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4,647 official stopovers · 5 countries

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

Find a legal free place to stop tonight: 4,647 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 2,965 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 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
  5. 05 Dump stations Where to empty and fill, on a map, country by country 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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An empty two-lane highway running between red rock outcrops toward a dark mountain

Wild camping in the Cairngorms: what the park allows, and what it means for vans

You can wild camp in the Cairngorms with a small tent under the Scottish Outdoor Access Code, but from April to September fires and barbecues are banned, and vans and motorhomes are not covered at all. Where you can park overnight instead.

Oct 18 The bow of a wooden rowing boat on a turquoise alpine lake below limestone peaks

Loch Lomond camping permits: when you need one, and what it means for motorhomes

Wild camping is allowed in most of Loch Lomond & The Trossachs, but from 1 March to 30 September four lochshore zones need a campsite or a permit, motorhomes included. Prices, nights, the three motorhome permit areas and what to do instead.

Oct 17 An empty road running through dry scrub toward a snow-capped sierra

Motorhome stopovers in Bavaria: what Franconia, the Danube and the Alps charge

Most town-run Stellplätze in Bavaria are free to park, with power and water on a coin meter. What catches people out is the calendar: festivals close sites, winter shuts the water off, and the Alps have almost no free stopovers. Prices from Bayreuth, Marktleuthen, Iphofen, Schwandorf, Passau, Wasserburg and Peiting.

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