Brussels is only 29 minutes away by car. Only 19 minutes are needed to reach Antwerp with your car. It takes about 53 minutes to reach Ghent with your car. In 30 minutes you can reach Leuven.
You have the choice between several nearby supermarkets: "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 access these bus lines: De Lijn - 2 - AZ Sint-Maarten - Station - Vrijbroekpark, De Lijn - 5 - AZ Sint-Maarten - Station - Geerdegemdries with a stop 1 minute away by foot, De Lijn - 500 - Antwerpen - Boom - Rumst - Mechelen with a stand 5 minutes’ walk away.
The nearest airport is Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) and is reachable by car in 16 minutes. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Kreitenborg" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 2 minutes away by bike. Do you need to charge an electric car? The nearest charging station ("Brico Mechelen-Noord") is just 3 minutes away by car. 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. In fewer than 4 minutes, by car, you can be at "Mechelen-Nekkerspoel / Malines-Nekkerspoel" train station.
You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Go! Basisschool De Baan", 1 minute away by car. The closest nursery is named "Kinderdagverblijf Zwaluwstraat" and is 2 minutes' away by car. If you are looking for a high school, "Provinciale Middenschool" it is 5 minutes away by foot.
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