Smart Park & Ride – Provinzial-Parkhaus (Wersten)
Provinzialplatz 1, 40591 Düsseldorf
Free parking conditions
Free up to 24 hr
One-time registration required at duesseldorf-parken.de with license plate and an active ÖPNV subscription ticket; approval confirmation arrives after about 30 minutes. City of Düsseldorf covers the garage fee for up to 24 hours per parking event under this pilot programme with Provinzial.
Smart Park & Ride – Provinzial-Parkhaus (Wersten) is in Wersten, Düsseldorf. Free up to 24 hr. The rules below come from the operator’s own parking page. In Düsseldorf this is what people mean when they search for kostenlos parken.
How it becomes free or discounted
Free up to 24 hr
What you have to do: One-time registration required at duesseldorf-parken.de with license plate and an active ÖPNV subscription ticket; approval confirmation arrives after about 30 minutes.
City of Düsseldorf covers the garage fee for up to 24 hours per parking event under this pilot programme with Provinzial.
Eligible: Free for registered holders of a Rheinbahn/VRR transit subscription, up to 24h per parking event.
City-run pilot with insurer Provinzial, launched February 2024 as a two-year test phase; a separate city press release dated 13.10.2025 (about digitizing the Wittlaer P+R lot) lists this Smart P+R alongside the standing 16-facility P+R network and describes it as an ongoing part of the city's offering, indicating it was still operating well into the announced pilot window. About 250 spaces available on weekdays, rising to up to 900 on weekends, public holidays and Friday evenings. REGISTRATION GATE: usable only after a one-time sign-up at duesseldorf-parken.de with vehicle license plate and a valid local transit (ÖPNV) subscription ticket; confirmation link arrives roughly 30 minutes after registering, and entry/exit is by automatic license-plate camera.
“Die Stadt Düsseldorf übernimmt bei dem Pilotprojekt mit zweijähriger Testphase die Gebühren für bis zu 24 Stunden Parken pro Parkvorgang.”
Source: official parking page checked 2026-07-26