Swedes go all out in caravan parks!

We had just spent a wonderful week with Kristian and Lona in Denmark and we travelled then to his hunting house in the beautiful wilderness of Sweden. The house was old but perfect for it’s setting and we loved time by ourselves as a family to run around and have a bedroom each. The deck off the back was great to have that moment of peace and the odd game of cards with a spectacular view across the fields and into the woods.

From there we travelled south about 300 kms past countless VOLVOs and one stop at the biggest  store we have ever been in to a place called Åhus where we rented a cabin for 5 nights at www.regenbogen-camp.de 
which is located next to the sea with a good beach and jetty for jumping off.

The first thing we noticed was the lengths that the travelling Swedes go to at making their camping spot better than their neighbours and what they must bring to do so. Timber decking, some elevated for their outdoor cabana with hanging baskets in full bloom were not uncommon. Others with dog pens and full height flag poles, most have cordoned off their section with removable walls so as to give themselves a garden and I mean a garden - mowed and plants planted in the ground. First we thought they must be permanent dwellings but we can see that they are for about a month as they have to display the exit date in the window as do we in our car for the staff to know the over-stayers.

 

Paul