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# Truck Driving Bans in Europe — Week 26, 2026-06-22 to 2026-06-28

22.06.2026 09:00    [Mira Kurhanska](https://nakordoni.eu/en/p/authors)     Editor: [Andrii Kurhanskyi](https://nakordoni.eu/en/p/authors)    Service Nakordoni.eu

This article covers a past period. [Current calendar of truck driving bans in Europe →](https://nakordoni.eu/en/for_truck_drivers/traffic_bans)

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## Overview: 15 Countries, Peak Restrictions on Saturday and Sunday 27–28 June

Week 26 (22–28 June 2026) sees [truck driving bans](https://nakordoni.eu/en/for_truck_drivers/traffic_bans) across 15 European countries. The week divides cleanly into two phases: a quiet Monday-to-Friday period with only the year-round nightly restrictions in **Austria**, **Switzerland**, and **Liechtenstein** (22:00–05:00) — standard overnight rules that apply every night and are not exceptional events — and a heavy weekend phase starting Saturday 27 June, when 10 countries activate pre-weekend restrictions, culminating in **Sunday 28 June**, marked as [Constitution Day](https://nakordoni.eu/en/holidays) in several states, when **14 countries enforce simultaneous full or near-full-day prohibitions**. Thursday 25 June adds one mid-week exception: Slovenia's daytime motorway ban 08:00–22:00. All restrictions apply exclusively to goods vehicles (HGV/TIR) above the country-specific weight threshold; passenger cars, coaches, and in most countries empty containers returning to base are exempt. A critical threshold difference: **Poland and Bulgaria restrict only vehicles above 12t** — trucks between 7.5t and 12t face no Polish or Bulgarian ban — while most Western and Central European countries ban from **>7.5t**, and Switzerland with Liechtenstein enforce restrictions from **>3.5t**, the lowest threshold on the continent.

The most sensitive corridor this week is the [Austria](https://nakordoni.eu/en/country/austria) Alpine axis. The **A12 Inntal** (Kufstein–Innsbruck) and **A13 Brenner** (Innsbruck–Italian border) carry a dedicated southbound morning ban Saturday 07:00–15:00 on top of the standard nationwide Saturday afternoon ban 15:00–24:00. In practice this means continuous HGV prohibition on those routes from **07:00 Saturday through 22:00 Sunday** — approximately 39 hours without a usable window. Drivers transiting to Italy or returning north via the Brenner must complete the crossing before Saturday 07:00 or wait for Sunday evening.

## Date-by-Date Breakdown

### Monday, 22 June

| Country | Time | Applies to | Roads | Exemptions |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 🇦🇹 **Austria** | 00:00–05:00 / 22:00–24:00 | >7.5t | Motorways & expressways (Autobahnen & Schnellstraßen) | Perishables, live animals, combined transport, rail terminal transit |
| 🇨🇭 **Switzerland** | 00:00–05:00 / 22:00–24:00 | >3.5t | All public roads nationwide | Urgent medical supplies, military only |
| 🇱🇮 **Liechtenstein** | 00:00–05:00 / 22:00–24:00 | >3.5t | All roads (follows Swiss rules) | Same as Switzerland |

Routine nightly restrictions only on Monday. Trans-European corridors through Austria and Switzerland are fully open for daytime HGV running.

### Tuesday, 23 June

| Country | Time | Applies to | Roads | Exemptions |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 🇦🇹 **Austria** | 00:00–05:00 / 22:00–24:00 | >7.5t | Motorways & expressways | Perishables, live animals, combined transport, rail terminal transit |
| 🇨🇭 **Switzerland** | 00:00–05:00 / 22:00–24:00 | >3.5t | All public roads nationwide | Urgent medical supplies, military only |
| 🇱🇮 **Liechtenstein** | 00:00–05:00 / 22:00–24:00 | >3.5t | All roads | Same as Switzerland |

Identical to Monday. Nightly Alpine restrictions only — daytime transit unaffected.

