Brussels – second largest car-free city centre

Brussels officially boasts the second largest car-free pedestrian zone in Europe now that the handsome stretch between Place Fontainas and Place de Brouckere, along with many of its side streets, is now off limits to motor vehicles. Officially, only Venice has a larger car-less centre.

For over a decade plans and negotiations have been in the works to restrict cars to the city centre. The public in large part has supported the transformation, while some business owners and motorists have rejected the idea, claiming that such changes will make product deliveries more difficult and further congest already congested motorways.