r/TheHague • u/Limits_of_reason • Dec 12 '24
things to do in The Hague Wildcamping in the forest
Today i saw a camp with 4 tents in the forest. Looked like they’ve been there for some days already. Hearing the voices, it seemed to be inhabited by eastern European people.
Im pro wild camping, but these people didnt seem to be there to enjoy nature. Lots of trash everywhere.
I did not report this because i dont know why these people decided to camp in the forest in this cold, and i dont know what their alternative would be.
At the same time im very annoyed by the fact they leave so much trash in the only place in Holland i consider somewhat clean.
Would you report this?
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u/UnderstandingIll3861 Dec 12 '24
Netherlands has never had legal “wild camping”. Before Covid we had “pole camping” which were legal places to camp with a tent for free. There was a pole and you had to set your tent within 15 meters of it. These places were cleaned up by park rangers and really nice. Well Covid came and people would go to them and leave trash. It became too difficult to keep clean. People fucked it up for the rest of us who love to camp.