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Austria: Vienna Czech Republic: Prague Finland: Helsinki France: Paris Germany: Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and Munich Hungary: Budapest   Italy: Rome

Luxembourg: Luxembourg The Netherlands: Amsterdam Norway: Oslo Slovenia: Ljubljana Sweden: Stockholm Switzerland: Geneva UK: Sheffield

Austria: Vienna

Inhabitants:                           1 681 469

P+R sites:                               6

P+R parking spaces:              6 226

Of which free of charge:        none

Name:                                     P+R

Signposting:                           on motorways, on arterial roads and near the facilities

Opening hours:                       24h

Parking fees:                          €3 per day flat

Public transport fares:           €3.40 round trip 1 adult

Website:                                  http://www.vor.at/(German only)

Czech Republic: Prague

Inhabitants:                            1 194 407

P+R sites:                                17

P+R parking spaces:               3 196

Of which free of charge:         none

Name:                                      P+R

Signposting:                            some on motorways, on arterial roads and near the facilities

Opening hours:                        between 04.00 and 01.00 hours

Parking fees:                           €1 per day flat

Public transport fares:            €1.50 round trip for the driver

Website:                                   www.dpp.cz/ (in Czech, German and English)

Our tip:

• Public transport ticket comes reduced for the driver only. All other car passengers are required to purchase a regular ticket.

Inhabitants:                           568 146

P+R sites:                               27

P+R parking spaces:              3 163

Of which free of charge:        2 908

Name:                                     Liityntäpysäköinti

Signposting:                           some on motorways, on arterial roads and near the facilities

Opening hours:                       different for each site

Parking fees:                          maximum €2 per day flat

Public transport fares:           €4.40 round trip 1 adult

Inhabitants:                            2 166 200

P+R sites:                                28

P+R parking spaces:               5 849

Of which free of charge:         1 700

Name:                                      P+R, Parc Relais, some sites are still called Parc d'Intérêt Régional (P.I.R.)

Signposting:                            some on motorways, on arterial roads and near the facilities

Opening hours:                        different for each site

Parking fees:                           maximum €12.50 per day

Public transport fares:            €3.20 round trip 1 adult

Website:                                  http://www.stif-idf.fr/pour-voyager-ile-de-france/les-parcs-relais-votre-gare-dot-/site-parcs-relais/choisir-son-parc-relais-1506.html
(French only)

Our tip:

• The above figures relate to the city area. In the Île-de-France (Paris region) area 547 sites with over 105 000 parking spaces are available, of which more than 54 000 are free of charge.

Germany: Berlin

Inhabitants:                            3 422 943

P+R sites:                                44

P+R parking spaces:               4 947

Of which free of charge:         all

Name:                                      P+R

Signposting:                            on arterial roads and near the facilities

Opening hours:                        not specified

Parking fees:                           none

Public transport fares:            €4.20 to €5.60 round trip 1 adult

Website:                                http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/verkehr/verkehr_in_zahlen/de/entwicklung/parken.shtml(German only)             

Our tip:

• The above figures relate to the city area. Greater Berlin provides 99 sites with 9 350 parking spaces free of charge.

Germany: Hamburg

Inhabitants:                            1 773 218

P+R sites:                                49

P+R parking spaces:               9 409

Of which free of charge:         all

Name:                                      P+R

Signposting:                            on motorways, on arterial roads and near the facilities

Opening hours:                        not specified

Parking fees:                           none

Public transport fares:            €3.30 to €5.20 round trip 1 adult

Website:                                   http://www.hvv.de/wissenswertes/autofahrer/park-ride/(German only)  

Our tip:

• The above figures relate to the city area. In the area of the Hamburg public transport network, 120 sites with over 18 000 parking spaces are available free of charge.

Germany: Cologne

Inhabitants:                            995 397

P+R sites:                                28

P+R parking spaces:               5 570

Of which free of charge:         all

Name:                                      P+R

Signposting:                            on motorways, on arterial roads and near the facilities

Opening hours:                        not specified

Parking fees:                           none

Public transport fares:            €4.60 to €6.40 round trip 1 adult

Website:                                   
http://www.kvb-koeln.de/german/fahrplan/parkandride.html#köln (German only)

Our tip:

• The above figures relate to the city area. In the area of the Rhein-Sieg public transport network 149 sites with over 19 000 parking spaces are available.

Germany: Munich

Inhabitants:                            1 314 350

P+R sites:                                24

P+R parking spaces:               7 128

Of which free of charge:         1 120

Name:                                      P+R

Signposting:                            on motorways, on arterial roads and near the facilities

Opening hours:                        24h

Parking fees:                           maximum €1.50 per day flat

Public transport fares:            €4.60 round trip 1 adult

Website:                                   www.parkundride.de; http://www.mvv-muenchen.de/(German only)

Our tip:

• The above figures relate to the city area. In the Munich area 100 P+R sites with about 18 000 parking spaces are available free of charge.