### Wednesday, 24 June

| Country | Time | Applies to | Roads | Exemptions |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 🇦🇹 **Austria** | 00:00–05:00 / 22:00–24:00 | >7.5t | Motorways & expressways | Perishables, live animals, combined transport, rail terminal transit |
| 🇨🇭 **Switzerland** | 00:00–05:00 / 22:00–24:00 | >3.5t | All public roads nationwide | Urgent medical supplies, military only |
| 🇱🇮 **Liechtenstein** | 00:00–05:00 / 22:00–24:00 | >3.5t | All roads | Same as Switzerland |

No daytime restrictions mid-week. Wednesday is the best day to complete a full Swiss transit before the weekend window opens.

### Thursday, 25 June

| Country | Time | Applies to | Roads | Exemptions |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 🇦🇹 **Austria** | 00:00–05:00 / 22:00–24:00 | >7.5t | Motorways & expressways | Perishables, live animals, combined transport, rail terminal transit |
| 🇨🇭 **Switzerland** | 00:00–05:00 / 22:00–24:00 | >3.5t | All public roads nationwide | Urgent medical supplies, military only |
| 🇱🇮 **Liechtenstein** | 00:00–05:00 / 22:00–24:00 | >3.5t | All roads | Same as Switzerland |
| 🇸🇮 **Slovenia** | 08:00–22:00 | >7.5t | Motorways and expressways | Perishables, live animals, dangerous goods (ADR) |

**Slovenia is the only mid-week exception**, activating a full daytime ban on its motorway and expressway network 08:00–22:00. Drivers on the A1/A2 Balkans–Adriatic corridor through [Slovenia](https://nakordoni.eu/en/country/slovenia) must cross before 08:00 or wait until after 22:00. ADR-certified dangerous goods shipments are exempt.

### Friday, 26 June

| Country | Time | Applies to | Roads | Exemptions |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 🇦🇹 **Austria** | 00:00–05:00 / 22:00–24:00 | >7.5t | Motorways & expressways | Perishables, live animals, combined transport, rail terminal transit |
| 🇨🇭 **Switzerland** | 00:00–05:00 / 22:00–24:00 | >3.5t | All public roads nationwide | Urgent medical supplies, military only |
| 🇱🇮 **Liechtenstein** | 00:00–05:00 / 22:00–24:00 | >3.5t | All roads | Same as Switzerland |

Friday returns to nightly restrictions only. **Use Friday daytime hours to complete Brenner and Inntal crossings** — the A12 and A13 Saturday morning ban activates at 07:00 and the corridor does not reopen to HGVs until Sunday 22:00.

### Saturday, 27 June

| Country | Time | Applies to | Roads | Exemptions |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 🇦🇹 **Austria** | 07:00–15:00 (A12 Inntal & A13 Brenner); 15:00–24:00 (all motorways); 00:00–05:00 (night) | >7.5t | All motorways & expressways; A12/A13 additional morning restriction | Perishables, live animals, combined transport, rail terminal transit |
| 🇧🇬 **Bulgaria** | 16:00–20:00 | >12t | Highways and Class I & II national roads | Perishables, live animals, military, diplomatic vehicles |
| 🇨🇭 **Switzerland** | 00:00–05:00 / 22:00–24:00 | >3.5t | All public roads nationwide | Urgent medical supplies, military only |
| 🇫🇷 **France** | 22:00–24:00 | >7.5t | All roads nationwide | Perishables, livestock, fuel, humanitarian shipments |
| 🇭🇷 **Croatia** | 15:00–23:00 | >7.5t (or trailers >14m) | Selected main roads and motorways | Perishables, live animals, fuel, humanitarian transport |
| 🇭🇺 **Hungary** | 22:00–24:00 | >7.5t | All public roads | Perishables, live animals, transit with valid Hungarian motorway vignette |
| 🇱🇮 **Liechtenstein** | 00:00–05:00 / 22:00–24:00 | >3.5t | All roads | Same as Switzerland |
| 🇱🇺 **Luxembourg** | 21:30–24:00 | >7.5t | All roads | Perishables, fuel |
| 🇵🇱 **Poland** | 18:00–22:00 | >12t | All public roads | Perishables, live animals, combined transport, fuel, mail, humanitarian aid, empty returns |
| 🇸🇮 **Slovenia** | 06:00–16:00 / 08:00–13:00 | >7.5t | Motorways and expressways | Perishables, live animals, dangerous goods (ADR) |

**Saturday is the first major restriction day of the week.** Austria is the key pressure point: combining the A12/A13 morning ban (07:00–15:00) with the nationwide afternoon ban (15:00–24:00) creates an effective **17-hour block on the Brenner corridor**. France opens its standard weekly Saturday-to-Sunday ban at 22:00 — this rolls directly into Sunday's full-day restriction. Poland's 18:00–22:00 ban covers only vehicles **above 12t**; lighter trucks are entirely unaffected by Polish law.

