In just 29 minutes by car you can reach Brussels. Antwerp is only 19 minutes away by car. It takes about 53 minutes to reach Ghent with your car. In 30 minutes you can reach Leuven.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Carrefour Market Mechelen Eikestraat" (8 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Colruyt Mechelen (Liersestw)" (13 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Delhaize Mechelen" (17 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
You can find a convienient nursery: "Kinderdagverblijf Zwaluwstraat", 9 minutes away by foot. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Go! Basisschool De Baan", 1 minute away by bike. Provinciale Middenschool is the most convieniently located high school: just 5 minutes away as a pedestrian.
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 2 - AZ Sint-Maarten - Station - Vrijbroekpark, De Lijn - 5 - AZ Sint-Maarten - Station - Geerdegemdries with a stop reachable in fewer than 1 minute as a pedestrian, De Lijn - 500 - Antwerpen - Boom - Rumst - Mechelen with a stop 5 minutes away by foot.
The nearest airport is Brussels Airport and is reachable by car in 17 minutes. In fewer than 4 minutes, by car, you can be at "Mechelen-Nekkerspoel / Malines-Nekkerspoel" train station. About 2 minutes bike away, you will find the "Cambio - Kreitenborg" station. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Brico Mechelen-Noord") is only 3 minutes’ drive away. The A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) can be reached in 4 minutes, and the slip road to A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) is just a 12 minute drive away.
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