Nearby cities
Living near Place Houwaert - Houwaertplein offers a practical setting with easy access to shops, transport, and essential everyday services.
Drivers can reach Dendermonde in 37 minutes, convenient for daily life. Sint-Niklaas is easily accessible by car, just 39 minutes away. Need to reach Mechelen for work or leisure? It takes about 25 minutes by car.
Shopping
The area offers a solid choice of supermarkets for your daily needs: "Lidl Schaarbeek" (4 minutes on foot or 1 minute by car), "Carrefour Express St Josse" (6 minutes on foot or 1 minute by car), "Proxy Delhaize St Josse" (6 minutes on foot or 1 minute by car).
Tourism
The "Brussels Drohme Golf Club" golf is 13 minutes away by car.
Want to discover the castle "Porte De Hal"? It is a 7 minutes drive away.
An amusement park is 4 minutes away by car :"Parlamentarium - Visite Du Parlement Européen"
It will take you approximately 5 minutes to reach the museum "Musée De La Bande Dessinée".
Just 5 minutes away is the "Maison De L'Histoire Européenne".
Public transports
The area benefits from strong bus coverage, with lines STIB/MIVB - 59 - HOPITAL ETTERBEEK-IXELLES - BORDET STATION, STIB/MIVB - 61 - GARE DU NORD - PLEIADES with a stop 1 minute away on foot, De Lijn - R81 - Leuven - Leefdaal - Sterrebeek - Brussel, the nearest stop being 6 minutes away on foot.
For your daily commute, you can choose from several metro lines: STIB/MIVB - 2 - SIMONIS - ELISABETH, STIB/MIVB - 6 - ROI BAUDOUIN - ELISABETH, the nearest stop being 8 minutes away on foot.
Whether for work or leisure, several tram lines are within reach: STIB/MIVB - 93 - STADE - LEGRAND, STIB/MIVB - 92 - SCHAERBEEK GARE - FORT-JACO with a stop reachable in under 9 minutes on foot.
Transports
Need to catch a flight? The nearest airport, Brussels Airport, is 13 minutes away by car.
The nearest train station is "Brussel-Congres / Bruxelles-Congrès": reachable in 3 minutes by car, or 13 minutes by public transport.
For cycling around the area, a bike-sharing station is nearby: "Villo - Square Armand Steurs / Armand Steurssquare", 5 minutes on foot.
The motorway network is well within reach: A3 / E25 - E40 - E42 (Brussels - Leuven - Liège - Eupen - (Aachen, Germany)) is 7 minutes away, and the slip road to A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) is just 10 minutes by car.
Do you need to charge an electric car? The nearest charging station is just 2 minutes away by car.
You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Madou" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 2 minutes away by bike.
Education
Just 1 minute by bike, "Institut La Sagesse - Philomène Fondamentale" combines a preschool and elementary school, ideal for family trips.
Enjoy cycling with the family? high school "Lycee Guy Cudell" is just 1 minute away by bike, perfect for the daily ride.
The daily school run is made easier with "Damla" (nursery), reachable in 1 minute by car.
The presence of shops, schools, and transport nearby makes organising daily life easier.