Education
Living near Uitbreidingstraat offers a practical setting with easy access to shops, transport, and essential everyday services.
For after-school activities or daily drop-offs, "De Vriendjes Oud-Berchem" (nursery) is conveniently located 4 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, high school "Perspectief II" is reachable in 2 minutes by car.
Shopping
Everyday essentials are within easy reach, with several shops nearby: "Okay Compact Okay City Berchem Grotestwg" (8 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Albert Heijn - Antwerpen" (8 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Proxy Delhaize Leman" (9 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car).
Public transports
Living car-free is perfectly feasible here: several tram lines serve the area, including De Lijn - A3 - P+R Boechout - P+R Merksem, De Lijn - A3 - P+R Merksem - P+R Boechout with a stand 8 minutes’ walk away.
For your daily commute, you can choose from several bus lines: De Lijn - 14 - Opera - Hoboken - Hemiksem with a stop reachable in fewer than 5 minutes as a pedestrian, De Lijn - 21 - Neerland - Middelheim - Rooseveltplaats, De Lijn - 32 - Edegem - Berchem Station - Rooseveltplaats with a stop 8 minutes away by foot.
Tourism
Want to play golf? You will find "Drie Eycken Golf" at 8 minutes.
Nearby cities
Drivers can reach Dendermonde in 29 minutes, convenient for daily life. Turnhout is easily accessible by car, just 30 minutes away. Need to reach Beveren? It takes just 16 minutes by car.
Transports
The "Velo Antwerpen - De Wittestraat" station allows you to rent a bike at 3 minutes away by foot.
Convenient for long-distance journeys: the A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) motorway is accessible in 1 minute and A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) in 2 minutes.
Need to catch a flight? The nearest airport, Antwerp International Airport (Deurne), is 5 minutes away by car.
The nearest train station is "Anvers-Berchem / Antwerpen-Berchem": reachable in 3 minutes by car, or 18 minutes by public transport.
You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Zone Oud Berchem" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 1 minute away by bike.
Do you need to charge an electric car? The nearest charging station is just 1 minute away by car.
The variety of accessible amenities nearby contributes to the quality of life in this neighbourhood.