“Brussels Airport Parking Woes: How Dutch Travelers Are Causing Chaos”

2023-04-27 12:04:00

You have to be patient at the moment to find a parking space at Brussels-National airport. A regular of the place explains to us that he had to shoot yesterday for 25 minutes before being able to park his vehicle. “Cars are parked everywhere… It’s almost impossible to maneuver”, he develops while specifying that he has never seen so many “yellow plates” at the airport. The yellow plates? Those of our Dutch neighbors who are starting a long extended weekend this Thursday with their King’s Day and Monday May 1st bank holiday. The Spring school holidays also start next week in the Netherlands, as do those for French speakers in Belgium. However, the Dutch are more and more fond of Brussels airport, following the saturation and flight restrictions imposed on Amsterdam-Schiphol. Brussels Airport thus expects to receive one million Dutch people this year, the vast majority of them traveling by car to come to Zaventem.

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Full reservations until May 1

“We are seeing a big increase in Dutch plates in our car parks”confirms Nicolas Godon, the spokesperson for Interparking, who speaks of “exceptional situation” these next few days in Zaventem, due to this “overlap” school holidays for Dutch and French-speaking Belgians. Parking reservations are thus complete until May 1st. “There are always places available for rotating customers in car parks P1, P2 and P3 in front of the Terminal, but customers should come well in advance, as it takes longer to find a place to park.” According to the airport, which advises motorists without reservations to come “30 minutes earlier than expected”this “large crowd” va “continue for several days”.

Note that alternative remote parking will be made available by Brussels Airport “if necessary”, with free shuttles or buses from De Lijn that will run to and from the terminal throughout the day. “Alternative means of transport, train, bus or taxi, remain a good solution to reach Brussels Airport”specifies the airport. The free drop-off also allows passengers to be dropped off near the terminal”.

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