Education
Living near Geraard Mercatorstraat offers a practical setting with easy access to shops, transport, and essential everyday services.
Families will appreciate being able to walk their children to high school "Secundair Kunstinstituut", 10 minutes away.
Just a short drive away, "Beregoed" (nursery) is reachable in 2 minutes.
Convenient for families: a preschool and elementary school is 1 minute away by car, simplifying your daily routine.
Shopping
The area offers a solid choice of supermarkets for your daily needs: "Okay Compact Okay City Gent Krommewal" (8 minutes on foot or 2 minutes by car), "Delhaize Dok Noord" (9 minutes on foot or 2 minutes by car), "Aldi Gent" (10 minutes on foot or 2 minutes by car).
Tourism
The "Golfschool Gent" golf is 12 minutes away by car.
Public transports
The area benefits from strong tram coverage, with lines T4 - Lange Steenstraat - Sint-Pietersstation, T4 - Lange Steenstraat - UZ, the nearest stop being 3 minutes away on foot.
Whether for work or leisure, several bus lines are within reach: 56 - Gent Zuid - Eeklo, 563 - Gent Zuid - Boekhoute, 562 - Gent Sint-Pieters - Sleidinge-Waarschoot-Eeklo with a stop 2 minutes away on foot.
Transports
Thanks to the "Cambio - Antoon Sanderus" station, you can rent a car when you need one, in under 2 minutes on foot.
If you appreciate the flexibility offered by renting a bike, you can find the "Donkey - Tolhuislaan 77" station just 3 minutes away on foot.
In under 1 minute by car, you can find a charging station for your electric car.
Need to catch a train? The SNCB station is 5 minutes by bike or 3 minutes by car.
The motorway network is well within reach: A14 / E17 (Antwerpen - Sint-Niklaas - Gent - Kortrijk - (Lille, France)) is 7 minutes away, and the slip road to A10 / E40 (Brussels - Aalst - Gent - Brugge - Oostende) is just 9 minutes by car.
Nearby cities
Need to reach Dendermonde? It takes about 29 minutes by car. Drivers can reach Beveren in 36 minutes, convenient for daily life. Sint-Niklaas is easily accessible by car, just 31 minutes away. Need to reach Aalst? It takes about 26 minutes by car.
A setting well equipped with services and mobility options, suited to everyday needs.