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Camping-Check preview: trip to the sea and a castle — © NDR, Lukas Lowack

On August 11 at 9:00 PM on HR, a new episode of 'Camping-Check' with Friso Richter and Lukas Lowack will air. The hosts will visit the natural campsite HaffCamp Boiensdorfer Werder in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, then head to Brandenburg, where a couple from Lower Saxony has set up a campsite on the grounds of an old castle.

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Camping-Check preview: trip to the sea and a castle

On August 11 at 9:00 PM on HR, a new episode of 'Camping-Check' with Friso Richter and Lukas Lowack will air. The hosts will visit the natural campsit...

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