes to reach Ghent with your car. In 55 minutes you can reach Charleroi.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Spar Hofstade-Zemst" (13 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Okay Hofstade" (13 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Carrefour Express Mechelen Brusselsepoort" (20 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car).
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 683 - Mechelen - Zemst - Vilvoorde - Zaventem, De Lijn - 501 - Schoolbus Mechelen - Keerbergen, De Lijn - 280 - Mechelen - Grimbergen Verbrande Brug with a stop reachable in fewer than 1 minute as a pedestrian.
Malki is the most convieniently located nursery: just 1 minute away as a pedestrian. You can find a close high school: "Colomaplus 3", in fewer than 1 minute by car. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool - Sint-Jozef Coloma", 2 minutes away by bike.
The "Blue-Bike - Malines" station allows you to rent a bike at 15 minutes away by foot. You only need 2 minutes to reach the motorway A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)). Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Renault Autopartners Mechelen") is only 1 minute’ drive away. For holidays or business, you can reach Brussels Airport in fewer than 14 minutes by car. In fewer than 2 minutes, by car, you can be at "Mechelen / Malines" train station. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Stenenmolenstraat" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 1 minute away by bike.
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