In 46 minutes you can reach Brussels. Antwerp is only 17 minutes away by car. Ghent is 56 minutes away by car. It takes about 30 minutes to reach Mechelen with your car.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Colruyt Schoten" (26 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Carrefour Market Schoten Zaatstraat" (5 minutes by car), "Shop & Go Villerslei" (5 minutes by car).
Do you need to charge an electric car? The nearest charging station ("Motorhome Parking Sportoase Elshout") is just 4 minutes away by car. A SNCB station ("Ekeren") is located 40 minutes away by bike, or 11 minutes by car. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Victor Roosens" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 21 minutes away by bike. Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) is 16 minutes’ drive away or reachable by public transport in about 55 minutes. The A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) can be reached in 8 minutes, and the slip road to A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) is just a 10 minute drive away.
Vrije Basisschool - Sint-Ludgardis Schoten is the most convieniently located elementary school: just 30 minutes away as a pedestrian. If you are looking for a preschool, "Vrije Basisschool 1 - Bloemendaal" it is 3 minutes away by car. The nearest nursery is called "De Vlindertjes Van Elshout" and is 7 minutes' walk away. You can find a close high school: "Go! Atheneum Schoten", in fewer than 3 minutes by car.
You can access these bus lines: De Lijn - 602 - Meersel-Dreef - Hoogstraten - Antwerpen, De Lijn - 600 - Meersel-Dreef - Hoogstraten - Antwerpen, De Lijn - 780 - Zandvliet - Kapellen - Brasschaat - Wijnegem with a stop 7 minutes away by foot.
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