Holland
 

No :nono:

Almost everything is forbidden here...

Australia: Camp almost anywhere!
 

Australia: Camp almost anywhere!

Once upon a time a friend and I drove across the Barkley Hwy from Darwin to Brisbane we had managed some 1400 K's on the day in a nice old Datsun 1600. Exhausted we pulled up in a small town called Camooweal to camp the night. There was a camping ground we pulled in and the fee was $2, the attendant said, just find a piece of grass no worries. Circling in the dark we found some grass, pitched the tend and promptly crashed out. During the night the I kept being woken by trucks passing, though nothing of it. Daybreak I stuck my head out of the tent and to my horror, we had diven round and round looking for grass, the camping ground had not a single blade but the median strip was lush!

I lived in a tent for a period of a year or so and doing as you describe, I once woke up because a cow was tearing apart my humble "home".
:oops2:

So check out the area you choose first. Also make sure you're not on a peninsula waking up seperated from land caused by tide as I also experienced once.
:rofl:

Ive been wild camping/working in Brisbane City Australia in a clapped out campervan for the last 8 months.
Just being sensible dont leave any mess or party to hard,

but I was at my favorite spot on Good Friday an had a knock on the door at 11pm apparently its illegal!!! the council said they could issue a 500$ fine but just asked me to go to Ipswich borough 20mins down the road haha they could of told me 8 months ago haha

I just camp in the back of my ute pretty much anywhere off a busy/rarely frequented road, not too hard to find at all in Australia. Once I even slept in the back of my ute outside a small town police station :)

Camping in Bosnia
 

We camped in Bosnia many times on the river banks, with no problem.
Don't camp in somebody's garden or field without permission. Use common sense, if you see someone, ask. Police isn't about to bother you.

Camping in Bosnia
 

For sure, best way is to ask locals. Mine fields are usually marked but there's no rule. There's plenty of safe and beautiful land here.

This subject seems to arise quite frequently, especially during the "riding season" for Europe.
There is a thread linked below that gives a good review of the issues associated with landmines in that part of the planet:-
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...-croatia-69589


Regarding the general theme of this thread, I find it confusing - the title is for a list of countries that permit "free camping"; for some this means permitted by law, local or national; for others it probably means tent-camping with the permission of the land owner, gratis; for others it means "sneaking" into a camp location at last light and getting out of there in the morning before being spotted, or causing a runction with the local population. For yet others, it means parking up a vehicle on the side of the highway, or off the highway or somewhere in between such defined land spaces (legal definitions of highways, surprise, surprise, vary around the world).

Norway
 

Without seeking consent, in Norway you can pitch a tent for two consequtive days (longer in the boonies away from populations) anywhere (both private and public property) as long as:

• You are more than 150 meters away from an occupied house/cabin
• You are not a nuiance to the property owner or other people that use it
• It is not a camp site (business)
• In areas and times where hunting of wild deer is going on
• Not in courtyards, driveways, etc
• Not in gardens/house properties - the area arround the house that would disturb privacy
• Not in farmed fields and other fields used for farming
• Not in planted forrest plots
• Not in industrial areas, public areas, or other areas where you will be a pain in the ass
• Not in smaller fenced in plots or smaller plots within farmed fields

Just use common sense... and leave it as you found it, preferably better. Take more trash with you when you leave than you brought in is a nice gesture.

In Oz we have this Public Service promo which says "Stop, Revive, Survive".

We even have Driver Reviver stations along major highways where you can get a free coffee and cake from a Rotary (or other charity) caravan.

So - after you have selected a nice, quiet, off road spot, IF the council ranger or police come along and tell you to move, just say to them that you are dead tired, feeling sick and have ridden 10 hours that day, and promise to be gone first thing in the morning... and they usually let you stay.
If you have been drinking alcohol, they can't force you to ride/drive jeiger bier

Another alternative in small country towns is to find out from the local publican who is responsible for the Community Hall, and can he ask them if you could camp one night in the grounds. I've only even been refused once - and most times the caretaker will unlock the outside dunny for me.

Great post
 

Thanks for starting this post.

Honduras and Nicaragua camping cost around $3 to $6 in National parks.

Moaref

Mexoco, CA, SA
 

What about Mexico, CA, SA

In the real world - the driver reviver stations only operate during major holiday exodus days.
Some shire council areas DO have blanket bans on any form of free camping anywhere within shire boundaries and some DO enforce it.
A ranger can't force you to move whether drunk or just pretending or stubborn, BUT he can and will issue a ticket which in some places reach 500 dollars. Being pissed or tired is your problem, issuing tickets to undesirables is his. However, on the RV forums the question is occasionally asked whether anyone has reports of actual fines being issued and I think the answer has so far always been 'no'. Backpackers in old whizzzzzBANGs and wicked vans are a real problem in some of the more iconic areas and they are the direct reason for more and more areas being closed to responsible self-contained free-campers (or should that be free-loaders?). On the other side of the argument there are RV groups making a lot of headway in getting towns to recognise that RVers can contribute a lot to the economy of their area - but the resulting overnight stay areas are generally for self contained vehicles.

That said, we have overnighted in more than 20 countries, including in the middle of big cities over a period of 7 years full-timing and in countries where is is said to be totally banned and only twice been moved on - from a fishing reserve in Montana by a ranger doing his job in response to a complaint by a nosey local and a carpark in Morocco by a trio of freelance police working for the local RV park.

There are too many variables, both in attitudes of the governments, police, council rangers, locals AND the traveller for a list such as this to be of much use.

Does his still hold true? I'm planning on going next Summer and it would be useful to know.

In Lithuania there is places where you can stay without paying money. (But there are no guarantee for motorcycles, that's the main point)