Shopping
Living near Rue du Progrès - Vooruitgangstraat offers a practical setting with easy access to shops, transport, and essential everyday services.
Everyday essentials are within easy reach, with several shops nearby: "Carrefour Express Schaerbeek Gare Nord" (7 minutes on foot or 1 minute by car), "Lidl Bruxelles" (8 minutes on foot or 2 minutes by car), "Proxy Delhaize Riva" (13 minutes on foot or 2 minutes by car).
Education
Convenient for families: a preschool and elementary school is 2 minutes away by car, simplifying your daily routine.
For after-school activities or daily drop-offs, "Omega" (nursery) is conveniently located 4 minutes away on foot.
For parents who drive their children to school, high school "Campus Kompas" is reachable in 3 minutes by car.
Tourism
A 8 minutes drive away is the "Porte De Hal" castle.
The museum "Musée Belge De La Franc-Maçonnerie" is nearby (4 minutes drive).
"Brussels Drohme Golf Club" golf can be reached in 15 minutes by car.
Just 8 minutes away is the "Librairies Royales KBR".
"Centre Koezio Live Adventure Games" is 5 minutes away.
Nearby cities
Need to reach Dendermonde? It takes about 36 minutes by car. Drivers can reach Beveren in 41 minutes, convenient for daily life. Sint-Niklaas is easily accessible by car, just 36 minutes away.
Transports
You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Progrès" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 1 minute away by bike.
Brussels Airport is 16 minutes away by car, or reachable by public transport in about 32 minutes.
You can find a shared bike station 5 minutes away on foot: "Villo - Hotel President / President Hotel".
The nearest train station is "Brussel-Noord / Bruxelles-Nord": reachable in 3 minutes by car, or 9 minutes by public transport.
Convenient for long-distance journeys: the A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) motorway is accessible in 7 minutes and A3 / E25 - E40 - E42 (Brussels - Leuven - Liège - Eupen - (Aachen, Germany)) in 11 minutes.
Do you need to charge an electric car? The nearest charging station is just 2 minutes away by car.
Public transports
Living car-free is perfectly feasible here: several metro lines serve the area, including STIB/MIVB - 2 - SIMONIS - ELISABETH, STIB/MIVB - 6 - ROI BAUDOUIN - ELISABETH with a stop 14 minutes away on foot.
The area benefits from strong tram coverage, with lines STIB/MIVB - 25 - BOONDAEL GARE - ROGIER, STIB/MIVB - 10 - HOPITAL MILITAIRE - CHURCHILL with a stop reachable in under 2 minutes on foot.
Whether for work or leisure, several bus lines are within reach: STIB/MIVB - 88 - DE BROUCKERE - UZ-VUB, STIB/MIVB - 58 - VILVOORDE STATION - ALBERT II with a stop 6 minutes away on foot, STIB/MIVB - 14 - UZ-VUB - GARE DU NORD, the nearest stop being 7 minutes away on foot.
All these advantages make this area a convenient and functional place to live.