Parking in Hoeksche Waard

Free parking in Oud-Beijerland

Hoeksche Waard is one of the few municipalities where you need not worry about parking charges. In the center of Oud-Beijerland, the island's largest shopping area, parking has been free since 2016. There are many parking spaces, and the center is easy to reach by car from Hoeksche Waard itself, but also from Spijkenisse, Barendrecht and Rotterdam.

If you are coming to shop, the north of the center (Centrum noord) is the place to look. The three largest sites are there: P1, P2 and P3, on Ankerplein, Het Dok and Vierwiekenplein. From those sites you walk straight into the shopping streets. From the approach roads just follow the parking signs; they point you to the nearest location.

Shop&go: a quick errand

In a small number of spaces right in the center the shop&go principle applies. Those bays are blue and meant for anyone picking something up quickly: you may park there for up to 30 minutes, with a blue parking disc set to your arrival time behind the windscreen. The spaces concerned are clearly signposted, so you will not be caught out by accident. If you want to stay longer, use one of the large sites in the north of the center.

No ticket, but bring a disc

So in Oud-Beijerland you do not need to look for a meter or start a parking app. The only thing worth keeping in the car is a blue parking disc, in case you end up in a shop&go space. If you are going to the weekly market or shopping for an afternoon, use one of the large sites in the north of the center rather than a shop&go bay: those bays are meant for quick errands, and after half an hour you are parked illegally.

If you drive on to a municipality that does have paid parking, you start your parking action with SimplePark as soon as you have parked and end it when you drive off; there you only pay for the time you are parked, in the unit that municipality uses.