Parking in Erlangen

There are several offers of paid parking spaces: Parking garage Henkestraße with about 438 parking spaces, underground parking garage Sedanstraße with about 280 parking spaces, underground parking garage Eisert in Sedanstraße with about 115 parking spaces, parking garage Neuer Markt in Schuhstraße with about 680 parking spaces.

There are several paid parking lots: Kaufland parking lot (Fuchsenwiese) with approx. 490 parking spaces, Altstadt Ost parking lot (Fuchsengarten) with approx. 80 parking spaces, Theaterplatz parking lot with approx. 153 parking spaces.

You will find the large parking lot behind the train station, between the A 73 freeway and the Nuremberg-Bamberg railroad line. The best way to reach it is via the A 73 autobahn exit Erlangen-Zentrum (No. 32). If you are using a navigation device, please enter "Parkplatzstraße" as the destination address.

There are parking concessions for people with a severe disability. Under certain conditions, they can apply for a parking permit. This is possible at the citizens' office on the first floor of the town hall. Here: More information

Midi electric buses from Erlanger Stadtwerke run free of charge through the city center as line 299. Every seven to eight minutes, for example, they serve the large parking lot with the clinics. They travel in opposite directions - either in one direction or the other. Read more about City Line 299 here.

Since March 2024, charges in public parking spaces in the city center have been one euro for the first half hour. For each additional hour, the charge is 2.60 euros per hour. The fee for the large parking lot is 1.50 euros per hour. Parking fees are only due on working days. Read more here.

The parking fee schedule

Parking fee regulations - map

Parking fee regulation map

Since January 2, 2023, cell phone parking has been possible not only in some paid parking spaces, but in the entire city area. With this extension, cashless payment of parking fees is possible for the first time in all metered parking spaces in the city of Erlangen. With the start of 2023, the provider for cell phone parking has also changed: The city of Erlangen is now working with "mobilet".

Since April 1, 2025, the following applies: road users who drive an appropriately marked electric vehicle may use a parking disc instead of a parking ticket for the first three hours of each parking session. If the parking process exceeds the three-hour exemption period, the parking disk and parking ticket can be combined - the duration of the parking ticket is added to the three-hour exemption period. The basis for the parking fee exemption is a requirement of the Bavarian state government.

Travel quickly and comfortably in the city center without having to search for a parking space. Since January 1, all bus routes within the free inner city area have been "free travel". Anyone who wants to travel can simply hop on. There is no need to buy a ticket. The free city center area extends from the bus station at the large parking lot in the west to Zollhausplatz in the east and from Werner-von--Siemens-Straße in the south to Schwabachanlage in the north.

How to recognize the bus stops

It is easy to see which bus stops are located in the city center: The names of the stops are highlighted in yellow-orange on the signs. This color can also be found on all timetable and fare information. An interactive map on the Internet also shows which parking facilities are available and the best way to get from there to the city center by bus. This is particularly easy with the new CityLinie. As a ring route, it connects the large parking lot, various parking garages and central points such as the university hospitals, the arcades and the northern city center. However, all other buses can also be used.

Anyone wishing to travel to or from stops outside the free city center area must continue to purchase the corresponding VGN ticket as usual. Fare zone C applies to the city of Erlangen.

Here: All important information on free public transport in the city center.

The following interactive map shows the free city center area.

The city of Erlangen is a member of the special-purpose association "Municipal traffic monitoring in the greater Nuremberg area". One of the tasks of the association is to monitor parking violations.

Have you parked in Erlangen and want to lodge an appeal against a parking ticket, a warning or a fine? Then please send it to: Zweckverband Kommunale Verkehrsüberwachung im Großraum Nürnberg, Königstorgraben 1, 90402 Nuremberg.

Here: More information

Since January 1, 2024, all bus lines within the free inner city area have been "free travel". Anyone who wants to travel can simply hop on. You do not need to buy a ticket. The following map shows the free inner city area for bus travel.