A drop of the small stuff

Caravans don’t have a brilliant image. They’re usually big, white and in front of you on country lanes. A bungalow that’s escaped its moorings.

How about something different? Mostly white but with a dash of flair. 

This custom-built teardrop caravan is currently on eBay (click here for the auction). 

Only 1.2 metres high and 2.4m long, it sleeps two and is the ultimate in minimalist caravanning. It’s part of a new movement of micro-vans, some of which are so small they can be towed by a motorbike.

It’s small, nippy and thoroughly punk.

Thanks to Donna Abby for use of the photographs.

101 uses for a boring box - no. 1

Here at PunkCaravan we’re not huge fans of the traditional, white box on wheels. But they have their uses.

Robin King in Gloucestershire has turned his into a cinema. If you can’t get to film, the film can come to you.

And he’s not alone. 


The world’s smallest solar-powered cinema is in a 2.7 metre, 1965 Euro-Camper, so don't go expecting an Imax experience. 


The Sol Cinema has a maximum audience size of eight. Or two if you have a jumbo popcorn. 

The funky Puck

Big, boring caravans are usually white. Occasionally they get all edgy and have some scribbly Letraset on the sides.

Meet a caravan that’s bright blue, small, 30-years old and currently residing on eBay.

It’s a Puck, the smallest of the Eriba range and a German design that has remained virtually unchanged since the 1950s. 

Eribas are solidly made and can last for decades. They’re the European equivalent of an Airstream but without the weight. In exactly the same way that Europeans are the equivalent of Americans but without the weight.

The Eriba Puck has charm, character and is a thoroughly Punk Caravan.

This funky Puck is on eBay until 24 July or until someone buys it from its home in Baden-Baden.

Thanks to eBay member Icelandtours for permission to use his photographs.

Caravans go punk

This is the year of the Staycation.

Have you outgrown the tent? Fancy an RV but frightened by the cost? Drawn to a caravan but deterred by the image?

Welcome to PunkCaravan where Glamping is the new rock and roll.

Throw away the chinz curtains and fluffy cushions. Embrace a world of funky design and radical thinking. This is caravanning that is groovier, smaller, lighter, more environmentally-friendly.

PunkCaravan reveals how to camp in a field without getting mired in the 1950s.