Driving in Antwerp

Belgium: 1 scheme to know about before you drive in.

The short answer for Antwerp

Antwerp has one driving restriction on our books: the Lage-emissiezone (LEZ) Antwerpen (low emission zone). What is a low emission zone?

What it means for your car

Petrol or LPG. Petrol, natural gas and LPG vehicles (including hybrids) from Euro 2 upwards are admitted automatically. Euro 1 and older need a LEZ day pass. Euro 2 petrol remains admitted after 31 December 2025 because the Flemish Government scrapped the planned tightening on 28 November 2025.
Diesel. Diesel vehicles (including hybrids) with Euro 5 or Euro 6 are admitted automatically. Euro 4 and older need a LEZ day pass. Euro 5 diesel remains admitted after 31 December 2025 because the Flemish Government scrapped the planned tightening on 28 November 2025.

Sources last read on 2026-09-02, from Stad Antwerpen (Slim naar Antwerpen) and Vlaamse overheid (vlaanderen.be). The next scheduled check is 2026-12-01.

The schemes, one by one

• Lage-emissiezone (LEZ) Antwerpen Low emission zone

  Antwerp's inner city and Linkeroever are a low emission zone, in force 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Compliant vehicles pay nothing, but a foreign-registered vehicle has to be registered once, free of charge, before it is allowed in — vehicles registered in the Netherlands are the exception and need no registration.

  Flanders scrapped the tightening that had been planned for 2026, so Euro 5 diesel and Euro 2 petrol are still admitted.

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Other cities in Belgium

• Brusselsabout 43 km away, 1 verified scheme
• Ghentabout 51 km away, 1 verified scheme