Brussels is 30 minutes away by car. Only 21 minutes are needed to reach Antwerp with your car. In 54 minutes you can reach Ghent. Leuven is 32 minutes away by car.
Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Green Spot") is only 4 minutes’ drive away. A SNCB station ("Sint-Katelijne-Waver / Wavre-Sainte-Catherine") is located 4 minutes away by bike, or 2 minutes by car. The A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) motorway is accessible in 3 minutes and A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) will take 16 minutes. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Lijsterstraat" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 35 minutes away by foot. The nearest airport is Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) and is reachable by car in 19 minutes.
You can access these bus lines: De Lijn - 552 - Mechelen Gandhi - Elzestraat, De Lijn - 558 - Mechelen - Waver Scholen with a stand 7 minutes’ walk away, De Lijn - 551 - Mechelen Gandhi - Sint-Katelijne-Waver with a stop reachable in fewer than 13 minutes as a pedestrian.
If you are looking for a high school, "De Met" it is 6 minutes away by car. If you are looking for a nursery, "Bibbelou" it is 17 minutes away by foot. You can find a close preschool and elementary school: "Gemeentelijke Basisschool - Octopus", 1 minute away by car.
You have the choice between several nearby supermarkets: "Spar Sint-Katelijne-Waver" (13 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Colruyt Mechelen (Liersestw)" (30 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Carrefour Market Mechelen Eikestraat" (4 minutes by car).
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