You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool - Heilige-Familie", 1 minute away by car. The nearest nursery is called "Elfenland" and is 4 minutes' walk away. The closest high school is named "Go! Atheneum Schoten" and is 2 minutes' away by car.
For holidays or business, you can reach Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) in fewer than 13 minutes by car. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Wim Saerens" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 49 minutes away by foot. Do you need to charge an electric car? The nearest charging station ("Gasketelplein Schoten") is just 2 minutes away by car. The A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) motorway is accessible in 6 minutes and A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège) will take 7 minutes. The nearest train station is "Antwerpen-Noorderdokken / Anvers-Noorderdokken": reachable in 10 minutes by car, or 54 minutes by public transport.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Shop & Go Villerslei" (4 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Carrefour Market Schoten Zaatstraat" (8 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Colruyt Schoten" (19 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car).
In 44 minutes you can reach Brussels. It will take you 35 minutes to get to Antwerp by bike. Ghent is 53 minutes away by car. Mechelen is only 27 minutes away by car.
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 610 - Antwerpen - Oelegem with a stand 4 minutes’ walk away, De Lijn - 780 - Zandvliet - Kapellen - Brasschaat - Wijnegem, De Lijn - 620 - Meerle - Hoogstraten-Antwerpen via Schoten Centrum with a stop reachable in fewer than 9 minutes as a pedestrian.
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