It takes about 41 minutes to reach Brussels with your car. In 49 minutes you can reach Antwerp. In just 14 minutes by car you can reach Ghent. Bruges is 33 minutes away by car.
Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Brasserie Vinois") is only 2 minutes’ drive away. To reach A10 / E40 (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende) you only need 8 minutes and A14 / E17 (Antwerpen - Sint-Niklaas - Gent - Kortrijk - (Lille, France)) is reachable in 9 minutes. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - De Engel" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 11 minutes away by bike. The nearest train station is "De Pinte": reachable in 5 minutes by car, or 42 minutes by public transport.
You can access these bus lines: De Lijn - 145 - Belbus De Pinte - Sint-Martens-Latem - Nazareth with a stand 5 minutes’ walk away, De Lijn - 35 - St-M-Leerne/De Pinte-Latem-Gent-Beervelde-Lokeren, De Lijn - 77 - Deinze - Gent - Lochristi - Beervelde with a stop reachable in fewer than 10 minutes as a pedestrian.
There are a variety of supermarkets nearby: "Shop & Go Sint-Martens-Latem" (19 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Carrefour Express Sint-Martens-Latem" (30 minutes by foot or 5 minutes by car), "Delitraiteur Sint-Martens-Latem" (3 minutes by car).
Go! Atheneum Erasmus De Pinte is the most convieniently located high school: just 17 minutes away by bike. If you are looking for a nursery, "Harlekijn" it is 14 minutes away by foot. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Gemeentelijke Basisschool Deurle", 3 minutes away by bike.
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