Two caravans were installed at a camp on Sleeperdijk in Purmer-Noord, Purmerend, reportedly for the first time in 26 years that the city had received caravans. Because they were too large to be placed from the ground, a crane lifted them over the other caravans during the night from Thursday to Friday.

Future resident Jan Soering, 25, had waited nearly eight years for a caravan. He said he had become accustomed to using a toilet outside his door.