The world's largest bicycle parking facility, built beneath Utrecht Centraal station. The underground garage holds 12,500 bicycles across three floors, with a digital system that guides cyclists to empty spots and helps them find their bike again afterwards. The sheer scale is staggering — it is larger than many airport car parks, but filled entirely with bicycles.
The facility opened in 2019 and is a statement of Dutch cycling infrastructure at its most ambitious. The interior is clean, well-lit, and surprisingly beautiful — the architects treated it as a public space rather than a storage problem. For visitors from car-centric countries, the sight of 12,500 neatly parked bicycles underground is genuinely jaw-dropping. Free parking for the first 24 hours. Accessible from the station square; just follow the stream of cyclists heading underground.