Public transports
Living near Raketstraat offers a practical setting with easy access to shops, transport, and essential everyday services.
For your daily commute, you can choose from several tram lines: T1 - Flanders Expo - Moscou, T4 - Sint-Pietersstation - Lange Steenstraat with a stop 4 minutes away on foot.
Living car-free is perfectly feasible here: several bus lines serve the area, including 9a - Merelbeke Station - Wondelgem, 908 - Gent Sint-Pieters - Mariakerke VISO-AHS, 60 - Gent Sint-Pieters - Zomergem (- Ursel) with a stop reachable in under 4 minutes on foot.
Transports
You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Koning Albertbrug" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 1 minute away by bike.
If you appreciate the flexibility offered by renting a bike, you can find the "Donkey - Koning Albertlaan 111" station just 2 minutes away on foot.
Need to catch a train? The SNCB station is 5 minutes by bike or 2 minutes by car.
Ideal for drivers: the motorways A10 / E40 (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende) and A14 / E17 (Antwerpen - Sint-Niklaas - Gent - Kortrijk - (Lille, France)) are both 5 minutes away.
In under 1 minute by car, you can find a charging station for your electric car.
Tourism
The "Executive Club Private Golf Zwijnaarde" golf course is 9 minutes away by car.
Education
Families will appreciate being able to walk their children to nursery "Witje Wiebel - Campus Sint-Pieters", 4 minutes away.
Just 1 minute by bike, "Vrije Basisschool Sint-Pietersinstituut" combines a preschool and elementary school, ideal for family trips.
Families with school-age children will appreciate the proximity of "Don Bosco Sint-Pieters Eerste Graad", a high school just 3 minutes away on foot.
Nearby cities
Need to reach Dendermonde? It takes about 28 minutes by car. Need to reach Beveren for work or leisure? It takes about 35 minutes by car. Drivers can reach Sint-Niklaas in 30 minutes, convenient for daily life. Need to reach Aalst? It takes about 24 minutes by car.
Shopping
Grocery shopping becomes effortless thanks to the local supermarkets: "Carrefour Express Gent Hendrikaplein" (6 minutes on foot or 2 minutes by car), "Delhaize Watersport" (13 minutes on foot or 3 minutes by car), "Okay Compact Okay Direct Kortrijksepoort" (14 minutes on foot or 3 minutes by car).
The variety of accessible amenities nearby contributes to the quality of life in this neighbourhood.