In just 21 minutes by car you can reach Lille. Roubaix is only 25 minutes away by car. In just 26 minutes by car you can reach Tourcoing. Villeneuve-d'Ascq is only 29 minutes away by car.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Aldi Ploegsteert" (14 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Trafic Comines" (12 minutes by car), "Spar Express Mesen" (9 minutes by car).
You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Cado Mesen" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 92 minutes away by foot. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Ceratec") is only 1 minute’ drive away.
You can access these bus lines: TEC Hainaut - 6 - Comines/Komen - Houplines, TEC Hainaut - BLC - Proxibus Comines/Komen with a stop 1 minute away by foot, De Lijn - 72 - Ieper - Wijtschate - Mesen - Le Bizet with a stop reachable in fewer than 10 minutes as a pedestrian.
If you are looking for a nursery, "Les Benjamins" it is 10 minutes away by foot. You can find a convienient high school: "Institut Saint-Henri", 7 minutes away by foot. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Ecole Fondamentale Saint-Henri", 1 minute away by bike.
The museum "Centre Plugstreet 14-18 Experience" is nearby (5 minutes drive). An amusement park is 30 minutes away by car :"Centre Marcel Marlier Dessine-Moi Martine" "Palingbeek Flanders Fields" STRONG]golf can be reached in 17 minutes by car.
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