Brussels is 47 minutes away by car. Antwerp is only 16 minutes away by car. It takes about 50 minutes to reach Ghent with your car. In 30 minutes you can reach Sint-Niklaas.
For holidays or business, you can reach Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) in fewer than 18 minutes by car. In fewer than 5 minutes, you can find a charging station ("Eoluz") for your electric car. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Ekeren Gare" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 19 minutes away by bike. The nearest train station is "Kapellen": reachable in 6 minutes by car, or 21 minutes by public transport. The A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) can be reached in 3 minutes, and the slip road to A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) is just a 11 minute drive away.
You can find a convienient high school: "De! Kunsthumaniora Van Het Go!", 30 minutes away by foot. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Vrije Basisschool - Sint-Calasanz", 5 minutes away by bike. Stekebees is the most convieniently located nursery: just 16 minutes away as a pedestrian.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Carrefour Market Hoevenen" (13 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Proxy Hoevenen" (15 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car), "Louis Delhaize Ekeren-Texaco" (5 minutes by car).
The closest bus lines are De Lijn - 780 - Zandvliet - Kapellen - Brasschaat - Wijnegem, De Lijn - 778 - Zandvliet - Merksem Scholen via Bredabaan, De Lijn - 770 - Zandvliet - Hoevenen - Antwerpen with a stop 3 minutes away by foot.
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