You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Battel" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 21 minutes away by foot. Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) is 18 minutes’ drive away or reachable by public transport in about 65 minutes. In fewer than 7 minutes, by car, you can be at "Malines-Nekkerspoel / Mechelen-Nekkerspoel" train station. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Wayenborgstraat 12") is only 1 minute’ drive away. The A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) motorway is accessible in 4 minutes and A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) will take 12 minutes.
You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool - De Ark", 5 minutes away by car. If you are looking for a nursery, "Kinderopvang Marmotje" it is 1 minute away by car. Provinciale Middenschool is the most convieniently located high school: just 10 minutes away by bike.
You can access these bus lines: De Lijn - 9 - Station - Tivoli - Industrie Noord - Station, De Lijn - 6 - Station - Industrie Noord - Tivoli - Station with a stop reachable in fewer than 3 minutes as a pedestrian, De Lijn - 4 - Station - Battel - Leest with a stand 21 minutes’ walk away.
In just 29 minutes by car you can reach Brussels. Antwerp is only 21 minutes away by car. Ghent is 53 minutes away by car. In 31 minutes you can reach Leuven.
You have the choice between several nearby supermarkets: "Carrefour Market Mechelen Eikestraat" (5 minutes by car), "Colruyt Mechelen (Liersestw)" (5 minutes by car), "Delhaize Mechelen" (6 minutes by car).
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