Ebicos: Startup Transforms Everyday Cars into Campers with Modular Furniture

This morning at 8 a.m., the first festival-goers began arriving at the Heitere Open Air in Zofingen. Die-hard visitors have already set up tents, pavilions, and creative structures. By Friday, the site will transform into a festival grounds with three stages, around 30 acts, and thousands of visitors. It is already clear at the campsite: Heitere has begun.

Manuel, a young Spaniard from Madrid, moved to Switzerland and lives in a motorhome with his two dogs. He chose Switzerland for its high salaries, which in 2024 were 122% higher than in Spain, and found a job at a hotel in Montreux on his second day of searching. Living in a motorhome allows him to save on rent: in Madrid he paid nearly 700 euros per month, and now he parks for free. Switzerland is the fourth European country hosting the most Spaniards, with over 130,000 Spanish citizens residing there.

TCS Camping Solothurn has been fully booked for weeks, despite the heat and fire ban. Due to drought, restrictions on grilling are in place, altering daily routines for campers.

The municipality of Wettingen has introduced new parking regulations for the Rathaus Ost and Rathaus Mitte lots, including a maximum vehicle length of five meters. The measure responds to recurring issues where large vehicles, such as motorhomes, blocked other cars and caused parking damage. Violators will receive a notice under their windshield.

The city police of Winterthur auctioned an unclaimed Fiat Ducato motorhome from 1990 on Ricardo for 2504 francs. The auction started at 1 franc, and in the final minutes several bidders engaged in a bidding duel. The keys and vehicle documents are missing, and the vehicle's roadworthiness was not checked. The buyer must pick up the motorhome within two weeks or face a contractual penalty of 1000 francs.

On Friday afternoon in Jakobsbad (AI), a caravan detached from a car, hit the towing vehicle, then rolled onto the sidewalk and struck two parked cars. Police say no one was injured, but all four vehicles sustained significant damage.