I’m planning to drive across to Belgium and France on somewhat of a history tour hoping to fly my drone near world war and medieval sites but I just need some clarity on the geomaps…
For context I have a DJI Mini 3 (249g) and have my operator ID and have done my training.
- I’ve seen people have flown drones in Belgium, specifically Bruges but it appears to red on the map or is a pink zone a thing and therefore have different rules (height restrictions) - I read something online.
As for France, well that looks like ANYTHING that is populated is Red and therefore I would be prohibited from flying in those places. I am planning to visit Bayeux, Caen, Mont Saint-Michel, Omaha Beach and a few other places.
Could someone who has experience flying (or not being able to fly) at those places, reach out!
Much appreciated!
One thing to remember is that (as we are no longer part of the EU), you need to get a EU Flyer ID.
I got one from a company in Luxembourg (It was free, and in English)
https://learningzone.eurocontrol.int
Sadly, I haven’t had the opportunity to use it yet, so an no use in regards to the ‘Red blobs’ on the map 
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France can be a nightmare, I have been a few times and if there is any sort of hamlet, village, town they seem to restrict drones. I wouldn’t bother taking it to France unless you want to photograph empty farmers fields.
Not tried Belgium
Yeah, thank you. I got mine with the French system Alphatango and it was pretty easy to do.
Thank you! That was my fear, to be honest. What a shame! Looks like I will be using my camera in France then! 
I think Belgium is far more relaxed than France 
How did you get on in the end?
I didn’t bother in France. It seemed too risky and tbh the weather was trash so I kind of couldn’t anyway. As for Belgium, I took it up quite a bit. Never had any issues in and outside of cities.
Thank you. I go to the Belgian coast quite a bit but that seems to be pretty much out of bounds because of the airbases there.
I took my Mini 3 Pro to France last year and managed to fly in Auray, La Rochelle and Dinard but you do have to watch the restrictions - I found an app that displayed them (Cartes IGN). Some areas were limited to 30m height, others were the regular 120m.
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Is Frances ‘regular’ not 150m ?
I downloaded the app but cannot see where I can overlay the drone restrictions. I’m going to Houlgate and unless I’m mistaken I can’t see anything there.
I found it now. Quelle horreur! Does this mean that I can fly up to 20m?
It’s 120m according to the official source Géoportail
Lots of conflicting things on the web
Not flown in France since 2020 but it was 150 then 
Géoportail is the government website, so I hope it’s correct
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20m is the altitude at the location of the pin you dropped.
“Vol interdit” is “Flying forbidden”
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