We arrived in Utretch on Thursday afternoon & on making enquires we were directed to a parking area that had been leased by a caravan & RV association to cater for people with Rv's attending the caravan & camping show being held in some of the other halls at the same time. Bingo, what luck; on the door step for 3 days to Eurospoor, with entry to the caravan exhibition included with the overnight price for our Rv. Friday Morning we walked over to Eurospoor to find the doors didnt open untill 10;00 am,'so a cup of tea /coffee & a quick bite to eat before attacking the slowly growing number of old, unwashed retirees who looked to be on their last eurodollar; a couple of gallons of deodorant would not have gone amiss trying to smother the aromas wafting around the lines of eagar buyers. It was an eye opener to me that most were carrying suitcases, carry bags & very large shopping bags from supermarkets & I had no idea what for until when the doors opened right on time, there was a MAD rush towards the rear hall with very few stopping to view the large number of layouts on display. Anyway we decided to follow the aromas & found down in Hall 3 that there was so much on sale to this poor ozzy train driver. Almost had heart attack & thought he had gone to the great round house in the sky.

Mention has been made that the amount of stalls was near to 1 Kilometer long but when there is so much to see & haggle over it looks much longer. I found the MAJOR draw back in hall 3 was the poor lighting on most stalls which made it extremly hard to see what was on sale let alone the condition of items. Anyway after walking the length & breath I ended up buying just a few items with the FD also buying 2 items much to my amazement.

Her spending included a complete digital King Luwig set M2680 & 4396 slightly worn boxes but in very good condition. Euro 525 & then she spied a N scale Neuschwanstein castle which had to be brought to go with the set already purchased, for E$55

I purchase a M3600 Digital set of 3 engines for the Berlin Anniversary E$259, A M37703 Digital set of 3 early Diesels for E$ 455 & a ROCO 78524 Swedish Eloc for E$ 419 with sound etc, a couple of different waggons for E$20 each finished off my spending for the 2 days we spent there. Sunday we spent in the Caravan / camping show just looking & wondering why we dont some of the items on display back home in Oz'.

A WORD OF WARNING FOR OVERSEAS TRAVELLERS. From what we saw, none of the 2nd hand stalls had VAT exempt forms for refund of sales tax; it was a all cash buisness.
The ATM at the hall entrance would only allow a single withdrawl per card of E$500 each day but this could also depend on what cards were being used & it ran out of money early Saturday leaving a fair walk back to the main station to find another machine.

WE would recomend that anyone thinking of going to Europe at the end of October next year definetly consider a trip to EUROSPOOR just to see the amount of M & other brands on sale. It is amazing considering the age of some items that they have remained in pristine condition all these years considering that they have survived a war period etc.

I don't think we have a MMM this year (M-users Mega Meeting) but are there members - besides Glenn and me - who visit Eurospoor upcoming weekend ??

Marco

Hi Marco,

I think Glenn and I will be together all day on Friday, so his phone number is the best way to contact us. I am on the Hull-Rotterdam ferry tomorrow night, and we should be at Eurospoor when it opens if the ferry is on time.

Best wishes,

Nigel