Second Black Saturday: Once again very busy on European roads

August 04, 2022 This weekend (6-7 August) it will be very busy on European roads again. Millions of vacationers leave for their holiday destination or go home. If you want to avoid as many crowds, leave Holland on Saturday after 10am or don’t leave until Sunday.

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Netherlands forecast

In the Netherlands, various activities and events cause delays:

• On the A 2 In Eindhoven, you will be driving traffic in both directions on fewer and narrower lanes until August 22. This is a big handicap. This road is not recommended while working, especially for cars with a caravan.
• The A 50 Arnhem to Apeldoorn will be closed between the Waterberg and Beekbergen junctions until August 22. You can detour via Ede/Barneveld on the A12, A30 and A1.
• Moreover, Sneekweek and skûtsjesilen on the Frisian Lakes will save this weekend Busy in Friesland. in Amsterdam It is very crowded on Saturday due to the visitors to Canal Pride and on Maasplassen in Roermond Solar weekends are held.

French traffic police assume very long traffic jams in the southeast of the country on Saturday, August 6th. By midday, more than 800 km of traffic jams are expected. Early Saturday morning, the first traffic jams appeared the Route du Soleil (A6 / A7). You spend most of your time between Vienne and Orange. After that, the traffic stopped on A 10 within Poitiers and BordeauxX. on the A 9 within Orange and Narbonne To Spain are also traffic jams.
Moreover, the minimum waiting time of one hour must also be taken into account The Mont Blanc tunnel at the N205 on the border with Italy.
Include alternative routes to the south A 71 / A 75 via central France.
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In Germany, the weather will be very crowded on Friday and Saturday, also due to frequent traffic during holidays. ADAC brother club is waiting Lots of traffic towards Croatia. But there is also a lot of road traffic in the north of the country Between Hamburg and the Danish border. Jams are A8 Munich – Salzburg and in the north A1 / A7 near Hamburg.
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in Austria is A10 / A11 Salzburg – Villach – Slovenia Vacationers face a lot of delays on Saturday. In several places isDriving ban “on the A10 with an additional travel time of up to two hours. For Karawanken Tunnel The waiting time increases to over an hour and a half.
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In Switzerland, Friday and Saturday will be connected as usual for Gotthard Tunnel on the A2 motorway. On Saturday, the waiting time in both directions will increase to more than two hours.
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Switzerland current traffic information

In Italy it will be very busy on Saturday. Count on 2 hours of extra travel time on A22 Brennero – Verona near Trento.
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