### Sunday, 28 June — Constitution Day

| Country | Time | Applies to | Roads | Exemptions |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 🇦🇹 **Austria** | 00:00–22:00 | >7.5t | All motorways & expressways | Perishables, live animals, combined transport, rail terminal transit |
| 🇨🇭 **Switzerland** | 00:00–24:00 | >3.5t | All public roads nationwide | Urgent medical, military — **no general cargo exemptions** |
| 🇨🇿 **Czech Republic** | 13:00–22:00 | >7.5t (or >3.5t with trailer) | Motorways, expressways, and Class 1 roads | Perishables, live animals, fuel, postal deliveries, combined transport |
| 🇩🇪 **Germany** | 00:00–22:00 | >7.5t | All Bundesstraßen & Autobahnen | Fresh food, mail, empty containers returning to base, combined transport |
| 🇫🇷 **France** | 00:00–22:00 | >7.5t | All roads nationwide | Perishables, livestock, fuel, humanitarian shipments |
| 🇭🇷 **Croatia** | 14:00–23:00 | >7.5t (or trailers >14m) | Selected main roads and motorways | Perishables, live animals, fuel, humanitarian transport |
| 🇭🇺 **Hungary** | 00:00–22:00 | >7.5t | All public roads | Perishables, live animals, transit with valid Hungarian motorway vignette |
| 🇮🇹 **Italy** | 07:00–22:00 | >7.5t | All extra-urban roads (extraurbane) | Perishables, live animals, fuel, newspapers, postal deliveries, ATP-certified vehicles |
| 🇱🇮 **Liechtenstein** | 00:00–24:00 | >3.5t | All roads | Same as Switzerland — no general cargo exemptions |
| 🇱🇺 **Luxembourg** | 00:00–21:45 | >7.5t | All roads | Perishables, fuel |
| 🇵🇱 **Poland** | 08:00–22:00 | >12t | All public roads | Perishables, live animals, combined transport, fuel, mail, humanitarian aid, empty returns |
| 🇷🇴 **Romania** | 06:00–22:00 | >7.5t | National roads DN1, DN7 and selected highways | Perishables, ADR dangerous goods, international transit on TEN-T corridors |
| 🇸🇮 **Slovenia** | 08:00–22:00 | >7.5t | Motorways and expressways | Perishables, live animals, dangerous goods (ADR) |
| 🇸🇰 **Slovakia** | 00:00–22:00 | >7.5t (or >3.5t with trailer) | All roads | Perishables & combined transport 00:00–06:00; live animals; fuel |

**Sunday 28 June is the most restrictive single day of Week 26**, with 14 countries imposing simultaneous prohibitions. **Switzerland and Liechtenstein** enforce a complete 24-hour block with virtually no cargo exemptions — plan zero HGV movement through these countries. [Germany](https://nakordoni.eu/en/country/germany) and France both impose near-full-day bans (00:00–22:00) covering their entire federal road and motorway networks. Italy's summer schedule activates at 07:00 on all extra-urban roads. Romania restricts only the **DN1 and DN7 national roads** plus selected highways; drivers with valid international transit documentation on TEN-T network corridors may qualify for exemption.

## Country-by-Country Rules & Penalties

### 🇦🇹 Austria

**Weight:** >7.5t | **Roads:** All motorways & expressways | **Recurring:** Saturdays 15:00–24:00; Sundays & public holidays 00:00–22:00; nightly 22:00–05:00 | **Penalties:** €150–€5,000

**Exemptions:** Perishable goods, live animals, combined transport, direct transit to/from rail terminals. **A12 & A13 special:** additional Saturday morning ban 07:00–15:00 in the direction of Italy/Germany; dedicated night ban 22:00–05:00 applies specifically on A12 Inntal, A13 Brenner, and A14 Rheintal/Vorarlberg.

