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'''Hitchgathering''' is the name of a series of international hitchhiking gatherings held in Europe and Northern America [[Hitchgathering#Past_events|since 2008]].

=== Organizing the event ===* All communications about the gathering happen on the email list ([email protected]) and in the [https://www.facebook.com/groups/hitchgathering/ Facebook group] * If you are not on the list, register in [http://hitchgathering.org hitchgathering.org] or directly through the [http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net listserver]* Feel free to edit the wiki page for [http://hitchwiki.org/en/Hitchgathering/2012 Hitchgathering 2012] according to the [http://hitchwiki.org/en/Hitchgathering/2011 last year's] format

===Communication=== * Main organisation platform is the [[Hitchgathering/{{CURRENTYEAR}}|Hitchgathering {{CURRENTYEAR}} wiki page]]. Here you can collect/present proposals, [[Talk:Hitchgathering/{{CURRENTYEAR}}|discuss]] them and vote. * Other communication channels are the [https://lists.riseup.net/www/subscribe/hitch mailing list] and the [https://www.facebook.com/groups/hitchgathering/ Facebook group]. Please transfer all relevant info to the wiki page. * upload your pictures from past gatherings to a webservice like [https://www.wetransfer.com/ wetransfer] or [http://www.dropbox.com dropbox] and sent the link to [email protected]. You can also sent him stories and the like and he'll add it to the [http://www.hitchgathering.org website]!  ===Checklist===* Is there space for 100-200 persons?* Can we acquire drinking water somewhere nearby?* Are there possibilities to dumpster dive or is food cheap?* How easy/difficult is it to reach the place?* How secluded is the place?* Can we just stay at the place or does it belong to somebody, do we need a permission?* Can we dig shit pits there?* Can YOU be there to help organizing in the beginning?* What else is important? == Time ==Early August, typically at first weekend. People will arrive some days earlier and many stay for like 1-2 weeks. New people keep coming and going during these two weeks. Festival sort of fades in and fades out, most busiest days having over 100 people at once. Each year somebody suggests if the main event could be moved to June/July. Each time we come again to same conclusion: early August is the most optimal for all the students/working people to have a hitching trip. There will be smaller pre- and post-gatherings happening all the summer. == Past events ===* Project-[[project 888|888]], european hitchhiking gathering European Hitchhiking Gathering in [[Paris]], [[France]] on August 8, 2008.* [[789]]-Festival, european hitchhiking gathering European Hitchhiking Gathering in [[Odessa|Odesa]], [[Ukraine]] on August 7, 2009.* [[6810]] hitchgatheringHitchgathering, european hitchhiking gathering European Hitchhiking Gathering in [[Sines]], [[Portugal]] on August 6, 2010.* [[North America Hitch Gathering|North-American hitchgatheringHitchgathering]] in [[Boulder]], [[Colorado]] on August 21, 2010.

* [[Hitchgathering [http://hitchgathering.org/2012-lithuania/ |Hitchgathering 4-8-12]] was held in [[Lithuania]]* [[Hitchgathering/2013|Hitchgathering 5-8-13]] was held in [[Slovakia]].* [[Hitchgathering/2014|Hitchgathering 2-8-14]] took place in [[Albania]], with big pre-gatherings in [[Norway]] and [[Finland]] and smaller ones along the way. * [[Hitchgathering/2015|Hitchgathering 2015]] in [[France]].* [[Hitchgathering/2016|Hitchgathering 2016]] in [[Norway]]* [[Hitchgathering/2017|Hitchgathering 2017]] in [[Portugal]], [[Germany]] and [[Ukraine]].* [[Hitchgathering/2018|Hitchgathering 2018]] in [[Serbia]]* [[Hitchgathering/2019|Hitchgathering 2019]] in [[Denmark]] Country Town, Lemvig* [[Hitchgathering/2020|Hitchgathering 2020]] in France, Belgium and Norway.

=== Future events ===* 2014 North American [[Hitchgathering Location Voting in Progress [http://poll.pollcode.com/274487 here2021|Hitchgathering 2021]]at least somewhere in Europe and possibly anywhere else.