Man in Szeged Damages Finnish Tourist's Motorhome While Drunk

Volkswagen brought the ID. Buzz back to the United States — complete with a mattress and curtains. A wildfire in Arizona burned down a dozen motorhomes, and Lake Tekir in Turkey flooded just as many. While Ibiza fines illegal campers up to €30,000, a retired couple from Mallorca has been living in 10 m² for five years and saving €1,400 a month. Plus: the largest campsite in the US at 607 pitches, a closed naturist beach on the North Sea, and Dolby Atmos in a trailer — all in this edition.

Tischer has expanded its pickup camper lineup to include the Mercedes X-Class. The platform-mounted module sleeps up to three with a double bed, three seats (convertible to a third bed), a three-burner gas kitchen, and a shower. A lighter VanEssa option provides a slide-out kitchen with sink, stove, and teak-trimmed work surfaces.

After almost 70 years, Bürstner has stopped making caravans — and nobody was particularly surprised once sales had fallen by a third. Sweden registered 62% more motorhomes and is preparing to let them drive faster. Chet Hanks moved into a retirees' trailer park in Nashville — for the country music career, not the savings. Plus a Korean workation site for 100 motorhomes, an unmanned trailer hotel on Hokkaido, and a gyrocopter pilot who landed on a highway and clipped an oncoming motorhome — all in this issue.

On May 8, a motorhome caught fire on the M3 motorway in Hungary near Hajdúnánás. Firefighters extinguished the blaze with one water jet and are conducting follow-up operations.

Algovia Vans has unveiled the compact Escape 540 camper based on Stellantis vans. Its key feature is a rear kitchen that becomes an outdoor cooking area when the tailgate is open. The model sleeps up to six people.

Bürstner has halted caravan production as demand fell 13%. Poland is proposing to scrap road tolls for campervans, while Liguria counts the cost of 8,000 motorhomes descending on the region. Tom Hanks' son has swapped Hollywood for a trailer in pursuit of a music career, and a French couple has driven 100,000 km from the North Cape to Senegal — and that's not even the whole story. All this in this issue.