Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Wayenborgstraat 12") is only 5 minutes’ drive away. For holidays or business, you can reach Brussels Airport in fewer than 16 minutes by car. 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 3 minutes away by foot. The nearest train station is "Mechelen-Nekkerspoel / Malines-Nekkerspoel": reachable in 6 minutes by car, or 34 minutes by public transport. To reach A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) you only need 2 minutes and A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) is reachable in 10 minutes.
The closest high school is named "Provinciale Middenschool" and is 5 minutes' away by car. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool - De Ark", 1 minute away by bike. Het Elfentuintje is the most convieniently located nursery: just 2 minutes away as a pedestrian.
In just 28 minutes by car you can reach Brussels. Antwerp is only 20 minutes away by car. In 51 minutes you can reach Ghent. Leuven is 30 minutes away by car.
There are a variety of supermarkets nearby: "Carrefour Express Oranje Mechelen" (20 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Delhaize Mechelen" (4 minutes by car), "Bio-Planet Mechelen" (28 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car).
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 4 - Station - Battel - Leest with a stand 1 minute’ walk away, De Lijn - 287 - Boom - Willebroek - Heindonk - Mechelen, De Lijn - 286 - Boom - Willebroek -Mechelen with a stop reachable in fewer than 8 minutes as a pedestrian.
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