Van life, hiking and outdoor adventures across Europe
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- Van life internet in Europe: what we use, what we wasted money on, and how it’s changed
- Van Life with Two Large Dogs in Europe
- Van Life in Europe: what four years on the road taught me
- Exploring Dolomites by campervan: the four-pass route guide
- Climbing Holiday in Valencia Province: Five Areas Worth the Drive (Including two you haven’t heard of)
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Category: Van Life
Four years of full-time van life across 13 countries in Europe – with two large dogs, a drone, and no fixed end date. Real costs, hygiene realities, safety, dog logistics, and everything nobody tells you before you start. 
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Getting reliable van life internet across Europe comes down to two things: a Starlink Mini for remote areas and a 4G/5G SIM card as a backup for low-power days and cities. That sentence took us four years and a fair amount of wasted money to arrive at. When we moved into the van in 2022,…
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Van life with two large dogs in Europe is entirely doable, but it changes how you plan every single day, which countries you gravitate towards, and what you’re willing to give up in summer. I’ve been travelling full-time across Europe since 2022 with my husband Tomas, our Labrador Summer, and a Romanian rescue Shadow. Both…
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I have been living full-time in a motorhome across Europe for four years, with my husband, two large dogs, and two remote jobs between us. I have spent winters in Sicily and summers in the Italian Alps. I have wild camped in Romania, navigated strict camping laws in Slovenia, and watched my husband drive 7.25…
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Van life in Europe in 2026 means navigating three things that didn’t exist when most of the advice online was written: biometric border checks (EES, live since 10 April 2026), updated pet travel rules (changed on 22 April 2026), and the Schengen 90/180-day rule that shapes everything from route planning to how long you can…
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Van life in Europe is generally safe – violent crime against van dwellers is rare, and most issues are property-related (break-ins, fines for wild camping). The riskiest moments are urban overnight parking and busy summer coastal lots. Here’s what 4 years of van life across Europe has taught me about staying safe. We’re Aelita and…
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If you’re planning van life in Europe in summer without air conditioning, this answers the question that comes up every year. How do you handle the heat, especially with dogs? After four years of full-time van life, including one very sweaty first summer where we got it completely wrong, this is what’s worked for us…
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How do van lifers stay clean? This is the honest answer from four years of full-time van life in Europe – covering van showers, campsite showers, periods and laundry. Written from a woman’s perspective, useful regardless of gender, and specifically about van life in Europe, where there are no gym chains and no Planet Fitness.…
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This is THE ONE question that I get asked by far the most and it’s going to be a long post so be prepared! I am not sure why but I was apprehensive to write about it for a while. Maybe because talking publicly about how you make money is quite daunting or perhaps taking…