Parking Disc

Parking, particularly parking in city centers, is an ongoing challenge.  Between our rental car being a small boat, the tiny tiny size of most parking places, and a general distaste for paying to park, and a complete inability to read the street signs regulating parking, it often causes stress.

We did notice by watching other vehicles that sometimes a car had a little blue device displayed in the windshield.  Luckily, wifey is nosey and had seen that same device in our rental tucked away and pulled it out.

After a bit of research (to which I'm linking here because I use this blog as a reference point for things I used to know and have forgotten), this allows for free parking in certain areas for up to a particular length of time. Sadly, we still must read the posted signs to know which areas and for how long.

Update:

The picture below shows 30-minute parking with a parking disk between the hours of 9 am and 6 pm.  Included in English, this parking is only for people visiting the nearby tourist information center.

This parking sign shows that Monday-Friday 7 am through 7 pm this lot allows 1-hour parking with a parking disk.