### 🇩🇪 Germany

**Weight:** >7.5t | **Roads:** All Bundesstraßen & Autobahnen | **Recurring:** Sundays & public holidays 00:00–22:00 | **Penalties:** €75–€525

**Exemptions:** Fresh food, mail, empty containers returning to loading base, combined transport. The summer holiday regulation (Ferienreiseverordnung) adds a Saturday 07:00–20:00 ban on selected motorways during July and August.

### 🇫🇷 France

**Weight:** >7.5t | **Roads:** All roads nationwide | **Recurring:** Saturday 22:00 through Sunday 22:00 every weekend; holiday eves 22:00–24:00 | **Penalties:** €135–€750 (4th class offence)

**Exemptions:** Perishable goods, livestock, fuel, humanitarian shipments. Grands Départs weekends carry extended restrictions beyond the standard windows.

### 🇮🇹 Italy

**Weight:** >7.5t | **Roads:** All extra-urban roads (extraurbane) | **Recurring:** Sundays & public holidays — summer schedule 07:00–22:00 | **Penalties:** €419–€1,682

**Exemptions:** Perishables, live animals, fuel, newspapers, postal deliveries, vehicles holding a valid ATP temperature-control certificate.

### 🇭🇺 Hungary

**Weight:** >7.5t | **Roads:** All public roads | **Recurring:** Sundays & holidays 06:00–22:00 (April–September); pre-holiday Saturdays from 22:00 | **Penalties:** HUF 30,000–300,000

**Exemptions:** Perishable goods, live animals, vehicles in transit with a valid Hungarian motorway vignette.

### 🇨🇿 Czech Republic

**Weight:** >7.5t or >3.5t with trailer | **Roads:** Motorways, expressways, and Class 1 roads | **Recurring:** Sundays & holidays 13:00–22:00; Fridays 17:00–21:00 in July–August | **Penalties:** CZK 5,000–100,000

**Exemptions:** Perishables, live animals, fuel, postal deliveries, combined transport.

### 🇸🇰 Slovakia

**Weight:** >7.5t or >3.5t with trailer | **Roads:** All roads | **Recurring:** Sundays & holidays 00:00–22:00; pre-holiday Saturdays when followed by a public holiday | **Penalties:** €150–€1,500

**Exemptions:** Perishables and combined transport 00:00–06:00, live animals, fuel.

### 🇸🇮 Slovenia

**Weight:** >7.5t | **Roads:** Motorways and expressways | **Recurring:** Sundays & holidays 08:00–21:00; pre-holiday days from 14:00 | **Penalties:** €500–€2,000

**Exemptions:** Perishables, live animals, dangerous goods with valid ADR documentation.

### 🇨🇭 Switzerland

**Weight:** >3.5t | **Roads:** All public roads nationwide | **Recurring:** Sundays & holidays 00:00–24:00 (full day); nightly 22:00–05:00 | **Penalties:** CHF 100–10,000

**Exemptions:** Extremely limited — urgent medical supplies and military transport only. **No general cargo exemptions apply.** Switzerland operates one of the strictest HGV ban regimes in Europe; plan accordingly.

### 🇵🇱 Poland

**Weight:** **>12t** — trucks between 7.5t and 12t are not subject to Polish driving bans | **Roads:** All public roads | **Recurring:** Sundays & public holidays 08:00–22:00; pre-holiday Saturdays 18:00–22:00; summer additions Friday 18:00–22:00 and Saturday 08:00–14:00 (June–September) | **Penalties:** PLN 500–10,000

**Exemptions:** Perishables, live animals, combined transport, fuel, mail, humanitarian aid, empty vehicles returning to base. Poland is the key UA–EU transit corridor; weight threshold awareness is essential for routing decisions.

