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A vintage caravan lit from inside at dusk, with two people sitting outside under a parasol

3,474 free stopovers · 6 countries · Europe and the US

Official free camping across Europe, mapped.

Aires in France, Stellplätze in Germany, sostas in Italy, plus the right-to-roam rules for Scotland and Scandinavia. In English, for people driving in Europe.

Mapped · 3,474 Rules · 12 Guides · 21
Find a stopover by country, type and amenity Open

01 · By country · 6

Where are you camping tonight?

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Motorhomes and cars parked in a gravel stopover below jagged mountains France Aires 1,890 on the map · 23 written up A white campervan on a grass pitch with a fence and mountains behind Germany Stellplätze 367 on the map · source on every pin An empty road running through dry scrub toward a snow-capped sierra Spain Áreas 116 on the map · source on every pin A wide expanse of dune heath under a broad sky Denmark Shelter camps 1,050 on the map · 5 written up Steep rock spires rising from a mist-filled Dolomite valley Italy Soste 51 on the map · source on every pin Vehicles on an open desert flat with rock formations and a wide sky United States Public land source on every pin

02 · Map

Every free stopover, on one map

Filter by country, type and amenity, then open any pin for its fee, its services and the date it was last checked. Where this comes from →

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03 · Recently checked

Stopovers checked most recently

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A green canoe drawn up on the shore of a still forest lakeCampingplatzFree

Klostermølle Teltplads

Central Denmark Region · N 56.04°

  • TrinkwasserTrinkwasser: Bestätigt
  • ToilettenToiletten: Bestätigt
  • DuschenDuschen: Nicht bestätigt, verlass dich nicht darauf
  • StromStrom: Nicht bestätigt, verlass dich nicht darauf
  • EntsorgungsstationEntsorgungsstation: Nicht bestätigt, verlass dich nicht darauf

Checked Jul 20

fra sydvestCampingplatzFree

Tvis Å Kanoplads

Central Denmark Region · N 56.35°

  • TrinkwasserTrinkwasser: Bestätigt
  • ToilettenToiletten: Bestätigt
  • DuschenDuschen: Nicht bestätigt, verlass dich nicht darauf
  • StromStrom: Nicht bestätigt, verlass dich nicht darauf
  • EntsorgungsstationEntsorgungsstation: Nicht bestätigt, verlass dich nicht darauf

Checked Jul 20

ThyregodCampingplatzFree

Hastrup Rast

Region of Southern Denmark · N 55.94°

  • TrinkwasserTrinkwasser: Bestätigt
  • ToilettenToiletten: Bestätigt
  • DuschenDuschen: Nicht bestätigt, verlass dich nicht darauf
  • StromStrom: Nicht bestätigt, verlass dich nicht darauf
  • EntsorgungsstationEntsorgungsstation: Nicht bestätigt, verlass dich nicht darauf

Checked Jul 20

Høruphav (Sønderborg Kommune), the yacht harbourCampingplatzFree

Høruphav Teltplads

Region of Southern Denmark · N 54.91°

  • TrinkwasserTrinkwasser: Bestätigt
  • ToilettenToiletten: Bestätigt
  • DuschenDuschen: Nicht bestätigt, verlass dich nicht darauf
  • StromStrom: Nicht bestätigt, verlass dich nicht darauf
  • EntsorgungsstationEntsorgungsstation: Nicht bestätigt, verlass dich nicht darauf

Checked Jul 20

Ordered by the date the source was last opened and confirmed, most recent first.

04 · By topic

Aires, rules, gear and trip planning

Pick a country above if you know where you are going. Pick a topic here if you are still working out how any of it works.

01 / Europe Country by country, in English Open 02 / USA Free camping for visitors from abroad Open 03 / Aires Motorhome stopovers, explained Open 04 / Wild Camping Rules What is legal, and where Open 05 / Gear Tent, van and carry-on kit Open 06 / Vanlife Water, waste and parking Open 07 / Planning Tolls, LPG, ferries, timing Open All Every guide, rules page and post Index

05 · Where this comes from

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06 · Latest from the blog

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

Aires etiquette: how not to be the problem

The unwritten rules of a municipal motorhome stopover, and the places they are written down. Arrive late, deploy nothing, take one bay, use the drain, and move on.

Jul 20 A person resting in a hammock strung between pines above a still mountain lake

Europe free camping mistakes first-timers make

Six assumptions that cost people money or a night's sleep on a first European trip: one European rule, the aire as a campsite, the unbought vignette, the serviceless stopover, portable wild camping law, and August.

Jul 20 The bow of a wooden rowing boat on a turquoise alpine lake below limestone peaks

Free aires in France: how to find them and how to use the map

How to read the French free aires map, what its 2,066 records will and will not tell you, how to narrow it to a region, and the four checks to run before you drive to a pin.

Jul 20