Yellow pylons and long car cows in sight

The Easter holidays knock on the door and are too many associated with Easter lunches, family gatherings and summer housing trips around the Danish country. This means the habit of believing increased pressure on traffic throughout the country, and thus also on the Great Belt Bridge.

Get an overview of how traffic is distributed over Easter days, where the bridge’s pylons are dressed in yellow to mark the holidays and that the bright and long days are on the way.

At these times the traffic is closest

Wednesday, April 16 and Cutting Thursday will be the biggest departure days, where most road users will cross the bridge towards Funen and Jutland. Especially Thursday from 10am to 14:00, traffic in the westbound direction is expected to be close.

The big return days are 1st and 2nd Easter Day, where the trip across the Great Belt will be more towards Zealand. 1.

Therefore, due to the increased traffic, one must expect queues to occur during periods- especially in the map and cash lanes.

« We recommend using the express courts with a bizz or license plate payment to get the most comfortable trip across the Great Belt. In addition, we obviously encourage driving gently and take each other into consideration. Pack the car with good mood and a little extra patience, » says Jens Kjær, head of the Great Belt’s payment facility.

On Storebaelt.dk you can find traffic forecasts and form a precise overview of how traffic is distributed during Easter days.

If you do not yet have an automatic payment solution, you can create a license plate payment for free at BroBizz, which works on the Great Belt after 20 minutes.