Hanover VW

🇩🇪🚐 HOME OF VANILLA 🇩🇪🚐

Today I made a bit of a pilgrimage.

Behind me is the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles factory in Hannover – the birthplace of millions of VW Transporters and Bullis since 1956. More than 10 million vehicles have rolled out of these gates over the years, including the T6.1 generation that gave the world my campervan, Vanilla. (vwpress.co.uk)

Standing here feels a little different when you own one of them. This isn’t just another factory; it’s where a collection of steel, wires, bolts and German engineering first came together before beginning a life of adventures across Europe.

Somewhere on this vast site, workers built the van that would eventually carry me through mountain passes, along coast roads, across borders and into places I had only ever dreamed of visiting. The factory covers an area roughly the size of 150 football pitches and remains the heart of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. (volkswagen.de)

For most visitors it’s just a factory.

For me, it’s Vanilla’s birthplace.

And every journey has to start somewhere. ❤️Read more