Shopping
Settling near Avenue Édouard Bénès - Édouard Bénèslaan means enjoying a well-connected environment suited to comfortable daily living.
When it comes to food shopping, you are well served with several options nearby: "Louis Delhaize Koekelberg (Avenue Du Pantheon)" (7 minutes on foot or 2 minutes by car), "Okay Ganshoren" (6 minutes on foot or 2 minutes by car), "Carrefour Market Ganshoren Charles Quint" (9 minutes on foot or 2 minutes by car).
Transports
Convenient for long-distance journeys: the R0 (Brussels ring) motorway is accessible in 4 minutes and A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) in 8 minutes.
You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Carrière/Steengroef" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 3 minutes away on foot.
Need to catch a flight? The nearest airport, Brussels Airport, is 17 minutes away by car.
You can find a shared bike station 5 minutes away on foot: "Villo - Bastogne / Bastenaken".
Need to catch a train? The SNCB station is 9 minutes by bike or 2 minutes by car.
Tourism
The "Steenpoel Golf" golf course is 9 minutes away by car.
A 10 minutes drive away is the "Porte De Hal" castle.
"Planétarium De Bruxelles" is 9 minutes away.
It takes 5 minutes to reach the museum "Belgian Chocolate Village".
Just 10 minutes away is the "Librairies Royales KBR".
Public transports
The area benefits from strong metro coverage, with lines 2 - Simonis - Elisabeth, 6 - Roi Baudouin - Elisabeth with a stop reachable in under 17 minutes on foot.
For your daily commute, you can choose from several bus lines: 20 - Hunderenveld - Gare Du Nord with a stop reachable in under 1 minute on foot, 54 - Trone - Forest (Bervoets), 53 - Westland Shopping - Hopital Militaire, the nearest stop being 5 minutes away on foot.
Whether for work or leisure, several tram lines are within reach: 51 - Stade - Gare Du Midi with a stop 6 minutes away on foot, 82 - Gare De Berchem - Drogenbos, the nearest stop being 10 minutes away on foot.
Nearby cities
Dendermonde is easily accessible by car, just 31 minutes away. Need to reach Beveren? It takes about 42 minutes by car. Need to reach Mechelen for work or leisure? It takes about 26 minutes by car. Great news for commuters: With Aalst just 19 minutes away by car, city shops and services are within easy reach.
Education
Families with school-age children will appreciate the proximity of "De Blauwe Rups", a nursery just 4 minutes away on foot.
Looking for an elementary school for your children? "Ecole Primaire Annexée Koekelberg II" is 1 minute away by car, a comfortable daily commute.
The daily school run is made easier with "Athenee Royal De Koekelberg" (high school), reachable in 1 minute by car.
Just a short drive away, "Ecole Fondamentale Annexée Koekelberg" (preschool) is reachable in 1 minute.
All these advantages make this area a convenient and functional place to live.