Shopping
Settling near Geraard Mercatorstraat means enjoying a well-connected environment suited to comfortable daily living.
The area offers a solid choice of supermarkets for your daily needs: "Okay Compact Okay City Gent Krommewal" (8 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Delhaize Dok Noord" (9 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Aldi Gent" (10 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
Nearby cities
Need to reach Dendermonde? It takes about 29 minutes by car. Need to reach Beveren for work or leisure? It takes about 36 minutes by car. Drivers can reach Sint-Niklaas in 31 minutes, convenient for daily life.
Public transports
For your daily commute, you can choose from several bus lines: De Lijn - 55 - Gent Sint-Pieters - Langerbrugge - Ertvelde - Zelzate, De Lijn - 563 - Gent Zuid - Evergem - Ertvelde - Assenede - Boekhoute, De Lijn - 56 - Gent Zuid - Evergem - Sleidinge - Kaprijke - Eeklo with a stop 2 minutes away by foot.
The area benefits from strong tram coverage, with lines De Lijn - T4 - Lange Steenstraat - Muide - Rabot - Sint-Pietersstation - UZ, De Lijn - T4 - Lange Steenstraat - Muide - Rabot - Sint-Pietersstation with a stand 3 minutes’ walk away.
Education
Just 1 minute by bike, "Vrije Basisschool Dokata" combines a preschool and elementary school, ideal for family trips.
Your children can walk to nursery "Beregoed", just 5 minutes away on foot.
A real plus for families: high school "Secundair Kunstinstituut" is close enough for children to walk there in 10 minutes.
Transports
Thanks to the "Cambio - Antoon Sanderus" station, you can rent a car when you need one, in fewer than 2 minutes walk.
Convenient for long-distance journeys: the A14 / E17 (Antwerpen - Sint-Niklaas - Gent - Kortrijk - (Lille, France)) motorway is accessible in 7 minutes and A10 / E40 (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende) in 9 minutes.
You can find a shared bike station at 3 minutes as a pedestrian: "Donkey - Tolhuislaan 77".
Do you need to charge an electric car? The nearest charging station is just 1 minute away by car.
Need to catch a train? The SNCB station is 5 minutes by bike or 3 minutes by car.
Tourism
The "Golfschool Gent" golf is 12 minutes away by car.
A setting well equipped with services and mobility options, suited to everyday needs.