Brussels is only 27 minutes away by car. Only 22 minutes are needed to reach Antwerp with your car. In 51 minutes you can reach Ghent. Charleroi is 56 minutes away by car.
Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Technopolis") is only 2 minutes’ drive away. If you appreciate the flexibility offered by renting a bike, you can find the "Blue-Bike - Malines" station at just 6 minutes’ walk away. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Van Benedenlaan" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 2 minutes away by bike. For holidays or business, you can reach Brussels Airport in fewer than 16 minutes by car. In fewer than 3 minutes, by car, you can be at "Mechelen / Malines" train station. The A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) motorway is reachable in 3 minutes.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Spar Mechelen" (11 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Carrefour Express Mechelen Brusselsepoort" (6 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Shop In De Cité" (11 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car).
You can find a convienient high school: "Go! Busleyden Atheneum-Campus Caputsteen", 7 minutes away by foot. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool - De Parel", 4 minutes away by bike. If you are looking for a nursery, "Het Perronneke" it is 4 minutes away by foot.
You can access these bus lines: De Lijn - 280 - Mechelen - Grimbergen Verbrande Brug, De Lijn - 283 - Mechelen - Zemst - Weerde, De Lijn - 282 - Mechelen - Zaventem with a stand 2 minutes’ walk away.
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