Parking in Middelburg (Z.): rates, zones and hours
On-street parking in Middelburg (Z.) costs €2.30 to €3.20 per hour, depending on the area. In Car parks a limit of € 11.30 per day applies. Paid parking applies Mon–Sat 8:00–20:00. Parking is free on Sundays and public holidays. SimplePark knows all 6 parking zones of Middelburg (Z.): start your session in the app, stop it when you leave and pay only for the time you parked. Free parking is available at Oude Veerseweg car park. Covered parking is available at Het Groene Woud. In Blue zones just outside the city centre you can stay 120 minutes with a parking disc. The municipality checks with a scan car, so your number plate has to be right. The rates come from the municipality and were checked on September 7, 2026. With SimplePark you start and stop the parking session in the app and pay by the minute, plus €0.29 in service costs per parking action.
Where to park in Middelburg
In Middelburg's city centre your car stands in the parking bays and you pay at the meter. From the approach roads, signs point you to the car parks and garages around the centre, and there the municipality has deliberately kept the rates lower than on-street. If you come for an afternoon's shopping or for the Abdijcomplex, the garage is almost always the cheapest choice: € 2.30 per hour versus € 3.20 on-street.
If you want to pay nothing at all, drive on to the Oude Veerseweg car park. That is unpaid and lies a five to ten minute walk from the city centre. Only in early August can you not use it, because the fairground caravans stand there then. The Segeerssingel car park behind the station is free as well. The adjoining Q-Park P+R site is meant for dropping off and collecting train passengers and has its own rates.
The progressive rate and the zones
Since June 2025 Middelburg charges a rising hourly rate on-street. In the yellow zone you pay € 3.20 per hour for the first two hours and € 6.40 after that. On the Damplein, the purple zone, that threshold only kicks in after four hours. The green zone, Hof van Tange, Loskade and Molenwater, stays at € 3.20 per hour all day, with a day ticket of € 16.00. Paid parking applies from Monday to Saturday between 8:00 and 20:00.
On Sunday and on national public holidays you park for free in Middelburg, including in the car parks. You do then have to stand neatly in the bays and leave the permit-holder spaces clear. Just outside the city centre lie blue zones, where you may stay a maximum of two hours with a parking disc.
Paying and enforcement
Middelburg uses licence-plate parking and checks with a scan car: you do not have to put a ticket behind the windscreen, but your licence plate does have to be correct. If you enter it wrong, the scan car sees an unpaid car. With SimplePark you start the session as soon as you stop and stop it when you drive off; you pay per minute, so with a rising rate you do not have to guess in advance how long you will stay.
Rates and paid hours in Middelburg (Z.)
Yellow zone, on-street
€3.20 per hour
Paid hours
Purple zone (Damplein)
€3.20 per hour
Paid hours
Green zone (Hof van Tange, Loskade, Molenwater)
€3.20 per hour
Paid hours
Maximum
Car parks
€2.30 per hour
Maximum
Parking is free on Sundays and public holidays.Rates as of September 7, 2026, source: Middelburg (Z.) municipality.
Free parking and P+R in Middelburg (Z.)
Oude Veerseweg car park
Segeerssingel car park
Car parks in Middelburg (Z.)
Het Groene Woud
Geere
Kousteensedijk
Achter de Houttuinen
Kanaalweg
Blue zones in Middelburg (Z.)
Blue zones just outside the city centre
How to pay with SimplePark in Middelburg (Z.)
- Open the app: it finds the zone you are in, or you enter the zone code from the meter.
- Pick your plate and start your session. You see the Middelburg (Z.) rate right away.
- Stop the session when you leave. You pay only for the time you parked.
Middelburg (Z.) checks with a scan car. Enter your plate correctly and start your session before you walk away.
FAQ about parking in Middelburg (Z.)
What does parking in Middelburg (Z.) cost?
Yellow zone, on-street: €3.20 per hour; Purple zone (Damplein): €3.20 per hour; Green zone (Hof van Tange, Loskade, Molenwater): €3.20 per hour, € 16.00 per day; Car parks: €2.30 per hour, € 11.30 per day
On top of that SimplePark charges a €0.29 service fee per session.
Until what time is parking paid in Middelburg (Z.)?
Paid parking in Middelburg (Z.) applies Mon–Sat 8:00–20:00. Parking is free on Sundays and public holidays.
Is parking in Middelburg (Z.) free on Sundays?
Yes, on Sundays on-street parking in Middelburg (Z.) is free.
Why does parking in Middelburg get more expensive the longer you stay?
Since 2 June 2025 a progressive rate applies on-street. That replaced the old maximum stay of two or four hours. You may now stay longer, but from the third hour (or on the Damplein from the fifth hour) you pay € 6.40 per hour instead of € 3.20. In the car parks and on the Hof van Tange, Loskade and Molenwater sites the progressive rate does not apply.