It takes about 52 minutes to reach Brussels with your car. Antwerp is 36 minutes away by car. In just 21 minutes by car you can reach Ghent. In 39 minutes you can reach Bruges.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Lidl Zelzate" (12 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Aldi Zelzate" (12 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Carrefour Express Zelzate" (12 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Hospicestraat" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 38 minutes away by bike. The motorway A11 / E34 (Antwerpen - Zelzate) can be reached in 3 minutes. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("President John F. Kennedylaan") is only 5 minutes’ drive away.
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 175 - Belbus Oostakker with a stand 1 minute’ walk away, De Lijn - 49 - Lokeren - Moerbeke Waas - Zelzate, De Lijn - 96 - Eeklo - Assenede - Zelzate with a stop reachable in fewer than 12 minutes as a pedestrian.
The nearest high school is called "Technisch Instituut Sint-Laurens" and is 6 minutes' walk away. If you are looking for a nursery, "Zazoe" it is 1 minute away by car. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Go! Basisschool De Reigers Zelzate", 2 minutes away by bike.
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