For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Shop & Go Villerslei" (7 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Carrefour Market Schoten Zaatstraat" (13 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Colruyt Schoten" (24 minutes by foot or 3 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 16 minutes away by bike. 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 8 minute drive away. A SNCB station ("Anvers-Noorderdokken / Antwerpen-Noorderdokken") is located 30 minutes away by bike, or 11 minutes by car. For holidays or business, you can reach Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) in fewer than 14 minutes by car. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Gasketelplein Schoten") is only 3 minutes’ drive away.
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 610 - Antwerpen - Oelegem with a stop 6 minutes away by foot, De Lijn - 621 - Sint-Job - Antwerpen via Schoten Centrum, De Lijn - 780 - Zandvliet - Kapellen - Brasschaat - Wijnegem with a stand 14 minutes’ walk away.
Brussels is 44 minutes away by car. Only 16 minutes are needed to reach Antwerp with your car. It takes about 53 minutes to reach Ghent with your car. In just 28 minutes by car you can reach Mechelen.
You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Go! Basisschool Vijverhof", 1 minute away by car. If you are looking for a nursery, "Boembabeloe" it is 1 minute away by car. You can find a convienient high school: "Vita Et Pax College", 13 minutes away by foot.
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