Guidance

Using a Blue Badge in Europe

Updated 31 August 2023

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Where you can use your聽UK聽Blue Badge in Europe

You can use your UK Blue Badge when travelling in some EU countries, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.

This guidance provides a list of countries with links to pages that contain:

  • information about parking for disabled people in the country
  • disabled parking notices that you can print off and display with your Blue Badge

You do not have to do display a local parking notice, but it may help.

You should note that:

  • local parking rules may apply in different parts of a country
  • some countries may have changed their rules since the pages we link to were published

For up-to-date information always check the local parking rules of the place you want to use your Blue Badge before parking.

Country or territory UK Blue Badge recognised More information
Austria Yes .
Belgium Yes .
Bulgaria No information .
Croatia Yes .
Cyprus Yes .
Czech Republic Yes .
Denmark Yes .
You must use a parking disc (clock) if using parking time concessions.
Estonia Yes .
Finland Yes .
France May not recognise non-EU issued parking cards. .
Germany Yes .
Greece Accepts non-EU parking cards. .
Hungary Yes .
Iceland Accepts non-EU parking cards. .
Ireland Yes .
Italy Non-EU parking cards accepted in some regions only. .
Latvia Yes .
Liechtenstein Yes .
Lithuania Non-EU parking cards accepted in some regions only. .
Luxembourg Accepts non-EU parking cards. .
Malta Yes .
Netherlands Yes .
Norway Yes .
Poland Yes .
Portugal Yes .
Romania Accepts non-EU parking cards. .
Slovakia Yes .
Slovenia May not recognise non-EU issue parking card. .
Spain (including Balearic and Canary Isles) UK Blue Badge recognition across Spain decided by local administrations .
Sweden Yes .
Switzerland Yes .
You must use a parking disc (clock) if using parking time concessions.

Further guidance

Parking concessions vary in each country. Further information is available from:

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