Cologne's environmental zone
Cologne Environmental zone since 1st January 2008
Stickers available at spoga horse
Effective 1st January 2008, Cologne’s downtown area was declared an “environmental zone”. This means that only vehicles sporting one of the stickers for Emissions Groups 2 to 4 are allowed to enter the downtown area (www.stadt-koeln.de).
Drivers can get these stickers at spoga horse – International Trade Fair for Equestrian Sports (09th – 11th February 2008) upon presentation of their vehicle documents. The stickers are sold from Saturday, 09th February, to Monday, 11th February from 15:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
The Koelnmesse exhibition centre remains accessible for all types of vehicles, even if they do not bear one of the aforementioned stickers.
The attached graphic shows all of the routes for driving to and from the exhibition centre.
However, only vehicles that bear the pertinent sticker are allowed to drive outside of these routes (to get to downtown Cologne, for example). A transitional arrangement will remain in effect until 31st March 2008, during which time violations of the environmental zone regulations will not be punished.
Trade fair visitors from Germany and abroad who wish to come to Cologne in an appropriately equipped vehicle will receive a sticker that allows them to drive into the environmental zone after applying at www.umwelt-plakette.de
Drivers can get these stickers at spoga horse – International Trade Fair for Equestrian Sports (09th – 11th February 2008) upon presentation of their vehicle documents. The stickers are sold from Saturday, 09th February, to Monday, 11th February from 15:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
The Koelnmesse exhibition centre remains accessible for all types of vehicles, even if they do not bear one of the aforementioned stickers.
The attached graphic shows all of the routes for driving to and from the exhibition centre.
However, only vehicles that bear the pertinent sticker are allowed to drive outside of these routes (to get to downtown Cologne, for example). A transitional arrangement will remain in effect until 31st March 2008, during which time violations of the environmental zone regulations will not be punished.
Trade fair visitors from Germany and abroad who wish to come to Cologne in an appropriately equipped vehicle will receive a sticker that allows them to drive into the environmental zone after applying at www.umwelt-plakette.de