### 🇭🇷 Croatia

**Weight:** >7.5t (or trailers >14m) | **Roads:** Selected main roads and motorways | **Recurring:** Sundays & public holidays 14:00–23:00; pre-holiday days 15:00–23:00 | **Penalties:** HRK 3,000–15,000

**Exemptions:** Perishables, live animals, fuel, humanitarian transport.

### 🇧🇬 Bulgaria

**Weight:** >12t | **Roads:** Highways and Class I & II national roads | **Recurring:** Public holidays all day; day before holiday 16:00–20:00; day after holiday 14:00–20:00 | **Penalties:** BGN 500–2,000

**Exemptions:** Perishables, live animals, military, diplomatic vehicles. Bulgaria uses the Orthodox Easter calendar, which may differ from Western Easter dates.

### 🇷🇴 Romania

**Weight:** >7.5t | **Roads:** National roads DN1, DN7 and selected highways — *not a nationwide ban* | **Recurring:** Weekends & public holidays on listed routes; summer Fridays with additional restrictions | **Penalties:** RON 3,000–9,000

**Exemptions:** Perishables, dangerous goods with valid ADR, vehicles in international transit on TEN-T network corridors.

### 🇱🇺 Luxembourg

**Weight:** >7.5t | **Roads:** All roads | **Recurring:** Sundays & holidays; direction-specific times on border corridors (towards DE, FR, and BE) | **Penalties:** €50–€500

**Exemptions:** Perishables, fuel.

### 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein

**Weight:** >3.5t | **Roads:** All roads | **Recurring:** Sundays & holidays 00:00–24:00; nightly 22:00–05:00 (mirrors Swiss rules exactly) | **Penalties:** CHF-equivalent fines

**Exemptions:** Same as Switzerland — very limited. All HGV transit through Liechtenstein is subject to the Swiss truck ban regime.

## Plan Your Route

With Sunday 28 June triggering simultaneous restrictions in 14 countries, departing without a plan is not an option. Four practical steps for drivers transiting Europe this week:

- **Clear the Brenner before Saturday 07:00.** The A12 Inntal and A13 Brenner are blocked to HGVs from Saturday 07:00 through Sunday 22:00 — a window of approximately 39 hours. Complete any southbound or northbound Alpine crossing by Friday night, or restart after Sunday 22:00.
- **Pre-book truck parking for Saturday night.** Rest areas near junction nodes — Salzburg, Rosenheim, Lyon-Est, Poznań — fill rapidly as Saturday bans activate simultaneously across Austria, France, Hungary, and Poland. Book a certified truck park in advance.
- **Know your weight and carry your exemption papers.** Polish and Bulgarian bans apply only above 12t — vehicles between 7.5t and 12t have full freedom of movement in those countries. Perishable-goods certificates and ATP cold-chain documentation are the single most universal exemption across all 15 countries; ensure originals are in the cab, not only digital copies.
- **Add border buffer time on the Ukraine–EU corridor.** Drivers routing through [Hungary](https://nakordoni.eu/en/country/hungary), Slovakia, and Romania face variable crossing wait times that can erode a planned schedule. Build in two to four hours of buffer when calculating whether you will clear into the next country before Sunday restrictions activate at 00:00 or 06:00.

## Useful Tools for Truck Drivers

- [Interactive Traffic Bans Calendar](https://nakordoni.eu/en/for_truck_drivers/traffic_bans) — full ban schedule with filters
- [Live Traffic Incidents Map](https://nakordoni.eu/en/for_truck_drivers/traffic) — real-time road closures and delays
- [Truck Parkings Map (19,000+)](https://nakordoni.eu/en/for_truck_drivers/parkings) — find parking during ban hours
- [Speed Cameras (48,000+)](https://nakordoni.eu/en/for_truck_drivers/speed_cameras) — radar and camera locations
- [European Vignettes & Tolls](https://nakordoni.eu/en/for_car_drivers/vignettes) — e-vignette prices for 9 countries
- [Truck Drivers Portal](https://nakordoni.eu/en/for_truck_drivers) — all tools in one place
- [European Holidays Calendar](https://nakordoni.eu/en/holidays) — public holidays affecting truck bans

Source: [nakordoni.eu — Truck Traffic Bans Calendar](https://nakordoni.eu/en/for_truck_drivers/traffic_bans) | Updated: 22.06.2026

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