Are you going to visit the Venice of the North?
The center of Brugge is very expensive when it comes to parking for a long time.
Keep reading the article to get the best parking tips in Bruges to save time and money. You can spend the money you save on a boat ride though Bruges’ picturesque canals or on a Brugse zot!
In the center of Bruges, you have to pay everywhere in order to park.
However, at the outskirts of Bruges, there a couple of streets where you can park for free and with no time limit as well as in several P+R parkings. Here is our tips to free parking in Bruges:
Not very far away from the station, you can park your car at Vaartdijkstraat.
You can get to center of Bruges by walking (22min), however the best option is to walk to the Station and take one of the many busses that go to the center (5-10 minutes walk to the station.
From Brugge Station stop you can get one of the busses and get of in Brugge Markt or in Brugge Dijver depending on the bus you took. This takes between about 5 minutes to get there.
Free P+R Parking
If you need to leave your car for a couple of hours or days, you may park your car for free and with no time limit in one of the P+R parking (Park & Ride) and take public transport from there to the city center.
P&R Steenbrugge
This parking is situated at the end of the Baron Ruzettelaan and counts 185 parking spots.
To get to the center of the city, take bus line number 20 or 21 from Assebroek Park & Ride Steenbrugge stop and get off at Brugge Station. Getting to the station takes approximately 22 minutes.
From Bruges’ station you can either take another bus that will take you to the center of the city either walk (8min).
P&R Jan Breydel
This parking is situated at the Jan Breydelstadium in the Olympialaan and counts 100 parking spots.
Getting to the center of the city from there is quite easy. Take the bus at Sint-Andries Kerk stop and get off at Brugge Station. This will take you 20 minutes.
Here again, you can either take another bus to get to the center of Bruges or walk (8min).
P&R Boogschutterslaan
These are the closest P+R parkings to the center of the city.
P&R Boogschutterslaan
You will find P&R Boogschutterslaan, near the church of Sint-Kruis and the TEXT, just a little bit further at the sportclub Brughia next to the Studio Hall.
To get to the center of the city, take bus number 16 from Sint-Kruis Mariawende or bus number 6 or 16 from Sint-Kruis Kerk stop and get off at Brugge Stadsschouwburg. This only takes 10 minutes.
Although the center of the city is very expensive to park and the free alternatives are generally situated 20 min away by foot from the center of the city, Bruges has two parking alternative that are very affordable.
You can park at Station Brugge parking or at Oesterparking garages.
Be careful not to lose your parking ticket, or this will cost you 20€ per day !
Going out to meet some friends in the center of the city?
Parking at night in Bruges won’t cost you a fortune!
You can either try to find a parking spot in the center of the city or park in a parking.
As said previously, parking in the streets is free as from 8pm until 9am. However, bear in mind the chances are high that you won’t be finding a parking spot during the weekend.
Parking in a parking is thus a good option and the prices are really affordable in the evening.
Note that for parking Katelijne, special fares exist for students (day and evening classes). Parking will cost you then 1,25€ for 4 hours.
Shop&Go in Bruges
This tip will be the more useful to Bruges’ residents.
If you need to quickly make a purchase, you are allowed to park 15 min for 0,10€. You can park anywhere where parking is allowed in the center of the city.
In some shopping streets, you will find some outlined parking spots for parking shortly.
Interparking’s Pcard+
If you are using Interparking frequently, you might want to consider asking for a Pcard+.
Some of the advantages of having a Pcard+ are reductions in a selection of parking up to 10% and a reduction to/in evening fares.
You will pay between 3€ and 5€ at the most in the evening in most Interparkings.
Plus: You have the right to park for free for 30 minutes in the P1, P2 and P3 parking at Brussels Zaventem Airport.
By linking your credit card to your Pcard+, you won’t be needing a parking ticket anymore or wait in the queue.
Ask for your PCard+ and read over the other advantages here.
Visiting family or friends living in the center of Bruges
Going to visit family or friends living in the center of Bruges ?
There’s a great tip to know regarding parking when you go visit residents of Bruges. This tip is great to know if you go to visit often!
Residents of the center of Bruges are allowed to ask visitors codes. These codes allow you to park for 4 hours for a cost of 1€, from 9am to 8pm.
Such codes can be bought by 10 pieces. Residents can buy at the most 90 codes per year.
When visiting, you can ask your family or friend to use one of these codes.
How does it work? Send a message to 4411 with your visitors code and your plate number such as "BRG123456789 1ABC123". (cost: 0,15€ by message send to activate the code)
You can use theses codes in al streets where parking is allowed except for these street:
Ezelstraat
Geldmuntstraat
Gentpoortstraat (except at the height of numbers 62–64)
Hoogstraat
Katelijnestraat
To get the codes the resident needs to go to ‘het Huis van Bruggeling’
