The following information advises where coaches are permitted to set down passengers and for how long, where to park vehicles and advises costs of coach parking, if places are not free in the main Flemish cities. If you need further assistance, do not hesitate to contact trade@visitflanders.co.uk

Coach Parking in Antwerp

There is a free coach park at Quay 19 (Plantijnkaai).
The coach park is also a recommended meeting point for guided walking tours (Reservations can be made at the Tourist Office).

Drop off/pick up
For the historic centre and the Meir, use the 'De Lijn' bus stops direction north (stop Suikerrui/Steenplein) and direction south (stop Suikerrui/Ernest Van Dyckkaai) for up to 10 minutes.

For Central station and the Antwerp Zoo/Diamond Museum, use the bus shelter on the corner of Koningin Astridplein/Carnotstraat for up to 10 minutes.

Coach Parking in Bruges

Coach drivers travelling to Bruges can find all facilities at the re-modelled coach park Bargeplein. The Bargeplein coach park has a capacity for 140 coaches. Facilities include toilets and telephone. The coach park is situated on the outskirts of the city, within 500 metres from the train station and nearby important places of interest such as the Lake of Love and the Beguinage. The coach park lies within a 20 minute walk from the Market Square or Burg.

Rates for parking coaches
< 4 hours 13€
4 – 11 hours 20€
11 – 24 hours 25€

Drop off/pick up
Coaches are permitted to allow passenger drop-off at the Vrijdagmarkt (Zand square). However, coaches are not allowed to collect their passengers from this drop-off point so as to keep discomfort for other road users to a minimum. (Passenger pick-up is a lot more time-consuming than passenger drop-off, coaches always having to wait for the “last” passengers to arrive at the agreed meeting point.)
Coaches can only enter the city centre in order to take passengers to their hotels and to pick them up again. For this and other exceptions to the rule please contact the Bruges Police for authorisation:
Hauwerstraat 3 - 8000 Brugge – tel: 0032 50 44 88 44

People who have difficulty walking, can take the municipal bus NR 2 or 11 beside the coach park (opposite the toilets). Either of these buses of ‘De Lijn’ company takes you to the Market Square every 20 minutes (via station). Tickets can be bought on the bus.

The coach park is also a recommended meeting point for guided walking tours (Reservations can be made at the Tourist Office).

For other special facilities (emptying of coach toilets) adequate services are proposed by
Eltebe, Lieven Bauwensstraat 41 - 8200 St.Andries –
tel: 0032 50 32 01 11, fax: 0032 50 31 32 65.

Coach Parking in Brussels

There is a monitored night car park for coaches at Vroegmarkt – MABRU - Fabriekskaai 22-23 - 1000 Brussels – tel: 0032 2 215 51 69 – fax: 0032 2 245 24 13.
There is no need to make a reservation for 1 night only. For longer stays a reservation is required.

Rates for parking coaches
+/-20h00 - +/- 08h00 10€
+/- 08h00 - +/- 20h00 10€
24 hours 15€

Drop off/pick up
Coaches can stop up to two hours to drop off and pick up passengers at the coach park in Cardinal Mercierstraat (next to the central station). To go from here to the MABRU Coach Park, turn right to Keizerinlaan - Berlaimontlaan – Pachecolaan, straight ahead until you arrive at the small ring road (Kruidtuinlaan). Turn left onto the small ring road. Just before the large Citroën garage, take a right (Willebroekkaai - Groendreef). Cross two crossroads and MABRU is on the right-hand side.

Coach Parking in Ghent

There are 3 coach parks:
Godshuienlaan/Bijlokekaai: 20 places - cost: €2/hr, max €18/day – 09.00am-07.00pm
Yachtdreef (Watersportbaan): 15 places – free of charge
Dampoort: 26 places – cost: €1/hr, max €10/day – 24hr/24hr

For less mobile visitors, Sint-Jacobs Church is the recommended stopping place
Please note you need to request a permission in advance:
Contact : Tourism Ghent – Press, Trade & External Relations Dept.
Tel : 0032 9 266 56 93
E-mail : pers-trade@gent.be

Travellers staying overnight in Ghent can always be picked up and dropped off at their hotel.

Coach Parking in Leuven

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There are 4 areas where coaches can park in the city of Leuven.
Bodart offers 22 coaches unrestricted access.
Martelarenlaan offers spaces for 2 coaches.
Sint-Jacobsplein offers 2 coaches unrestricted access.
Diestsepoort offers 3 parking spaces.

Drop off/pick up
4 areas are marked as drop off/pick up zones. Each zone allows coaches up to 15 minutes waiting time.
Redingenstraat for 1 coach
Monseigneur Ladeuzeplein for 2 coaches
Dirk Boutslaan for 2 coaches
Diestsepoort for 3 coaches

Coach Parking in Mechelen

If arriving by the E19 motorway you have to take the exit NOORD.

If you come by the national roads you have to follow the ring road until Katelijne Poort to enter the city.

When passengers are dropped off, head back towards the ring road via G. de Stassartstraat. Turn right to the coach park on the Douaneplein, along the N15. The coach park is a 10 minute walk away from the Grote Markt and is free of charge.

Drop off and pick up points in the town centre:
Coaches can drop off their passengers opposite the cathedral, at the St Rombouts kerkhof, and are permitted to wait up to 30 minutes to pick up their passengers.

Coach Parking in Ypres (Ieper)

Coaches will find parking along the Oudstrijderslaan close to the railway station.

Drop Off/Pick up
Coaches are permitted to drop their passengers off and pick them up again at the
Vandepeereboomplein, close to the Cloth Hall and the In Flanders Fields Museum.
Drop off is restricted to 10 minutes maximum.

Attention! Due to the weekly market, parking is prohibited on the Market Place on Friday
nights and Saturday mornings from midnight to 13h00. Offending vehicles will be towed away.
If there is an event going on in the Market Square, the market will be held on the Esplanade
near the railway station.
Parking is prohibited.

Coach Parking in Ostend

There is a free coach park next to the Hotel Melinda, on Mercatorlaan.
Here you will find space for about 15-20 coaches. There are no parking time restrictions in place.

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