Brussels is only 29 minutes away by car. Only 24 minutes are needed to reach Antwerp with your car. In just 26 minutes by car you can reach Leuven. In 34 minutes you can reach Sint-Niklaas.
The museum "Musée Du Design Brussels" is nearby (21 minutes drive). "Atomium" is 22 minutes away. The "Golfclub De Wijnvelden" golf course is 9 away. Just 19 minutes away is the "Centre Sortilège.be". You will find the "Porte De Hal" castle just 28 minutes away.
Brussels Airport is 17 minutes’ drive away or reachable by public transport in about 53 minutes. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Arsenaal" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 2 minutes away by bike. The "Blue-Bike - Malines" station allows you to rent a bike at 12 minutes away by foot. You only need 4 minutes to reach the motorway A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)). Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Parking Douaneplein") is only 3 minutes’ drive away. In fewer than 3 minutes, by car, you can be at "Mechelen-Nekkerspoel / Malines-Nekkerspoel" train station.
There are a variety of supermarkets nearby: "Carrefour Express Mechelen" (11 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car), "Aldi Mechelen" (13 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Shop & Go Delhaize In De Cité (Mechelen)" (13 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car).
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 284 - Mechelen - Boortmeerbeek - Leuven, De Lijn - 686 - Mechelen - Kampenhout - Zaventem, De Lijn - 285 - Mechelen - Kampenhout - Leuven with a stand 5 minutes’ walk away.
Dol-Fijn is the most convieniently located nursery: just 11 minutes away as a pedestrian. If you are looking for a high school, "Go! Busleyden Atheneum-Campus Botaniek" it is 2 minutes away by car. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Go! Basisschool De Puzzel", 2 minutes away by car.
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