‘We came here for the girls’: Scandinavian gipsies’ summer holiday in England reaches Nottingham – and travellers say the local women love their flash cars

Scandinavian gipsy travellers who are touring the UK in their flashy sports cars as part of a two-week summer holiday have now set up camp in Nottingham - because they like the women there.

The travellers previously descended on private land in Derby where they planned to 'chill out and relax' as part of their lengthy break.

But, on Sunday afternoon, the group pitched up 12 caravans at a new cricket pavilion in Nottingham where they plan to spend time enjoying the city's sights and meeting the local women. 

Scandinavian gipsy travellers who are touring the UK in their flashy sports cars as part of a two-week summer holiday have now set up camp in Nottingham - because they like the women there. Pictured is one of the Bentleys belonging to the group 

Carlo Vivardo, a traveller from Norway, said the group liked the women in Nottingham - and that the women loved their flash cars (A Porsche is pictured above)

The group have pitched up 12 caravans at a new cricket pavilion in Nottingham where they plan to spend time enjoying the city's sights and meeting the local women. Two BMWs belonging to the group are pictured above 

Some of them arrived in expensive sports cars, including one £140,000 Bentley Flying Spur, an £89,000 Porsche Panamera, two BMWs and a VW Golf GTD. Pictured above is a Golf and a Mercedes 

Some of them arrived in expensive sports cars, including one £140,000 Bentley Flying Spur, an £89,000 Porsche Panamera, two BMWs and a VW Golf GTD. 

Carlo Vivardo, a traveller from Norway, said the group spent Sunday watching the Euro 2016 final but that they chose the city 'for the girls'.

He told the Nottingham Post: 'The girls in Nottingham are great. When I drove my Porsche through the city centre they loved it.'  

The 50-strong group - most of whom work as Persian rug salesmen and cleaners in Scandinavia - set up camp on the sports pavilion, which was reopened this year after a £750,000 investment.  

Nottingham City Council served a notice (pictured) on the group the following morning, stating they would start legal action if the group did not move on by 8am on Tuesday 

Yesterday, there was still no sign of the group moving on. Other stops on their tour have included Dudley, West Midlands

Residents have had mixed reactions to the camp. Louise Young, who has lived nearby for 11 years, said: 'If you're on holiday, you can go anywhere in England, and find a registered campsite. It's nice round here but it's not somewhere you can camp' 

Nottingham City Council served a notice on the group the following morning, stating they would start legal action if the group did not move on by 8am on Tuesday.

But, yesterday, there was still no sign of the group moving on. Other stops on their tour have included Dudley, West Midlands. 

Residents have had mixed reactions to the camp. Louise Young, who has lived nearby for 11 years, said: 'If you're on holiday, you can go anywhere in England, and find a registered campsite.

'It's nice round here but it's not somewhere you can camp.

The group were last pictured in Derby (above). Some of the local residents described the travellers as 'posh' due to their fleet of cars but others were desperate for them to move on

The 50-strong group initially descended on private land in Derby city centre (pictured) and said they planned to 'chill out and relax' before heading to London and other parts of the country as part of their lengthy 'summer holiday'

The travellers said they have no plans to cut short their trip and claim they chose to come to the UK post Brexit to make the most of Britain before the EU deal ends and 'the walls are put up'. Pictured: The travellers enjoying the camp in Derby

'Surely, with those cars, they can afford to pay for somewhere to stay. It cost a lot of money to do it up and usually there's loads of kids playing there.'

Dog walker Giuseppe Castagna said: 'It's not a camping area. They should go somewhere else.'

Another local dog walker, who did not wish to be named, said: 'It's illegal and they should not be here but it does not cause any trouble.' 

Last week, the travellers said they have no plans to cut short their trip and claim they chose to come post Brexit to make the most of Britain before the EU deal ends and 'the walls are put up'.

One said they were enjoying the holiday so much that they hoped to return next year.