Weekend 24-25 October: heavy-vehicle driving bans across Europe

This weekend, 24 and 25 October, there is no national public holiday in any country along the usual route for hauliers leaving the Iberian Peninsula. Only the already-known weekend bans for heavy vehicles (over 7.5 tonnes, unless noted otherwise) apply, with no change from last weekend (17-18 October).

Calendar note: in the early hours of Sunday 25 October, continental Europe switches from summer to winter time — clocks go back from 3:00 to 2:00. The hours below are always each country’s local time, so the change does not alter any ban window; it is only a heads-up for anyone planning the overnight crossing from Saturday to Sunday.

Country-by-country summary — Saturday 24 and Sunday 25

Strict bans (Saturday evening to Sunday evening)

France

• Saturday 22:00 to Sunday 22:00, French time, across the whole motorway network.
• Exemptions: perishables, live animals, combined transport, emergencies.
• Added today, Saturday: a new nationwide “gilets jaunes” protest day — see the advisory on /en/traffic, with no official list of blocked roads but a risk of spot filtering nationwide.

Hungary

• Saturday 22:00 to Sunday 22:00. Outside Hungary’s summer-period rules, so the 15:00 extension that applies between June and August does not apply now. Confirmed on the site’s own Hungary driving-bans page.

Luxembourg

• Saturday from 21:30 (towards France) or 23:30 (towards Germany) to Sunday 21:45.
• Applies to international transit traffic through the Grand Duchy.

Austria

• Saturday 15:00-24:00; Sunday 00:00-22:00.
• A permanent night ban (22:00-05:00) also applies network-wide, even outside the weekend, for vehicles without a low-noise certificate.
• The Brenner is closed to heavy vehicles in this window — detour via Bavaria or Slovenia.

Sunday-only bans

Germany — Sunday 00:00-22:00, network-wide. Regional exemption: North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate extended, through 31 October, the exemption from the Sonn- und Feiertagsfahrverbot for transports directly linked to low water on inland waterways (cargo that would normally travel by barge on the Rhine) — it does not exempt general transit, only those transports with a demonstrated link. See the Germany driving-bans page.

Italy — Sunday 09:00-22:00 (winter schedule, in force since 1 October).

Switzerland and Liechtenstein (over 3.5 t) — full-day ban on Sunday (00:00-24:00); a night ban (22:00-05:00) also applies on Saturday.

Czech Republic — Sunday 13:00-22:00.

Slovakia — Sunday 06:00-22:00 (over 7.5 t; over 3.5 t with a trailer or semi-trailer).

Slovenia — Sunday 08:00-22:00.

No general weekend ban

Spain — no weekend ban in the DGT’s general calendar. The DGT flags no extra special measure for this weekend (no bank holiday bridge, no special date in the window; the next one is All Saints’, 30 Oct-2 Nov — see the separate story).

Portugal — no general weekend ban. Only the permanent restrictions on dangerous goods (ADR) on designated roads remain, including Sunday and holiday windows.

Poland, Belgium and the Netherlands — no specific weekend ban.

For hauliers leaving the Iberian Peninsula

• Towards France: leave on Friday or in the early hours of Monday; cross before 22:00 on Saturday if leaving today, and allow for possible spot filtering from the “gilets jaunes” protest.
• Towards Italy via the Brenner: Austria closes the Brenner from 15:00 on Saturday — cross before that time or wait until after 22:00 on Sunday (Italy only reopens at 22:00).
• Towards Hungary: the weekend ban applies to all transit traffic — plan the crossing outside the Saturday 22:00-Sunday 22:00 window.

Tonight, the usual overnight closures remain in force in Italy (Milan-Genoa-Switzerland corridor) and Germany (A8, Aichelberg tunnel) — see /en/traffic.