The motorway A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) can be reached in 2 minutes. For holidays or business, you can reach Brussels Airport in fewer than 13 minutes by car. A SNCB station ("Malines / Mechelen") is located 4 minutes away by bike, or 1 minute by car. 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 6 minutes away by foot. If you appreciate the flexibility offered by renting a bike, you can find the "Blue-Bike - Malines" station at just 15 minutes’ walk away. In fewer than 1 minute, you can find a charging station ("Renault Autopartners Mechelen") for your electric car.
Only 25 minutes are needed to reach Brussels with your car. Antwerp is only 22 minutes away by car. It takes about 49 minutes to reach Ghent with your car. In 54 minutes you can reach Charleroi.
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 280 - Mechelen - Grimbergen Verbrande Brug, De Lijn - 501 - Schoolbus Mechelen - Keerbergen, De Lijn - 683 - Mechelen - Zemst - Vilvoorde - Zaventem with a stop reachable in fewer than 1 minute as a pedestrian.
There are a variety of supermarkets nearby: "Spar Hofstade-Zemst" (12 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Okay Hofstade" (12 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Carrefour Express Mechelen Brusselsepoort" (20 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car).
You can find a convienient nursery: "Malki", 1 minute away by foot. Colomaplus 3 is the most convieniently located high school: just 10 minutes away as a pedestrian. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool - Sint-Jozef Coloma", 1 minute away by car.
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