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ARD Room Tour: Tiny house and van life in Germany

16.07.2026 01:12 1 min 2 sources
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ARD Room Tour: Tiny house and van life in Germany
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Two stories from the ARD Room Tour program: Nicole built a tiny house in Rhineland-Palatinate for 120,000 euros, while Chris has been living in his camper van 'Toni' for two years.

The ARD Room Tour program will present two stories about unconventional housing in Germany. One episode, scheduled for May 30, 2026 on SWR Baden-Württemberg, features Chris (@Vandelbar), who has been living and working in his 17-year-old camper van 'Toni' based on a Fiat Ducatoⓘ 244 for two years. A mechanical engineer by trade, he converted the van into fully autonomous living space: he uses solar panels and a 200 Ah lithium battery, consumes about 20 liters of water per week, and stores all belongings in the van except for a box of keepsakes at his mother's. The move to van life was a conscious decision after a breakup and giving up an expensive one-bedroom apartment.

Another episode, already aired, features Nicole, a German resident who built a 30-square-meter tiny house in a village of 180 people in Rhineland-Palatinate. She took out a loan of 120,000 euros to buy the land and build the wooden house, with about 90,000 euros spent on the house itself. Nicole plans to repay the debt by retirement and expects low running costs.

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ARD Room Tour: Woman builds tiny house in Rhineland-Palatinate

08.06.2026 sr.de DEU Original source

Vorschau: ARD Room Tour • Vollzeit leben im Camper-Van

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