Nearby cities
Living near Merode-center offers a practical setting with easy access to shops, transport, and essential everyday services.
Need to reach Beringen? It takes about 38 minutes by car. Drivers can reach Oosterhout in 43 minutes, convenient for daily life. Breda is easily accessible by car, just 39 minutes away.
Education
For after-school activities or daily drop-offs, "Sint-Victorinstituut" (high school) is conveniently located 7 minutes away on foot.
Convenient for families: a preschool and elementary school is 1 minute away by car, simplifying your daily routine.
For parents who drive their children to school, nursery "Bouwschen Pad" is reachable in 1 minute by car.
Shopping
The area offers a solid choice of supermarkets for your daily needs: "Carrefour Express Turnhout Parkwijk" (3 minutes on foot or 1 minute by car), "Aldi Turnhout" (14 minutes on foot or 2 minutes by car), "Albert Heijn - Turnhout" (10 minutes on foot or 7 minutes by car).
Transports
Need to catch a train? The SNCB station is 2 minutes by bike or 1 minute by car.
A plus for long-distance travel: the motorway A21 / E34 (Antwerpen - Turnhout - (Eindhoven, Netherlands)) is only 5 minutes away.
You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Turnhout Gare" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 2 minutes away by bike.
For cycling around the area, a bike-sharing station is nearby: "Blue-Bike - Turnhout Station", 4 minutes on foot.
Tourism
The "Sportclub Taxandria" golf course is 4 minutes away by car.
Public transports
Whether for work or leisure, several bus lines are within reach: De Lijn - 43b - Brecht - Rijkevorsel - Merksplas - Turnhout - Arendonk, De Lijn - 43b - Arendonk - Turnhout - Merksplas - Rijkevorsel - Brecht, De Lijn - 439 - Meersel-Dreef - Hoogstraten - Turnhout - Handelsschool with a stop reachable in under 1 minute on foot.
All these advantages make this area a convenient and functional place to live.