For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Colruyt Schoten" (4 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Carrefour Market Schoten Zaatstraat" (14 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Delhaize Schoten" (15 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
In 45 minutes you can reach Brussels. In 39 minutes you can reach Antwerp by bike. Ghent is 54 minutes away by car. Mechelen is only 28 minutes away by car.
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 629 - Schoten - Brecht - scholen Malle, De Lijn - 620 - Meerle - Hoogstraten-Antwerpen via Schoten Centrum, De Lijn - 780 - Zandvliet - Kapellen - Brasschaat - Wijnegem with a stop 2 minutes away by foot.
You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool 2 - Bloemendaal", 1 minute away by car. Zazou is the most convieniently located nursery: just 1 minute away by bike. You can find a convienient high school: "Go! Atheneum Schoten", 8 minutes away by foot.
About 16 minutes bike away, you will find the "Cambio - Victor Roosens" station. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Lidl Schoten") is only 1 minute’ drive away. The nearest train station is "Antwerpen-Noorderdokken / Anvers-Noorderdokken": reachable in 9 minutes by car, or 44 minutes by public transport. The A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) motorway is accessible in 5 minutes and A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) will take 9 minutes. Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) is 15 minutes’ drive away or reachable by public transport in about 49 minutes.
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