For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Carrefour Express Mechelen" (9 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car), "Shop In De Cité" (11 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car), "Smatch Mechelen" (13 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car).
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 561 - Mechelen - St-Katelijne-Waver - Berlaarbaan - Lier, De Lijn - 558 - Mechelen - Waver Scholen, De Lijn - 552 - Mechelen Gandhi - Elzestraat with a stand 2 minutes’ walk away.
If you appreciate the flexibility offered by renting a bike, you can find the "Blue-Bike - Malines" station at just 10 minutes’ walk away. You only need 5 minutes to reach the motorway A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)). The nearest airport is Brussels Airport and is reachable by car in 16 minutes. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Parking Douaneplein") is only 3 minutes’ drive away. The nearest train station is "Mechelen / Malines": reachable in 4 minutes by car, or 10 minutes by public transport. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Raghenoplein" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 2 minutes away by bike.
Brussels is only 29 minutes away by car. In just 24 minutes by car you can reach Antwerp. In 53 minutes you can reach Ghent. Charleroi is 58 minutes away by car.
You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Go! Basisschool De Puzzel", 1 minute away by car. Go! Busleyden Atheneum-Campus Botaniek is the most convieniently located high school: just 2 minutes away by bike. The nearest nursery is called "Dol-Fijn" and is 9 minutes' walk away.
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