Hungary: Budapest

Inhabitants:                            1 696 128

P+R sites:                                25

P+R parking spaces:               3 384

Of which free of charge:         2 682

Name:                                      P+R

Signposting:                            immediate vicinity of the sites

Opening hours:                        not specified

Parking fees:                           €1 per day flat

Public transport fares:            €2 round trip 1 adult

Website:                                  http://www.parking.hu/(in Hungarian, German, English, Czech and Russian)

Italy: Rome

Inhabitants:                            2 708 395

P+R sites:                                31

P+R parking spaces:               12 880

Of which free of charge:         260

Name:                                      Parcheggio di scambio

Signposting:                            immediate vicinity of the sites

Opening hours:                        not specified

Parking fees:                           maximum €3 per day

Public transport fares:            2 € €round trip 1 adult

Website:                                   www.atac.roma.it/ (Italian only)

Luxembourg: Luxembourg

Inhabitants:                            86 329

P+R sites:                                5

P+R parking spaces:               4 116

Of which free of charge:         all

Name:                                      P+R

Signposting:                            on motorways, on arterial roads and near the facilities

Opening hours:                        not specified

Parking fees:                           none

Public transport fares:            €3 round trip 1 adult

Website:                                  none

Netherlands: Amsterdam

Inhabitants:                            743 104

P+R sites:                                5

P+R parking spaces:               1 278

Of which free of charge:         none

Name:                                      P+R, Transferium

Signposting:                            on motorway exits of the A 10 motorway

Opening hours:                       between 7.00 and 2200 hours in Bos en Lommer, 24h at the remaining four sites

Parking fees:                          €6 per day flat

Public transport fares:           round trip for up to 5 persons included in parking fee

Website:                                  www.bereikbaaramsterdam.nl/live/main.asp?subsite_id=23
(Dutch only)

Our tip:

• Upon delivery of the parking coupon, the service staff will supply free public transport tickets.
• Deliver stamped public transport ticket to service staff and pay reduced parking fee.
• Please notice: If the public transport ticket is unstamped or was incorrectly stamped, regular parking fees of between €15 and €21 per day will apply.
• Passenger car parking up to four days maximum at special rate.

Norway: Oslo

Inhabitants:                            565 653

P+R sites:                                5

P+R parking spaces:               3 000

Of which free of charge:         2 330

Name:                                      Innfartsparkering

Signposting:                            some on motorways, on arterial roads and near the facilities, some not signposted

Opening hours:                       not specified

Parking fees:                          maximum €14 per day

Public transport fares:           €5.20 to €10.40 round trip 1 adult

Website:                                 www.trafikketaten.oslo.kommune.no/parkering/innfartsparkering/ (Norwegian only)

Our tip:

• Free sites are much closer to the city centre than the sites which are subject to payment.

Slovenia: Ljubljana

Inhabitants:                            278 638

P+R sites:                                1

P+R parking spaces:               217

Of which free of charge:         none

Name:                                      P+R

Signposting:                            near the facilities

Opening hours:                        between 6.00 and 20.00 hours

Parking fees:                           €1 per day flat

Public transport fares:            round trip included for the driver

Website:                                   www.jh-lj.si/ (Slovenian only)

Our tip:

• After payment of the parking fee, two plastic tokens for the bus ride into the city centre are provided

Sweden: Stockholm

Inhabitants:                            795 163

P+R sites:                                22

P+R parking spaces:               3 000

Of which free of charge:         none

Name:                                      Infartsparkering

Signposting:                            on arterial roads and immediate vicinity of the sites

Opening hours:                        not specified

Parking fees:                           maximum €3 per day flat

Public transport fares:            €6 to €12 round trip 1 adult

Website:                                  http://www.stockholmparkering.se/infartspark.htm(Swedish only)

Switzerland: Geneva

Inhabitants:                           1 314 350

P+R sites:                               19

P+R parking spaces:              4 854

Of which free of charge:        none

Name:                                     P+R, Parking relais, Parking d'échange

Signposting:                           on motorways, on arterial roads and near the facilities

Opening hours:                       24h

Parking fees:                          €maximum 36.59 per day

Public transport fares:           €4 to €7.60 round trip 1 adult

Website:                                  http://www.ge.ch/parkings/welcome.html(French only)

Our tip:

• Seven of overall 19 P+R sites are only available to season ticket holders

UK: Sheffield

Inhabitants:                            530 300

P+R sites:                                8

P+R parking spaces:               1 754

Of which free of charge:         750

Name:                                      P+R

Signposting:                            on arterial roads and immediate vicinity of the sites

Opening hours:                        not specified

Parking fees:                           maximum €4.50 per day

Public transport fares:            included in parking fee for the driver

Website: 

http://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/travel_information/travelling_by_car/park_and_ride/
(English only)