6810

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6-8-10 (or 6810 or 6/8/10 or 06/08/10) is the proposed title for the third edition of the annual European hitchhiking festival.

The first two editions took place in Paris, France on 08/08/08 and in Odesa, Ukraine on 07/08/09. See 888 and 789 for past discussions and information.

Contents 1 Latest News 2 Destination issue 2.1 Lisboa 2.1.1 Casa Amarela 2.2 Espinho 2.3 Sines

[edit] Latest News

• Pre-meetings in Berlin on the 28th and 31st of May has been held to talk about flyers distribution, promotion, location and events.
• A prep-meeting in Berlin on the 13/14th of March took over the poll-results and the gathering will take place "somewhere in Portugal". A big pre-gathering is to be held in Barcelona on the 1st of August.
• Organise/ announce other pre-gatherings here.
• minutes of the prep-meeting.

[edit] Destination issue

We know that we're going to Portugal. The exact spot is still in question. Here is the summary of what we have and what we know about it.

[edit] Lisboa

[edit] Casa Amarela

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Within the city limits of Lisboa. Concrete landscape.

The operators of the place are fine with the idea.

Good: Big enough, good for promotion in Lisbon.

Bad: They might get kicked out by the police until 8910. Very hot! Not in the nature.

[edit] Espinho

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• Location at a windmill with forest/field, 3-4 km to the beach
• Probably camping at the beach
• Positive: water available, support from friendly locals
• Negative: little shadow available, having to walk 3-4 km between the two spots

[edit] Sines

map Parque de Campismo de Sines

• little village at the seaside, 160 km south of Lisbon
• camping in the heart of town possible, though probably not admitted
• Positive: active support from locals who offered to mediate with the city hall. BBQ, shadow, showers, toilets, next to the beach, good promotion opportunities after a world music festival that takes place there at the end on July.
• Negative: need to be decided what strategy to adopt with regards to local authorities:

option1- we ask for permission to the camping owners (the city municipal county) option 2- we just go there and we stay for 3 days with the risk that facilies are closed.