Kosovo Serbia
Kosovo 
SerbiaLast reviewed July 2026
Crossing the border
Kosovo and Serbia share a land border you can cross by car. Keep your passport, national driving licence and International Driving Permit together, and check opening hours and any toll or vignette requirements before you travel.
Driving rules in Serbia
- Headlights on at all times.
- Reflective vest, triangle and spare bulbs required.
- 0.03% alcohol limit.
- Toll motorways on main corridors.
What to see when you arrive in Serbia
- the Belgrade Fortress and Skadarlija quarter
- the Drvengrad village
- the monasteries of Studenica and Žiča
- the Đerdap (Iron Gates) gorge
- Novi Sad and Petrovaradin Fortress
Once you're driving in Serbia
Destination-specific detail sourced from national road authorities, motoring clubs and rental policies — the things that catch cross-border drivers out.
Driving on a foreign licence
EU-issued licences are accepted; all other national licences must be accompanied by an International Driving Permit (valid up to three years), and rental firms ask for an IDP from foreign hirers regardless of origin.
Tolls & road charges
There is no vignette in Serbia; motorways use a distance-based ticket system where you take a ticket on entry and pay cash or card on exit, or use the contactless ENP/TAG transponder.
Parking in the cities
Belgrade and other cities run zoned paid street parking (red, yellow and green zones with time limits) paid by SMS or app; overstaying or non-payment risks fines and wheel-clamping or towing.
Fines & camera enforcement
Speeding, no seatbelt and handheld phone use draw fines often payable on the spot in cash; daytime running headlights are compulsory outside towns, and rental firms forward camera fines with an admin fee.
If you have an accident
Call 192 for police (or 112 general emergency); a police report is mandatory for any injury or significant damage and is needed to take a damaged vehicle out of the country, so do not move vehicles until police attend.
Driving in the capital
Belgrade's main bottleneck is the Gazela Bridge over the Sava and the city-centre paid zones; trams and one-way streets in the old core make navigation tricky.
Sources: rac.co.uk · mfa.gov.rs · vintrica.com