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No parking sign.

Photography: Parking
http://www.ilankelman.org/parking.html

Sign saying to park wholly in bay (Leicester, U.K., 2011).

A Dozen Parking Photographs
See also Parking The Dog.

All images are copyright Ilan Kelman.

Van parked in front of a 'No parking' sign in Dublin (1997).

Parking obedience in Dublin, Ireland (1997).



Car parked in front of a 'No parking' sign in Gryllefjord, Norway (2009).

Parking obedience in Gryllefjord, Norway (2009).



Van parked in front of a 'No parking' sign in Oslo, Norway (2010).

Parking obedience in Oslo, Norway (2010).



A car parked in front of a sign saying 'no parqueo' (Havana, Cuba, 2019).

Parking obedience in Havana, Cuba (2019).



A car parked in front of a sign saying 'no parking' in Mongolian (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2026).

Parking obedience in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (2026).



Bus parked in front of a 'No parking' sign in Road Town, British Virgin Islands (BVI) (2012).

Parking obedience in Road Town, British Virgin Islands (BVI) (2012).



A car parked in front of a 'No parking' sign in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (2014).

Parking obedience in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (2014).



Parked in front of a 'No parkin' [sic] sign in Nicosia, Cyprus (2025).

Parking obedience in Nicosia, Cyprus (2025).



Parked in front of a 'No parking' sign in Cornwall, U.K. (2023).

Parking obedience in Cornwall, U.K. (2023).



Parked in front of a 'No parking' sign in London, U.K. (2023).

Parking obedience in London, U.K. (2023).



A door with signs saying do not block which is blocked by a large bin in London, U.K. (2016).

Indoor parking obedience in London, U.K. (2016).



A bicycle with one wheel in the no-bicycle parking zone in Copenhagen, Denmark (2014).

Serious Danish rebellion in Copenhagen, Denmark (2014).



Bonus: Non-street parking obedience

Pavement parking, the solution to narrow streets in Bielefeld, Germany (2012).

Pavement parking, the solution to narrow streets in Bielefeld, Germany (2012).



Pavement parking, the solution to narrow streets in Cambridge, U.K. (2004).

Pavement parking, the solution to narrow streets in Cambridge, U.K. (2004).



But then people get ideas, so adjacent streets ban the practice (Cambridge, U.K., 2004).

But then people get ideas, so adjacent streets ban the practice (Cambridge, U.K., 2004).



A car parked on the pavement outside the clearly marked bays (London, U.K., 2017).

And some people just won't do it, no matter how clear the instructions (London, U.K., 2017).



Bonus: Actual parking obedience

A Smart Car backed up into a space between two parallel parked vehicles (Oslo, Norway, 2007).

Perpendicular parking legally: Smart Parking for a Smart Car with a Smart Driver (Oslo, Norway, 2007).



A sign which reads 'No vehicles on the grass' (Boulder, Colorado, 2007).

So that's why so many people have SUVs! But they obey (Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A., 2007).



A sign which reads 'Please reverse your car into the parking space' (Haugesund, Norway, 2009).

As long as you can read the sign in the rear-view mirror to obey (Haugesund, Norway, 2009).



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