Rising popularity of pop-up caravans driven by electric vehicles

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.

The province of East Flanders has approved a comprehensive renovation plan for the De Gavers campsite in Geraardsbergen, with construction starting in 2029. Due to flood risks, 240 static caravans will be removed. Long-term residents, some of whom have lived there for 12 years, are angry and uncertain, as the new design focuses on tourist camping with tents and motorhomes.

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.

A caravan towed by a Skoda Octavia overturned on the E42 highway near Namur towards Liège. Traffic was reduced to one lane, and the incident was cleared using a tow truck.

On the evening of April 29, a fire at Camping De Meren in Begijnendijk, Belgium, destroyed three caravans. No injuries were reported; the cause is under investigation.

Greece has cancelled its own camper van ban — a year and a half on, as if it got cold feet. In Tenerife, 500 motorhomes blocked a motorway demanding the same — pitches and dump stations. In Miami, 200 families are being evicted from a motorhome park by September, while Córdoba is only just applying for permission for a new overnight area. Plus 21 kg of cocaine in a motorhome in Lanzarote, a fake eight-wheeled Mercedes-AMG G63 and a Starbucks coffee trailer in Seoul — in this issue.