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. . We live in France and have never been in the U.K. in a camper van either, I may say, and our first thought is " How safe is it?"
Helen
Helen,
I'm sure that Holland is no worse than France - and UK is no worse than any other place you park your motorhome . . its just a matter of common sense and making sure the curtains/blinds are drawn and doors/windows locked.
As the general advice for France [indeed for any country] don't stay over night on service centres or Aires on motorways - always choose a small village as [generally speaking] they are much safer.
UK does not have the 'Aires' facility and relys on people using campsites . . thats why so many of us 'invade' France & the continent where the forward thinking local authorities provide them - and where we prefer to go !
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We have just returned from a few weeks in the Netherlands and found campsites expensive particularly on the coast of Zeeland. I have put some of our stops into the database and there are more to follow.
We live in France and have never been in the U.K. in a camper van either, I may say, and our first thought is " How safe is it?"
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Campsites and proper Aires apart, is it really OK just to park in the street? We might well have some sort of alarm system, but don't have central locking as you would on a modern car . . .
ive often wondered the same and indeed if people have had problems. so i created a poll:
Holland in general is certainly no worse than France (regarding security). Amsterdam however is!
I live only about 25 km south of Amsterdam, and I would only park my car in Amsterdam at road side with all valuables taken out, boot uncovered and glovebox open. Preferrably, we leave the car at home and use the (very efficient) public transport system.
Parking a motorhome, a definite no-no!
There are 3 camp sites around Amsterdam, best would be to check in on one of them and use, as said, public transport. (Not by bike. Firstly, bicycles are considered as "common property" in Amsterdam and secondly, Dutch cyclists ("fietsers") interpret the Highway Code in a very, well, "creative" way. )
Amstelveen is too close to Amsterdam to be safe. Apeldoorn, however, should not be an issue. But I do not know any aires there.
Best Regards,
Gerhard
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Has the law changed in Holland - and is it safe anyway?
I was thinking more along the lines of Gerhard - not so much where you park overnight, as when you are driving in the daytime. Sounds like Amsterdam hasn't changed!
We are visiting two sets of friends in Amstelveen, one of whom is disabled, but the other pair would have local knowledge as regards parking up and getting around to where they live.
We visited Leiden about 25 years ago, and went in terror of tall golden-haired girl cyclists in greatcoats (it was November) running us down on the pavements.
We are visiting two sets of friends in Amstelveen, one of whom is disabled, but the other pair would have local knowledge as regards parking up and getting around to where they live.
If they know their neighbourhood, then probably you can rely on their advice.
hmh wrote:
We visited Leiden about 25 years ago, and went in terror of tall golden-haired girl cyclists in greatcoats (it was November) running us down on the pavements.
Has not changed much. Except that the tall, golden-haired girls nowadays ride bikes with at least a 7-speed gear hub and are considerably faster than in the past.
Best Regards,
Gerhard
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We are in the Netherlands now on the island of Texel. All the campsites are full and it's raining today so we may leave and head elswhere. We are at a small boat harbor called Wadden Haven, using their free wifi. Now last night some other campers who are in a small van said they stayed here over night in the parking lot, no problem. But everyone we have asked in the country so far has told us it's not allowed and there are fines of 130 euros. So last night, all the camp sites are full even the mini sites, we hid out in the parking lot of a car dealership. Now it would really help us if we could know the rules. Can we spend the night in a parking lot or not? At some of them the ones by the beach mainly there is a sign saying it is not permitted to occupy a motor vehicle between the hours of 12 and 7 am, but there is no sign here.
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