Brussels is only 29 minutes away by car. In just 20 minutes by car you can reach Antwerp. Ghent is 53 minutes away by car. It takes about 30 minutes to reach Leuven with your 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 stand 3 minutes’ walk away, De Lijn - 552 - Mechelen Gandhi - Elzestraat with a stop reachable in fewer than 5 minutes as a pedestrian.
The A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) motorway is accessible in 2 minutes and A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) will take 12 minutes. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Lijsterstraat" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 1 minute away by bike. Brussels Airport is 17 minutes’ drive away or reachable by public transport in about 54 minutes. In fewer than 2 minutes, you can find a charging station ("Brico Mechelen-Noord") for your electric car. The nearest train station is "Malines-Nekkerspoel / Mechelen-Nekkerspoel": reachable in 4 minutes by car, or 21 minutes by public transport. You can find a shared bike station at 23 minutes as a pedestrian: "Blue-Bike - Malines Veemarkt".
There are a variety of supermarkets nearby: "Carrefour Market Mechelen Eikestraat" (4 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Colruyt Mechelen (Liersestw)" (6 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Delhaize Mechelen" (10 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car).
You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Go! Freinetschool Villa Zonnebloem", 2 minutes away by car. You can find a convienient high school: "Provinciale Middenschool", 6 minutes away by foot. If you are looking for a nursery, "Kinderdagverblijf Zwaluwstraat" it is 2 minutes away by foot.
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