Ghent Car-free

Ghent Car-free is part of Mobility Week, which is an initiative to make people more aware of sustainable mobility. Cities all across Flanders organise car-free moments with numerous extra activities.

A zone within the waterways will be closed off for motorised traffic between 10 am and 6 pm. Leaving the city via the major traffic axes will be exceptionally allowed at an appropriate speed.

Will you travel by train? Tram 1 or 3 will take you from the Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station to Zuidpark and buses 33, 70, 71, 76, 77 or 78 will take you from the Gent Dampoort railway station to the city centre. All other buses and trams will also follow their usual route.

Tip: This year, Ghent Car-free falls on the same day as Sunday Shopping. You will be able to benefit from free public transport via the De Lijn website or app.

Park your car at a park and ride site on the outskirts of the city and use public transport to reach the city centre. The Vrijdagmarkt car park remains accessible via Krommewalbrug.

The persons/vehicles listed below will exceptionally be allowed access to the car-free zone at walking speed:

• holders of a card for the disabled
• public services (emergency and security services, authorised cash transporters)
• caretakers on their way to patients

Taxis will operate normally and may enter the car-free zone at walking speed. 

Use a car park at the edge of the car-free zone: car park  Dampoort or car park Yachtdreef.