Antwerpen Car Rental Guide
On this page, you can find information concerning car rental in Anwerpen. The page also gives you information about driving and car renting in the city in general.
Rental Restrictions
Cars rented in Belgium are not allowed into the following countries: Albania, Bosnia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. Luxury cars are not allowed into Italy.
Driving Restrictions
Traffic is on the right. The minimum age of a driver is 18 years. In order to sit in the front, children must be at least 12 years old. Those under 12 must be seated in a safety seat. The legal blood alcohol limit is 0.5‰.
Priority is given to the vehicle on your right, but trams always have priority.
When driving, headlights must be on between dusk and dawn and in poor weather conditions. You can only use the horn outside built-up areas.
The police are authorised to collect fines on the spot. If you refuse to pay, you must place a security deposit.
Blue Zone parking areas for parking with discs are indicated by signs placed near them. However, where there are parking metres in the zones, the discs are not required. Outside the Blue Zones a parking disc must be used where indicated. Parking in the Blue Zone is usually allowed for up to 3 hours. Parking is forbidden within 15 metres of a tram, bus or train stop or where the tram or rail lines cross the road.
Speed limits:| Area | Speed |
| City | 50KM/H |
| Open Roads | 90KM/H |
| Highways | 120KM/H |
Emergency Numbers
Ambulance/fire: 100
Police: 101
Road Tolls
There is a toll for the use of Antwerpen's Liefkenshoek Tunnel.
Some useful expressions for tourists visiting Belgium
Car Rental Agency - Bureau de location de voitures/Auto Verhuur
About Antwerpen
Area:
Population: 456,700
Country: Belgium
Time Zone: GMT/UTC +1
Telephone Area Code: 3
Monetary Unit: Euro
