It takes about 44 minutes to reach Brussels with your car. In just 13 minutes by car you can reach Antwerp. In 53 minutes you can reach Ghent. Mechelen is only 27 minutes away by car.
There are multiple tram lines close by: De Lijn - 3 - P+R Merksem - P+R Melsele, De Lijn - 2 - Hoboken - P+R Merksem with a stop reachable in fewer than 13 minutes as a pedestrian. The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 642 - Maria ter Heide - Antwerpen via Miksebaan, De Lijn - 640 - Loenhout - Wuustwezel - Brasschaat - Antwerpen with a stop 20 minutes away by foot, De Lijn - 670 - Essen - Kapellen - Merksem with a stand 21 minutes’ walk away.
If you are looking for a preschool, "Vbs De Step" it is 5 minutes away by car. The closest elementary school is named "Vrije Lagere School - Sint-Michielscollege" and is 6 minutes' away by car. Sint-Michielscollege Brasschaat 1 is the most convieniently located high school: just 8 minutes away by bike. You can find a close nursery: "Pistache Babycorner", in fewer than 5 minutes by car.
About 28 minutes walk away, you will find the "Cambio - Victor Roosens" station. The "Velo Antwerpen - Winkelstap" station allows you to rent a bike at 20 minutes away by foot. For holidays or business, you can reach Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) in fewer than 15 minutes by car. A SNCB station ("Antwerpen-Noorderdokken / Anvers-Noorderdokken") is located 20 minutes away by bike, or 8 minutes by car. Do you need to charge an electric car? The nearest charging station ("Banden Donckers") is just 4 minutes away by car. The A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) can be reached in 4 minutes, and the slip road to A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) is just a 7 minute drive away.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Hypermarché Carrefour Schoten" (11 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car), "Louis Delhaize Ekeren (Texaco)" (27 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car), "Delitraiteur Ekeren" (28 minutes by foot or 5 minutes by car).
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