Sorenkai
First of all, I'd like to say: Have a good day.
My name is Koen, aged 21 years old.
I've spent my last night watching BraveDave's Freight Train Hopping video's and I absolutely loved it. It inspired me and I am planning to do one myself within a year. I have been wildcamping here in The Netherlands. I hope that I can be helpful to people if it comes to wildcamping. If you have any questions about me, please feel free to ask them and I'll (most of the times) be happy to answer them.

-Koen
Brave_Dave
Hi, Koen! Happy to have you on here :)

Yeah, wild camping is great, isn't it. Always good to be used to wild camping. It means you can sleep pretty much anywhere, whatever the circumstances. A very useful skill!

If you do go freight hopping please don't get crushed under 10,000 tons of steel as I'd feel terrible. It's not a game out there. Stay safe!
yypish
Hey Koen,

I also live in the Netherlands and have been thinking about going wild camping, but I haven't had the guts to do so yet. Can I ask you where you went because the Netherlands is pretty densely populated and I can imagine it would be difficult to get some privacy. Also any gear recommendations for first timers?

Cheers, Pim
Sorenkai
Hi there Pim,

I would personally suggest going to the east (veluwe). It is a beautiful place with small streams of water. Just be sure that you do not get caught. Wildcamping in the Netherlands is, as you may know, illegal, if you do all I could think of is to pretend that you are a foreigner and tell them you were not aware of this. If you need gear recommendations, I advise to visit any ordinary camping/survival shop and claim you are going to do survival camping in sweden(as it is legal there in some places), they will show you everything you'll need to survive.

-Koen
yypish
Thanks a lot for the tips! I think I'll start out by just scouting out (read: hike through) the Veluwe before committing to staying the night there. By the way, how's the planning on your freight hopping trip coming along? Are you gonna do it in here in Europe or are you planning on going overseas?
Sorenkai
I am planning my route and saving the moneys, I will be going in this summer holiday. I will depart from Rotterdam (freight harbour) and I hope to end somewhere in Spain or Italy although im not sure yet. I wish you the best of luck with scouting!
yypish
Sounds awesome! Be sure to keep me posted, I'd love to here about your adventures