In 30 minutes you can reach Brussels. Only 24 minutes are needed to reach Antwerp with your car. It takes about 52 minutes to reach Ghent with your car. In 33 minutes you can reach Leuven.
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 289 - Mechelen - Breendonk with a stop reachable in fewer than 5 minutes as a pedestrian, De Lijn - 28 - Mechelen - Hombeek with a stop 10 minutes away by foot, De Lijn - 288 - Mechelen - Londerzeel with a stand 15 minutes’ walk away.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Spar Hombeek" (3 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Proxy Leest" (3 minutes by car), "Carrefour Express Oranje Mechelen" (7 minutes by car).
If you are looking for a nursery, "Kinderland Bv" it is 1 minute away by car. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool - Sint-Maartenschool", 2 minutes away by bike. The closest high school is named "Ursulinen Mechelen 1" and is 10 minutes' away by car.
The motorways A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) and A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) can be reached in 10 minutes. Thanks to the "Cambio - Hombeek Gare" station, you can rent a car when you need one, in fewer than 8 minutes walk. Do you need to charge an electric car? The nearest charging station ("Egide Walschaertsstraat") is just 11 minutes away by car. The nearest airport is Brussels Airport and is reachable by car in 20 minutes. In fewer than 11 minutes, by car, you can be at "Mechelen / Malines" train station.
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