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PersonDiabolo
04/7/2015 at 10:58pm
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Planning to drive from Rotterdam to Black Forest Freiburg area later this month. Any advice on our best route? Not been camping in Germany before.


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Personthemarstonscooper
04/7/2015 at 11:28pm
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Being an ex driver out of Aalsmeer in Holland believe it or not your best way for speed is actually Arnhem E35 onto Duisburg then E35 onto Frankfurt and down that way Darmstadt etc   Its probably the longest of 4 possible ways but A doesn't involve tolls on the shortest and B is by far the quickest.    I would guess its about 40 to 50 kilometers longer than the shortest way (so all 4 ways are between 40km 50km difference in total) but as its free moving 99 percent of the way and at decent speed it will likely be shorter by over an hour at least   

You dont say what time your arriving but as your Marple way (used to live there) I am assuming your Hull Rotterdam so an arrival in Rotterdam and once off would see you about 9 am out of the port, just missing Rotterdam traffic...Allow about 6 hours drive plus stops, would likelyy see you there mid to late afternoon, you wont hit any rush hour traffic.

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PersonMrs. Bonce
05/7/2015 at 7:14am
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Don't go round the Antwerp ring road if you want your sanity to remain intact! we thought Brussels was bad, but at least the traffic kept moving...

Anne


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05/7/2015 at 9:59am
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Quote: Originally posted by Mrs. Bonce on 05/7/2015
Don't go round the Antwerp ring road if you want your sanity to remain intact! we thought Brussels was bad, but at least the traffic kept moving...

Anne

Not last Friday it wasn't it was like the M25 on a bad day.

Sennen


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PersonDiPhil
05/7/2015 at 12:43pm
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My advice for Brussels is go on the ring road on a Sunday. We just sailed round with the caravan last month no hold ups ore even too much traffic.


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Personthemarstonscooper
05/7/2015 at 9:00pm
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For anyone coming off at Europort try not to go south on the E19 N1 unless your heading for north west France area ..If Antwerp doesn't get you Brussels will unless travelling in the dead of night. The far quicker routes are off to the right.     

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PersonHarryB
05/7/2015 at 9:52pm
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You dont need to go via Antwerp or Brussels to get to Freiburg.

I went last year to south of Freiburg via Rudesheim. My route was very easy and traffic/trouble free.

Rotterdam A15 to Nijmegen, A73 south to Venlo, German/Dutch border then A61 south to near Heidelburg, then A5 to Freiburg. I worked that route out because it looked the least congested and with only a few location/roads to remember and head for. It worked very well indeed.

I must say that I didn't look at routes further east as Mark suggested because it all looked very built up so very busy.

Enjoy the Black Forest it's beautiful


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PersonDiabolo
06/7/2015 at 9:08pm
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Thanks for all of your advice folks. I will disembark at 09.00 on a Monday so I have all day to get there. If we can arrive at the campsite still on speaking terms that will count as a success!


Personthemarstonscooper
06/7/2015 at 10:48pm
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If its anything like our normal drive, the journey from Marple to Hull will be more hassle than the journey from Europort.   

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