A night on the road

Where you may sleep in a camper, country by country

One night in the vehicle at a rest area is ordinary in some countries, restricted in most and refused in a few — and the rule people quote is often doctrine rather than law. Here is what each country actually says, what a tent may do, the free schemes worth knowing, and what a pitch costs.

Country	In the vehicle	A tent	A pitch
🇦🇹 Austria	restricted	with conditions	€22
🇧🇪 Belgium	restricted	campsite only	€25
🇧🇬 Bulgaria	restricted	with conditions	€11
🇭🇷 Croatia	campsite only	campsite only	€19
🇨🇿 Czechia	restricted	campsite only	€15
🇩🇰 Denmark	restricted	campsite only	€30
🇪🇪 Estonia	generally accepted	a right to pitch	€20
🇫🇮 Finland	generally accepted	a right to pitch	€25
🇫🇷 France	generally accepted	with conditions	€22
🇩🇪 Germany	generally accepted	campsite only	€22
🇬🇷 Greece	generally accepted	campsite only	€17
🇭🇺 Hungary	generally accepted	with conditions	€14
🇮🇪 Ireland	—	campsite only	€26
🇮🇹 Italy	generally accepted	campsite only	€21
🇱🇻 Latvia	restricted	with conditions	€18
🇱🇹 Lithuania	restricted	campsite only	€17
🇱🇺 Luxembourg	restricted	—	€25
🇳🇱 Netherlands	restricted	campsite only	€25
🇳🇴 Norway	generally accepted	a right to pitch	€28
🇵🇱 Poland	restricted	with conditions	€18
🇵🇹 Portugal	restricted	campsite only	€15
🇷🇴 Romania	restricted	campsite only	€14
🇸🇰 Slovakia	restricted	campsite only	€18
🇸🇮 Slovenia	restricted	campsite only	€18
🇪🇸 Spain	restricted	campsite only	€17
🇸🇪 Sweden	generally accepted	a right to pitch	€23
🇨🇭 Switzerland	restricted	with conditions	€34
🇬🇧 United Kingdom	—	a right to pitch	—

The same tables the planner warns with when it places a night. Every country's page names the instrument behind its rule where there is one, and says plainly where there is not.