Parking - Franeker is easy to reach
Franeker is located in the north-west of the province of Fryslân. It is 120 kilometres from Amsterdam, which is a drive of one hour and fifteen minutes by car. From Utrecht Centraal it is two hours and twenty minutes by train. By car, the A31 exit to Franeker is the most commonly used route.
The UNESCO World Heritage Wadden Sea can be visited within a few kilometres.
Paid parking in the city centre
Monday to Saturday: 10:00 - 18:00 hrs (on Saturdays until 17:00 hrs)
Friday evening shopping: until 21:00 hrs
€ 0.70 per hour (city centre edges)*
€ 1.40 per hour (centre)*
*) Progressive parking policy
In car parks where previously a maximum of 4 hours could be parked, a charge of € 2.80 applies for the 5th and each subsequent hour. For car parks where previously a maximum of 2 hours could be parked, a charge of € 5.60 applies for the 3rd and each subsequent hour.
Free parking
Free car park on Leeuwarderweg
185 long-stay parking spaces and 130 blue zone spaces
Free car park on Hertog van Saxenlaan
102 long-stay parking spaces and 23 blue zone spaces
Free car park at sports hall de Trije, Jan Rodenhuisplein 3
144 spaces + 3 for coaches
Free car park at Waadhoeke municipal office, Harlingerweg 18
82 parking spaces, of which 14 for electric cars and 3 general disabled parking spaces
Free car park on Zuidelijke Industrieweg / Julianastraat
There will be 40 parking spaces and 4 spaces for tour buses.
Free car park P+R Franeker Station (redevelopment in 2026)
35 parking spaces
From all car parks it is only a few minutes' walk to the city centre.
NB. Before 10:00 hrs and in the evenings (except on shopping evenings) you can always park free of charge in the city centre.
Please note: Blue zone car park Leeuwarderweg
At the front section you can park for a maximum of 1.5 hours with a parking disc. This part of the car park is a blue zone. You can recognise it by the blue lines. The blue zone applies Monday to Saturday from 08:00 - 21:00 hrs. Outside these times you may park for longer and without a parking disc in this part of the car park. At the back section you can park for longer than 1.5 hours.
Parking for permit holders
In places where a “P-sign for permit holders” is displayed, only permit holders may park. This applies 24 hours a day!
Electric car charging points
In the car park of Waadhoeke Municipality there are 14 charging posts for electric vehicles. The address: Harlingerweg 18, 8801 PA Franeker.
In the car park on Leeuwarderweg there are 4 charging points.
On Zuidelijke Industrieweg / Julianastraat there will be 2 charging points.
There are also public charging posts in the city centre: on Zuiderkade, Voorstraat, Het Noord and Noorderbolwerk.