70 Road-Legal Amphibious Cars Drive Into the Water at a Gathering in Berlin

Documentarian HD1080ide captured great footage of Amphib 2026, the annual European gathering of Les Amis de l’Amphibie in Berlin, featuring the world’s largest group of road-legal amphibious vehicles. The lineup included Amphicars, Volkswagen Schwimmwagen, an Amphicruiser, and custom-built vehicles that were driven into and cruised such waterways as Lake Wannsee and Lake Schwielowsee near Potsdam over several days in August 2026.

From August 1st to 8th, 2026, the world’s largest amphibious car meeting took place in Berlin. Among the partly extremely rare vehicles were numerous Amphicars, Schwimmwagen, Ford GPA (Seep), three Amphi-Ranger, an Amphicruiser, four DUKW and several custom-built vehicles.

The meet moves to a different European country each year, and every vehicle must be registered and able to both drive and swim.

The 2027 gathering is slated to take place in London. Amphibious vehicles have a history there, as seen in 1965 footage of an amphibious water scooter riding on the River Thames.

Amphibious Water Scooter Riding on the River Thames

via The Awesomer

Lori Dorn
Lori Dorn

Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.

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