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Camping-Check: Super Campers and Riverside Campgrounds — New Episode

12.05.2026 04:02 1 min 3 sources
ardmediathek.de DEU + 2 more
Camping-Check: Super Campers and Riverside Campgrounds — New Episode
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In Brief

The 42nd episode of 'Camping-Check' focuses on riverside campgrounds and a meetup of mini-camper owners. Hosts Frizzo and Lucas travel to the 'Wesertal' campsite and the 'Van Days' rally in Spessart. TV premiere on May 7, 2026 on ARD alpha.

The 42nd episode of the show 'Camping-Check' is dedicated to riverside campgrounds and a gathering of mini-camper owners. Hosts Frizzo Richter and Lucas Lovak embark on a road trip: first to the 'Wesertal' campsite, where Frizzo plans to spend the night in his 33-year-old motorhome Pamela right by the water. Then they head to the 'Mainglück' campsite in Spessart, where the 'Van Days' rally is taking place — a meetup for fans of mini-campers, campervans, and roof-top tent vehicles.

The TV premiere of the episode 'Super Camper & Campingplätze am Fluss' will air on May 7, 2026 at 11:00 AM on ARD alpha as part of the 'ARD Room Tour' segment. Duration: 45 minutes. The video is available in the ARD Mediathek until April 27, 2028.

Note: In December 2025, the 40th episode aired, in which the host visited an indoor campsite in Spessart and a quarry campsite in Rhineland-Palatinate featuring a converted railway carriage.

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Camping-Check: Super Campers & Campsites by the River

28.04.2026 ardmediathek.de DEU

Camper and riverside campsite review

14.04.2026 br.de DEU

New Camping-Check episode features indoor and outdoor campsites

06.12.2025 ardmediathek.de DEU

🇩🇪 Germany — fuel prices

Updated: 23.05.2026

Diesel

$2.29 /l

€1.97 · £1.70/l

106 of 120

pricier than 88% of countries

Petrol

$2.34 /l

€2.01 · £1.74/l

109 of 118

pricier than 92% of countries

LPG

$1.43 /l

€1.23 · £1.06/l

44 of 46

pricier than 93% of countries

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