>>The Scandinavians seem to have a refreshingly different attitude >>to the shared use of open spaces compared to much of the 'civilized world'! >"From my experiences in Germany, I'd guess that they also train their kids not >to trash other people's property and have a vastly less-litigious society." Germany is not a Scandinavian country, and camping in Germany outside designated camping areas is illegal too, just like it is in the Netherlands. Although the 'free' camping system in Scandinavia works quite nice, in canoeing areas it most often means a lot of trash and ugly fire pits left behind scattered around (mostly?) by Dutch and German canoers too! I have heard the whole thing is questioned nowadays, whether they still will/can continue these 'rights' in the future. Dirk Barends the Netherlands (that piece of land beneath sealevel between England and Germany, no part of Scandinavia too!) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jul 18 2000 - 02:57:13 PDT
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