You have the choice between several nearby supermarkets: "Colruyt Schoten" (3 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Carrefour Market Schoten Zaatstraat" (10 minutes by foot or 4 minutes by car), "Delhaize Schoten" (11 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car).
In 46 minutes you can reach Brussels. It will take you 40 minutes to get to Antwerp by bike. It takes about 55 minutes to reach Ghent with your car. In 30 minutes you can reach Mechelen.
The A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) can be reached in 7 minutes, and the slip road to A13 / E313 (Antwerpen - Hasselt - Liège) is just a 10 minute drive away. The nearest airport is Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) and is reachable by car in 14 minutes. 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 50 minutes away by foot. The nearest train station is "Antwerpen-Noorderdokken / Anvers-Noorderdokken": reachable in 11 minutes by car, or 52 minutes by public transport. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Gasketelplein Schoten") is only 2 minutes’ drive away.
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 780 - Zandvliet - Kapellen - Brasschaat - Wijnegem, De Lijn - 620 - Meerle - Hoogstraten-Antwerpen via Schoten Centrum, De Lijn - 629 - Schoten - Brecht - scholen Malle with a stop reachable in fewer than 3 minutes as a pedestrian.
If you are looking for a nursery, "Het Vlindertje" it is 4 minutes away by foot. You can find a convienient high school: "Go! Atheneum Schoten", 4 minutes away by foot. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool 2 - Bloemendaal", 1 minute away by bike.
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