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3,572 official stopovers · 5 countries

Official free stopovers and wild camping rules, country by country.

Find a legal free place to stop tonight: 3,572 aires, Stellplätze and sostas across 5 countries, and what the local rules actually allow.

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Motorhomes and cars parked in a gravel stopover below jagged mountains France 1,890 Aires · Europe's densest network, and many are free to park on. A white campervan on a grass pitch with a fence and mountains behind Germany 465 Stellplätze · From full service points to a bare corner of a car park. An empty road running through dry scrub toward a snow-capped sierra Spain 116 Áreas · Park freely; put the awning out and it counts as camping. A wide expanse of dune heath under a broad sky Denmark 1,050 Shelter camps · Free state shelters, about half walk-up and half booked. Steep rock spires rising from a mist-filled Dolomite valley Italy 51 Soste · Article 185 draws the line at your wheels.

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Can you sleep there? What the law in each country actually allows, in plain English.

A broad braided river valley seen through spruce, with snow on the peaks beyond Scotland Wild camping is a right here, with conditions, and Loch Lomond is the exception Read A green canoe drawn up on the shore of a still forest lake Scandinavia What allemansrätten covers, and why Denmark is not part of it Read A rugged rocky coastline with sea stacks and breaking surf France Bivouac and camping are different words in French law, and only one is allowed Read A wide expanse of dune heath under a broad sky Dartmoor The only place in England where you can legally camp without asking Read

Before you go

First trip to Europe? The four things that catch people out.

What an aire is, how the service points work, and where the water goes.

  1. 01 What is an aire? And what a Stellplatz, a sosta and an área are Read
  2. 02 Service points The jeton, the borne, and what you actually pay for Read
  3. 03 Water and waste Filling up and emptying out, legally Read
  4. 04 Wild, free or aire? Three different things people call the same thing Read

Free aires & services

Where to stop, and where to empty the tank.

Free aires in France Where to stop without paying Open Aires in Brittany The free aires along the Breton coast Open Aires in Normandy The free aires across Normandy Open Dump and fresh water Where to empty the tank and fill up, across Europe Open

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Town square in Ringkøbing, Denmark.

Denmark by motorhome: where you can sleep, and what the bridges cost

Sleeping in a motorhome in Denmark is a parking question, not a camping one. What a kommune can restrict and how it has to tell you, why the free shelters never reach you in a vehicle, and the 2026 Storebaelt and Oresund prices.

Sep 3 A person resting in a hammock strung between pines above a still mountain lake

Danish shelters: which ones you book, which take walk-ups, and what is at the site

Denmark's free wooden shelters split almost evenly between bookable and first come, first served. The two booking deadlines that cancel your night, what Naturstyrelsen puts at a site, and why none of it reaches you in a vehicle.

Sep 2 A broad braided river valley seen through spruce, with snow on the peaks beyond

Wild camping in Poland: the state forest zones where it is allowed

Poland bans camping in the forest outside designated places, then designates a lot of them. The state forest service runs a free program called Zanocuj w lesie covering over 600,000 hectares in 425 forest districts. Here is what it permits, and why your motorhome stays at the car park.

Sep 1