I'll bite, what's a "tillgrepp"?

Incident?

On 7/17/07, Martin Jagersand <jag@cs.ualberta.ca> wrote:
>
> On 7/9/07, T.M. <tinkerman007@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > but in general I think it is pretty safe in much of Europe.
> >
> > We'll, I think it's best to camp next to a few more families that look
> > decent...
> > I think the problem might be also of the authorities telling you that
> you
> > can't camp there, as happened to us once in Scotland. We arrived there
> too
> > late to enter a campground (and actually got a bit lost) and thought we
> > could park on a large shopping mall parking area, and take a short nap.
> > They arrived pretty soon...
> >
> > > We often just stopped
> > >in a private spot, and were never harrased or asked to
> > >leave. Note that Austria and Switzerland has many areas
> > >with signs forbidding roadside camping. We didn't try
> > >there.
> >
> > Yup, seems to fit their image...
> > I think we can try both campgarounds as well as nice private spots with
> > fellow campers.
>
>
> The Swedish police just released the statistic for theft from campers
> (below).
> A bit of a rise this year from last year, but still better than a few
> years
> ago.
> The police believe European gangs are targeting tourist areas, so be on
> your
> watch.
> Usual comon sense applies. Don't leave anything valuable visible. This
> applies not only when you leave your camper, but also when you sleep in
> it. Thieves will do a quick smash and grab on anything they see through
> the
> window. They won;t know (or perhaps care) if you're sleeping in there.
>
> Martin
>
> *2003: 160 tillgrepp*
> >
> > 2004: 91 tillgrepp
> >
> > *2005: 97 tillgrepp*
> >
> > 2006: 34 tillgrepp
> >
> > *2007: 65 tillgrepp*
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Martin Jagersand
> University of Alberta
> http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~jag/
>

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