Peak day at Schiphol, on the roads, and ferries as Easter coincides with spring holiday

The extended Easter weekend will also make itself felt again on the domestic roads: travellers to the south and also day-trippers will let the tin avalanches roll again. The "Krone" summarizes the traffic jam hotspots and shows on which day motorists should rather avoid the filling stations. 34 injured in 26 accidents demanded Easter travel traffic in the previous year on Tyrol's roads. And also this year there will be a lot going on in this cou…

Has your Easter holiday started this Thursday? And are you going to hit the roads to drive to Easter lunch in another part of the country?

Drivers, as well as passengers on trains and buses, are facing a traffic hell in the coming days, warns the German automobile club ADAC, and its Austrian colleague ÖAMTC. Not only will motorways and roads be extremely busy, where traffic jams will complicate smooth traffic, but also public transport. The Easter holidays start on Thursday, and for schoolchildren in some European countries they are accompanied by two-week holidays.

In front of the Gotthard tunnel, the vehicles pile up on their way south.

Especially on Holy Thursday and Good Friday it can get full on the usual routes in Bavaria towards the south. On Easter Monday it goes back for many, because the holidays end in numerous federal states.

Peak day at Schiphol, on the roads, and ferries as Easter coincides with spring holiday

Schiphol Airport is expecting one of its busiest days of the year, the ANWB warns of traffic jams, and the ferry services to the Wadden Islands are preparing for crowds at the jetties, NOS reported on Friday. Along with the long Easter weekend, the April-May school vacation period holiday is also beginning. That is expected to cause traffic everywhere.