Smoothly to the parcours

Planning to come to Oudenaarde? Check out how to easily travel to the city during the Tour of Flanders.

By bus

Experience the Flemish spring classic from the front row! Together with the cities of Oudenaarde and Ronse, the municipality of Kluisbergen and the province of East Flanders, De Lijn is providing four free shuttle services that will take you from Oudenaarde, Berchem and Ronse to the most important public zones in the final.
 

Shuttle bus A Kwaremont/Paterberg (Oudenaarde):

• Between 10 am and 1.15 pm – last outward journey from Public Car Park Bruwaan D1 and A5, Park & Bike Kwaremont B3, or De Klijpe C3 at 1.15 pm.
   
• Between 6 and 8 pm. – last return trip from Paterberg A1 and B1, Kwaremont C2 or Arrival Zone D3 at 8 pm.

Shuttle bus D Arrival Zone:

• Starting this year, there will be a new shuttle bus D, which will take you from the Public Car Park Bruwaan D1 and Station D2 to the Finish Zone D3 (and back).

There may be a short break during the riders' transit. Shuttle buses will return after the women's race arrives.

Consult delijn.be/rondevanvlaanderen for the most up-to-date info.

By train

On Sunday 6 April, the train service will be expanded. In cooperation with the organisers, NMBS (Belgian Railways) will provide extra trains to get you to the Tour of Flanders quickly:

• Extra departures at 10.12 and 11.47 am from Gent-Sint-Pieters to Oudenaarde and to Ronse
• Extra departure from Ronse to Gent-Sint-Pieters at 7 pm   

Travel with the Weekend Ticket and enjoy 50% discount on your outward and return journeys.

More details about the timetable can be found at belgiantrain.be/leisure/events/ronde van vlaanderen.

By bicycle or on foot

Are you coming by bike?

There are free bicycle stands in the centre of Oudenaarde and additional bicycle parking is available at the entrance to the Meerspoort car park (multi-storey car park). The Markt and the public village in Minderbroedersstraat are just a few minutes' walk away. Please note: the bicycle parking is unguarded, so be sure to bring a bicycle lock. There are also Blue-bikes at the station that you can rent for 2.50 euros, , or borrow an electric Hoppy shared bicycle. The app shows you where the free bicycles are, and you can leave them at various points.

Do you live nearby?

Then be sure to walk to the public village in the finish area in Oudenaarde. The finish of the Tour of Flanders is on Minderbroedersstraat near the Donkvijver. The women's start is on the Markt.

By car

We do not recommend coming by car. On Saturdays and Sundays, the market square is only accessible to pedestrians and cyclists. If you do come by car, you can park in the Bruwaan Oudenaarde public car park. Other car parks are not accessible.

General parking ban for mobile homes/camper vans in all car parks in the centre from Thursday 03-04-2025 at 6 am until Sunday 06-04-2025 at 12 pm.

Fanzone Koppenberg

The Bult van Melden, one of the biggest obstacles that the riders must overcome, is once again part of the circuit this year. The fan zone will be set up just before the top of the Koppenberg, next to the Steengat. A bicycle parking area will be provided at the foot of the Koppenberg. Please note that the bicycle parking area is unguarded. So be sure to bring a bike lock.

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You can also check all the mobility info for Oudenaarde at https://www.rondevanvlaanderen.be/en/race/men-elite/mobility-oudenaarde

To ensure that the Tour of Flanders weekend runs safely a lot of traffic measures have been taken.  Some streets are subject to a parking ban, prohibited traffic, one-way traffic, speed limit or changed traffic situation. An overview of streets where parking or traffic is completely prohibited can be found via the map below. Please note that this info is provided in Dutch. Click on the symbol to filter.

• 'Parkeerverbod' refers to 'Parking ban'
• 'Verboden verkeer' to 'Prohibited traffic'