City Guides

Moving to Ghent: city centre and sub-municipalities, permit for the removal van, car-free areas, registration within three months as an EU citizen, 783 km.

Moving to Mechelen: the city centre and the districts of Heffen, Hombeek, Leest, Muizen and Walem, parking restriction online, address registration in eight working days.

Vlissingen on Walcheren: Binnenstad, Souburg, Paauwenburg and Lammerenburg, registration by phone appointment only, parking at €2.30 an hour and bulky waste from €50.39.

Moving to Brussels: 19 municipalities from Ixelles to Uccle, parking reservation at the town hall, registration within eight days, LEZ, 756 km from Berlin via Leuven.

Moving to Antwerp: Zurenborg, Zuid, Eilandje, Berchem or Linkeroever, parking ban 5 working days ahead from €65, low-emission zone, address registration in 8 days.

Venlo-Centrum, Blerick on the west bank, Tegelen, Arcen and Velden: which districts there are, how registration in the BRP works and what the 2027 zone means.

Moving to Middelburg: city centre with pedestrian zone, Arnemuiden and the villages of the municipality, verhuisvergunning €8.70, registration within five days, 806 km.

Moving to Maastricht: seven districts on both banks of the Maas, parking permit at the Gemeenteloket, loading times in the centre, registration within five days, 667 km.

Assen in Drenthe: districts from Centrum to Kloosterveen, zero-emission zone and day permit in the centre, lorry parking, re-registration and costs from Berlin.

Moving to Groningen: car-free Binnenstad with a loading window until 12 noon, districts from Paddepoel to Helpman, BRP registration within 5 days, 565 km from Berlin.

Moving to Emmen (canton of Lucerne): Emmenbrücke, Gerliswil and Rüeggisingen, household removal goods with form 18.44, register within 14 days – 906 km from Berlin.

Moving to Leeuwarden: low-traffic Binnenstad with loading 7.30 am–12 noon, neighbourhoods from Huizum to Zuiderburen, registering with the gemeente, 625 km from Berlin.