In 30 minutes you can reach Brussels. Only 21 minutes are needed to reach Antwerp with your car. It takes about 54 minutes to reach Ghent with your car. Leuven is 30 minutes away by car.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Colruyt Mechelen (Liersestw)" (11 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Carrefour Market Mechelen Eikestraat" (16 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Spar Sint-Katelijne-Waver" (22 minutes by foot or 6 minutes by car).
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 552 - Mechelen Gandhi - Elzestraat with a stand 4 minutes’ walk away, De Lijn - 551 - Mechelen Gandhi - Sint-Katelijne-Waver, De Lijn - 550 - Mechelen Gandhi - Duffel - Lier with a stop reachable in fewer than 12 minutes as a pedestrian.
Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Brico Mechelen-Noord") is only 4 minutes’ drive away. The nearest airport is Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) and is reachable by car in 18 minutes. The A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) can be reached in 3 minutes, and the slip road to A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) is just a 16 minute drive away. Thanks to the "Cambio - Lijsterstraat" station, you can rent a car when you need one, in fewer than 15 minutes walk. If you appreciate the flexibility offered by renting a bike, you can find the "Blue-Bike - Malines-Nekkerspoel" station at just 24 minutes’ walk away. The nearest train station is "Malines-Nekkerspoel / Mechelen-Nekkerspoel": reachable in 4 minutes by car, or 31 minutes by public transport.
You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Go! Freinetschool Villa Zonnebloem", 2 minutes away by car. If you are looking for a nursery, "Sterrenkind" it is 3 minutes away by car. Go! Busleyden Atheneum-Campus Caputsteen is the most convieniently located high school: just 18 minutes away as a pedestrian.
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