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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]].''
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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]].
  
<span class="lead">[[Hitchgathering/2020|Hitchgathering 2020]] in August, in France and Norway.</span>
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For the 2021 editions, see [[Hitchgathering/2021]].
  
=== Organizing the event ===
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== Organizing the event ==
====Communication====
 
  
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===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.  
 
* Main organisation platform is the [[Hitchgathering/{{CURRENTYEAR}}|Hitchgathering {{CURRENTYEAR}} wiki page]]. Here you can collect/present proposals, [[Talk:Hitchgathering/{{CURRENTYEAR}}|discuss]] them and vote.  
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* 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]!  
 
* 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=====
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===Checklist===
 
* Is there space for 100-200 persons?
 
* Is there space for 100-200 persons?
 
* Can we acquire drinking water somewhere nearby?
 
* Can we acquire drinking water somewhere nearby?
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* What else is important?
 
* What else is important?
  
==== Time ====
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== 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.
 
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.
 
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 ===
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== Past events ==
 
* Project-[[project 888|888]], European Hitchhiking Gathering in [[Paris]], [[France]] on August 8, 2008.
 
* Project-[[project 888|888]], European Hitchhiking Gathering in [[Paris]], [[France]] on August 8, 2008.
 
* [[789]]-Festival, European Hitchhiking Gathering in [[Odessa|Odesa]], [[Ukraine]] on August 7, 2009.
 
* [[789]]-Festival, European Hitchhiking Gathering in [[Odessa|Odesa]], [[Ukraine]] on August 7, 2009.
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* [[Hitchgathering/2018|Hitchgathering 2018]] in [[Serbia]]
 
* [[Hitchgathering/2018|Hitchgathering 2018]] in [[Serbia]]
 
* [[Hitchgathering/2019|Hitchgathering 2019]] in [[Denmark]] Country Town, Lemvig
 
* [[Hitchgathering/2019|Hitchgathering 2019]] in [[Denmark]] Country Town, Lemvig
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* [[Hitchgathering/2020|Hitchgathering 2020]] in France, Belgium and Norway.
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* [[Hitchgathering/2021|Hitchgathering 2021]] had a few events in the summer, with an incoming one (or multiples) in winter 2021.
  
=== Future events ===
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== Future events ==
* [[Hitchgathering/2020|Hitchgathering 2020]] somewhere in Europe.
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* [[Hitchgathering/2021|Winter Hitchgathering 2021]] this winter, likely in Europe.
  
 
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Revision as of 12:12, 11 November 2021

Hitchgathering is the name of a series of international hitchhiking gatherings held in Europe and Northern America since 2008.

For the 2021 editions, see Hitchgathering/2021.

Organizing the event

Communication

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

Future events