Parking in Bruges: where it’s cheapest and what changes in 2027

Centrum-Station car park: our first choice

The Centrum-Station car park is next to the railway station, on the south side of the city centre. A whole day costs € 6.10. Your parking ticket also gets you a free bus ride to the centre and back, for you and up to three fellow passengers.

This is how you get the bus ticket:
- in the De Lijn app, go to Products and then the municipal discount tickets, and choose the ‘Brugge parking’ ticket
- with a Belgian mobile number you can also text BRUGGE PARKING to 4884, your operator charges € 0.25 for it
- you board at platform A1 at Bruges Station and show the bus ticket together with your parking ticket to the driver

The bus drops you at ’t Zand, the Dijver or another stop inside the city gates. From the Dijver it’s a few hundred metres to the Market Square and the Belfry.

Underground parking in the city centre

If you want to park closer to the shopping streets, there are underground car parks at Centrum-’t Zand, Pandreitje, Katelijne, Zilverpand, Biekorf, Ezelstraat and Langestraat. Centrum-’t Zand is the largest, with 1,887 spaces under the Concert Hall. According to the city, underground parking is cheaper than parking on the street.

In the evening it gets really interesting. In the Interparking car parks (Centrum-Zand, Pandreitje, Katelijne and Zilverpand) you pay a flat rate of € 3 from 18:00 to 07:00, every day of the week. Handy if you’re going out for dinner in Bruges. The Langestraat and Station car parks don’t offer that evening rate.

Street parking: expensive and short

Street parking is paid throughout the city centre every day from 09:00 to 20:00, including weekends and public holidays. The first hour costs € 3, the second € 4, the third € 5 and the fourth € 6. Four hours therefore cost € 18, almost three times a full day at Centrum-Station. You can’t stay longer than 4 hours.

For a quick errand there’s the short-stay rate: € 0.10 for up to 30 minutes. After 20:00 street parking is free until 09:00 the next morning.

There are no parking spaces in Noordzandstraat, Geldmuntstraat, Zuidzandstraat and Steenstraat.

What changes on 16 February 2027?

On Tuesday 16 February 2027 the City of Bruges introduces new traffic and parking rules, called Door & door Brugge. For visitors, these are the main ones:
- between 13:00 and 17:00 only authorised vehicles may enter the streets inside the first city ring, every day, weekends included
- outside those hours you can drive into the centre as usual, and you can always drive out
- visitors may park on the street for 2 hours at most, paid from 09:00 to 21:00, with no extension
- a Shop & Go space gives you half an hour for free
- the first hour in the ’t Zand car park is free
- with a reservation in the Biekorf or Zilverpand car park you may also enter the zone between 13:00 and 17:00
- Steenstraat and Rozenhoedkaai become pedestrian zones, 24 hours a day

The map of the zone and the full explanation (in Dutch) are on brugge.be/doorendoor. The city will evaluate the rules after one year.

Free park and ride

From 16 February 2027 the city directs day visitors to the P+R Coiseau car park on Lodewijk Coiseaukaai and to P+R Waggelwater. Parking there is free, and the bus to the centre costs € 1 return. During weekends and school holidays you can also park for free at the Vives car park.

On the south side of the city, P+R Steenbrugge is already free. It’s at the end of Baron Ruzettelaan, by the Steenbrugge bridge, and has room for 185 cars. All car parks and their locations are on the Visit Bruges parking page.

Or leave the car at our place

Den Eenink is in Zedelgem, outside the new zone and outside the blue zone of Bruges. You park for free on our property, and the bus stop is 400 m from the front door. That bus goes straight to Bruges.

For a weekend in Bruges or an evening at the Christmas market, that’s the most relaxed way to do it. You don’t have to keep an eye on the clock for the 2 hours on the street or the zone between 13:00 and 17:00. Our calendar shows straight away which dates are still free.

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