In 40 minutes you can reach Brussels. Antwerp is 48 minutes away by car. It will take you 33 minutes to get to Ghent by bike. It takes about 34 minutes to reach Bruges with your car.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Shop & Go Sint-Martens-Latem" (15 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Delitraiteur Sint-Martens-Latem" (27 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Carrefour Express Sint-Martens-Latem" (4 minutes by car).
There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Gemeentelijke Basisschool Deurle", 5 minutes away by bike. If you are looking for a high school, "Go! Atheneum Erasmus De Pinte" it is 7 minutes away by car. You can find a close nursery: "Harlekijn", in fewer than 1 minute by car.
You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - De Pinte Station" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 11 minutes away by bike. You only need 9 minutes to reach the A10 / E40 (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende) and A14 / E17 (Antwerpen - Sint-Niklaas - Gent - Kortrijk - (Lille, France)) motorways. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Brasserie Vinois") is only 3 minutes’ drive away. The nearest train station is "De Pinte": reachable in 4 minutes by car, or 42 minutes by public transport.
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 145 - Belbus De Pinte - Sint-Martens-Latem - Nazareth with a stand 2 minutes’ walk away, De Lijn - 77 - Deinze - Gent - Lochristi - Beervelde with a stop reachable in fewer than 5 minutes as a pedestrian, De Lijn - 35 - St-M-Leerne/De Pinte-Latem-Gent-Beervelde-Lokeren with a stop 17 minutes away by foot.
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