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If you want to park in Liege, it’s best to know where to park beforehand as a great deal of the center of Liège is a pedestrian zone.
As for the rest of the city, parking is allowed for 1h30 at the most.
In this article, we will give you all parking tips to use next time you go to Liège by car!
- Free parking spots in Liège’s city center
- Park for free in specific neighborhoods
- Parking on a regular basis in Liege’s center
- Shop & Drive parking spots as of May 2018
- Park in the P+R Parkings of Liège
- Conclusion
Free parking spots in Liège’s city center
The free parking spots in the center of Liège are very limited.
You can easily find them in green on the map. Even residents might no know them!
One of these streets is Place Verte. At only 5 min walking distance from Rue Vinâve d’Île this might be one of the best tips to know when it comes to parking your car in Liège !
As you can see on the map, this is not the only street. Some of the other are:
- Place Saint-Christophe (5min)
- Place Joseph Jaspar (8 min)
- Rue Rutxhiel (6min)
Note that some parts of Place Saint-Christophe are a Blue Zone.
The time is the walking time calculated to reach Rue Vinâve d’Île.
Across the water, you will find plenty of streets where parking is free. One of them is Quai Churchill. Waking from there to Rue Vinâve d’Île, takes 12 min by walking.
In case you want more info over the different parking rules in Liège, you can download cPark to explore the interactive map (now Seety).
Park for free in specific neighborhoods
In some neighborhoods, you can find streets where parking is free (Represented in green on the map).
These neighborhoods are the following:
Saint-Laurent
Most of the streets are free and without parking limit in Saint-Laurent.
Walking to the center will take you between 20–35 though, depending on where you are going to park in the neighborhood, which is a bit far but worth the trouble!
For instance, Rue Saint-Laurent is 15 min away from Rue Vinâve d’Île by bus and 18 min by walk.
Sainte-Marguerite
The neighborhood of Sainte-Marguerite counts plenty of free streets where you can park, for instance in Rue du Mississippi which is located at 15 min walking distance from Rue Vinâve d’Île.
Naturally, the further away you park from the center, the longer you will have to walk.
Parking on a regular basis in Liege’s center
Consider buying a “vignette” if you are a regular to Lièges’ city center.
This allows you to park for an unlimited period of time in a non-free parking zone in the center of Liège.
You can buy such a vignette for 600€/year or for 350€/semester.
How does it work? Just place the vignette in a visible way on your windscreen.
Shop & Drive parking spots as of May 2018
Approximately 220 parkings places for quick shopping available in the center.
These Smart parking spots, called ‘Shop & Drive’ are free for a maximum of half an hour.
This allows you to park shortly, go for a quick purchase and come back to your car.
These parking’s smart sensors will be able to tell if a car is parked and for how long it has been there.
It gets even better: real-time parking information is displayed on an app and/or the city’s website.
This means you will be able to know exactly the number of free parking spots that are available.
Be aware that as soon as you exceed the 30 min parkings, parking officers will be alerted and give you a fine if you haven’t paid for the rest of the period you’ve been parked there.
The streets that will be provided with sensors are:
- Rue Grétry (30 parking spots)
- Rue des Guillemins (29 parking spots)
- Boulevard de la Sauvenière (26 parking spots)
- Rue Puits-en-Sock (19 parking spots)
- Rue des Clarisses (18 parking spots)
- Rue Charles Magnette (13 parking spots)
- Rue des Carmes (9 parking spots)
- Rue Saint-Gilles (8 parking spots)
- Place Saint-Paul (7 parking spots)
- Rue Hors-Château (5 parking spots)
- Rue Paradis (4 parking spots)
- Rue Libotte (4 parking spots)
- Avenue Destenay (17 parking spots)
- Quai de la Batte (7 parking spots)
- Chaussée des Prés (7 parking spots)
- Rue Jean d’Outremeuse (6 parking spots)
- Rue Surlet (5 parking spots)
- Rue Trappé (5 parking spots)
- Rue Velbruck (4 parking spots)
- Rue Buisseret (2 parking spots)
Note that the Shop & Drive parking spots are free from 8am to 6pm everyday except for sundays. Outside this time window the normal fares are to be paid.
Park in the P+R Parkings of Liège
If you are looking for parking to leave your car for a couple of hours or a day, P+R parkings are your best solution. Liège counts two of them.
Those parking are located at the outskirts of Liège. And yet, they’re very well connected to the city center.
Both parking count approximately 150 parking spots.
Big plus: both parking are completely free !
- P+R de Jemeppe — Rue du Gosson, 4101 Seraing
This parking is particularly attractive as it is situated near the bus station of Jemeppe.
Getting to the center of the city is thus very easy.
Take bus number 2 or 3 to reach the neighborhood of ‘Guillemins’
The trip takes approximately 22 min.
More info over P+R de Jemeppe here.
- P+R d’Angleur
This parking is located next to the station of Angleur. It is also accessible via exit n°36, Grosses Battes, on highway E25.
You can easily reach the center of Liège by train. Take the train Angleur Station and get off at Gare du Palais.
The trip will take you between 11 and 14 minutes.
More info over P+R d’ Angleur here.
Conclusion
Thank you for reading this article. Hopefully, these tips will help you save time and money when it comes to parking your car in Liège.
If you want to discover other free parking spots around you, download cPark (now Seety) to explore the interactive map.
