Tilburg 2026: Cars Enter Freely, Vans Face the ZE Zone
Tilburg, Netherlands · Milieuzone
Any car may drive into Tilburg: there is no car milieuzone, no sticker and no emission fine. The zero-emission zone in force since 1 January 2025 targets business vans and lorries.
Can your car enter Tilburg?
A car of any age can drive into Tilburg: the city has no milieuzone for passenger cars, so there is no sticker, no registration and no emission fine. The national portal names only Amsterdam, Arnhem, The Hague and Utrecht as running a car zone, with Eindhoven joining on 1 January 2027. What Tilburg does have is a zero-emission zone for city logistics, in force since 1 January 2025, which concerns business vans and lorries.
This page covers driving around Tilburg. For the zone specifics, see the Tilburg Milieuzone details.
Park outside the centre, then walk or cycle
The centre is compact and built around cycling, so a garage or park-and-ride on the edge and a short walk or bike ride in is the easy pattern. In July the Tilburgse Kermis takes over the city centre for ten days, billed as the largest funfair in the Benelux; streets close and parking near the centre fills, so plan for the edge. Dutch rules: 50 km/h in built-up areas and a 0.5 g/l blood-alcohol limit (0.2 g/l for novice drivers).
When the car helps
For Efteling, north of the city, and the Brabant countryside around it.
Sources
- Milieuzones.nl, passenger cars and vans (cities with a car milieuzone; Eindhoven 2027): milieuzones.nl
- Op weg naar ZES (Dutch government ZE-zone portal), where the zero-emission zones are (Tilburg 1-1-2025): opwegnaarzes.nl
- Wegenverkeerswet 1994, art. 8 (0.5 and 0.2 mg/ml): wetten.overheid.nl
- Tilburg.com, Tilburgse Kermis (ten days, largest in the Benelux): tilburg.com
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Frequently Asked Questions
No. The national milieuzone portal lists only Amsterdam, Arnhem, The Hague and Utrecht as having a milieuzone for passenger cars, with Eindhoven due to add one on 1 January 2027. Tilburg is not among them, so a car of any age or fuel may enter.
Tilburg is one of the Dutch municipalities with a zero-emission zone for city logistics, in force since 1 January 2025. It applies to business vans and lorries, not to private cars, and has transition rules for newer diesel vans.
The Tilburgse Kermis takes place in July and turns the city centre into a festival ground for ten days; it bills itself as the largest funfair in the Benelux. Expect closed streets in the centre and park outside it.
Not for the centre, which is compact and easy by bike or on foot. A car helps for the Brabant countryside and for the Efteling theme park, north of the city.
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