Spain: camper van tests every 6 months · VanLife Weekly #23
Spain now requires camper vans over 10 years old to be tested twice a year. Plus: 644 overnight parks in Japan and a wave of illegal stopovers in France.
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Updated 6 June 2026
↑39% vs. region avg.
↑16% vs. region avg.
Full tank (80 L, diesel)
€185
$214
100 km (10 L/100 km, diesel)
€23.16
$26.72
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Amsterdam → Copenhagen
Distance
940 km
Fuel cost
~€187
Est. time
~2 days
Amsterdam → Berlin
790 km · ~€156 · ~2 days
🇳🇱 Netherlands 210 km · 🇩🇪 Germany 580 km
Amsterdam → Brussels
350 km · ~€77 · ~1 day
🇳🇱 Netherlands 190 km · 🇧🇪 Belgium 160 km
Amsterdam → Luxembourg
570 km · ~€121 · ~1 day
🇳🇱 Netherlands 230 km · 🇧🇪 Belgium 270 km · 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 70 km
Amsterdam → Rome
1,850 km · ~€385 · ~5 days
🇳🇱 Netherlands 200 km · 🇧🇪 Belgium 240 km · 🇫🇷 France 920 km · 🇮🇹 Italy 490 km
Current fuel prices in Netherlands: diesel €2.32 ($2.67) per liter, gasoline €2.44 ($2.81) per liter.
The local gasoline grade is Super E10 · RON 95 (up to 10% ethanol).
Netherlands ranks #41 out of 41 countries in Europe by diesel price.
Use the route cost calculator to estimate your fuel expenses for a road trip through Netherlands.
Free market
Changes daily
~50% Taxes and levies
Regulator
Autoriteit Consument & Markt
Free market with a very high tax share. Expensive at highway stations, cheaper at unmanned and border stations.
Taxes and levies
Accijns, BTW 21%, CO2 and biofuel obligations. For 2026: `gasoline EUR 0.845/L`, `diesel EUR 0.552/L`, `LPG EUR 0.199/L`.
Subsidies
No direct subsidies; reduced excise on gasoline, diesel and LPG extended through 31 December 2026.
LPG/Autogas
Limited
Bank cards
Accepted everywhere
Price spread
Significant
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Importer + Refiner
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Data is collected automatically from government sources (EU Oil Bulletin, Statistics Norway, etc.) and independent aggregators, with selective manual cross-verification from at least two sources. Official data takes priority.
Prices are for reference only and may differ from actual prices at specific fuel stations.
Cargopedia.net · cargopedia.net
Fuelo.net · fuelo.net
EU Weekly Oil Bulletin · energy.ec.europa.eu
Carbu.com Nederland · carbu.com/nederland
UnitedConsumers.com (Netherlands) · unitedconsumers.com/tanken/brandstofprijzen
Transport-Online (Netherlands) · transport-online.nl
License CC BY 4.0 — free use, distribution and adaptation with attribution to OpenVan.camp. Fuel data updated: 6 June 2026.
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Country overview
Avg. score
86
Top city
Limburg 89Eva, 30, from Delft, Netherlands, designed and built a 15 sq m tiny house as her civil engineering graduation project. Construction took one year using recycled materials. The house includes a toilet, shower and bathtub, but the washing machine is shared. Eva says the compact space requires planning but does not feel cramped.
ACB Campers in Almere reported that fraudsters created a fake version of their raffle website for a campervan worth €100,000. Proceeds were intended for an Amsterdam children's hospital to build a wheelchair-accessible playground. Police quickly took down the fraudulent site; no victims have been identified.
On the evening of June 8 in Lunteren (Netherlands), a heavy rainstorm brought down a large branch onto a private property. It partially damaged a shed and a nearby caravan. Firefighters cut and removed the branch; damage was minor and no injuries were reported.
Pierre Peters, a homeless man living in a motorhome at the De Rusheuvel site in Oss, cannot fulfill his promise to leave by the weekend. The reason is a vehicle breakdown: the engine won't start. The incident is linked to a previous dog bite case.
On Sunday morning in Tolkamer, Netherlands, a camper van missed the dike ramp, crashed into the barrier, and overturned. The driver was hospitalized, and the vehicle was completely destroyed.
On Saturday morning on the Elkerzeeseweg in Scharendijke, a caravan detached from the towing vehicle and ended up in a ditch. According to local enforcement officers, the likely cause was a faulty coupling. The road was temporarily closed, and recovery was carried out by Ista from Oosterland.
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