Campervan routes in Belgium

Belgium does not forbid sleeping in a legally parked motorhome at federal level. The Walloon mobility authority puts it plainly: no provision of the highway code prohibits spending the night. The conditions are equally plain — nothing may project from the vehicle, no waste water may be discharged onto the street and you must not cause noise. The moment you put down levelling blocks, extend the legs or roll out the awning it becomes camping, and that is not allowed on the public road. Watch the parking signs too: E9a means motorhomes are welcome, E9h is reserved for them, and E9b, E9c and E9d exclude you.

The municipality is the real authority. Ghent, Antwerp, Bruges and the City of Brussels explicitly forbid overnighting on the street, and those rules are often not signposted. Wallonia is stricter in law than Flanders: the Walloon tourism code forbids camping on public roads except at an official aire de motor-homes. Fines run through the municipal system up to 350 euros.

So plan on the motorhome aire network. Wallonia has around 45 public aires plus dozens of pitches on campsites; Flanders counts more than 65 recognised sites. Prices run from 12 to 30 euros for 24 hours, often with a maximum stay of 48 or 72 hours and an automatic payment terminal rather than a reservation system. Most sites sit just outside the centre, within walking or cycling distance.

Low-emission zones exist only in Antwerp, Ghent and the whole Brussels-Capital Region. In Antwerp and Ghent diesel from Euro 5 upwards enters free of charge; the tightening announced for 2026 was cancelled in late 2025. In Brussels diesel must be at least Euro 6 since 1 January 2026, but motorhomes have a specific free exemption there. Crucial for foreign plates: registration is compulsory and free, and one registration in Ghent also covers Antwerp. Do it well in advance, because processing takes up to fourteen days. Wallonia has no low-emission zone at all — the Ardennes, the Meuse valley, Namur, Liège and Mons can be visited without restriction.

Otherwise: no vignette, no motorway tolls, and the distance charge above 3.5 tonnes applies only to category N vehicles, so not to a private motorhome. The only toll is the Liefkenshoek tunnel near Antwerp, where motorhomes over 3 metres fall into the higher category. Mind the speed change at the language border: outside built-up areas Flanders limits you to 70 km/h and Wallonia to 90, while Brussels is 30 throughout. Above 3.5 tonnes the motorway limit is 90 instead of 120.