I haven't done much touring in mainland Europe, but I did learn to fly back in Sweden years ago. And at least then it was, like most sparsely populated places, very easy to fly in. Whenever an industry is as small as it is in Sweden, most things fly under the radar. I never paid any landing fee's, most airfields were uncontrolled and you could come and go as you wished, no security, no PPR madness like in the UK, good fuel availability - just park on the apron and leave it for how many days you wanted, etc, etc,. It might have changed since then, but for the smaller fields I doubt it. It was similar to how I think Canada works today - a nice mix between the FAA system and Europe in a way.
Last edited by AdamFrisch; 20th Mar 2013 at 01:36.