Motorhome, RV, Camper Friendly Dunkerque, France

My husband found from motorhomers' forums two free camper parking in Dunkerque. We went to the first but because there were about 5 static caravans with children and about 6 men clustered, talking, we thought they were Romanians, we left to check out the 2nd free camper parking hoping to find a more peaceful and quieter surroundings.

It was a very pleasant surprise - this free camper parking is huge with two sections with a total of about 40 parking spaces, just steps to the sea, there is free water, a shower and free washroom/toilette on the sea walk/promenade. We were happy campers.

Our first try with Free Wifi from this location (we were given a log-in and password by a friend from Paris) was unsuccessful so to use the internet we had to go to McDonalds which was about 3 kms. On the third day of trying with Free Wifi, we connected and so we enjoyed all our needs and wants all from one location everyday.

Dunkerque is (also spelled Dunkirk) a stress free city, camper friendly, beautiful with both old and new buildings and condos and the sea is beautiful, the sea walk/promenade which was several kilometers long was very clean. Fresh seafood is cheap and parking is free near the fresh fish market.

The sunset was great, changing colors as the sun fades, from several hues of purple to several hues of orange and finally to an exquisite deep red orange.

One more thing we liked was the fact that Policie do a lot of roving in our free parking site; we see them several times a day in their police car.

Mackerel was an unbelievable Euros 4 for two kgs. one day and because I still have fish marinated in vinegar, I did not buy. The next day it was Euros 3 per kg. and because I thought it is still very cheap and besides I did not need two kilograms of mackerel, I bought 1 kg and another half kg. of an unnamed fish which was very fresh and white priced at Euros 6 per kg. The unnamed fish was indeed fresh and delicious and the mackerel as always was very good.  A few days ago, mackerel was Euros 9 per kilogram in Oostende, Belgium.  From E.Leclerc my husband bought already cooked big shrimps at Euros 9 per kilogram, which was also very cheap from our experience in our already 4 months rving this year in Europe.

We liked Dunkerque so much we did not want to leave, but we had to move on and see other places. It is the first town/city/commune where everything we needed and wanted was all in there in our free camper parking. We stayed 6 nights.