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• Summer 2011 Discussion has begun for the 2nd North American Hitch Gathering(in conjunction with the EU Gatherings. Not to be confused with prior NA events with same name. Sign up for the discussion mail list at [email protected]
• 1 April 2011 Voting to decide the location of the European Hitchgathering closes.
• 1 April - 3 April 2011 - Pre-Meeting for the European Hitchgathering in Magdeburg, Germany. More here!
• 21 April - 23 April 2011 - The-60-hour-race from Hamburg to as far as you can go and back, starting in Hamburg.
• 11 June 2011 - 4th German hitchhiking championships, starting in Freiburg im Breisgau.
• 11 November 2011 - Hitchhiking Contest from Paris to Dakar, starting at 11:11.

Old Events

2010

• 4 December 2010 - Abgefahren e.V. informal meeting in Berlin, Germany. 7pm, Café Tristeza, Pannierstrasse 5 (U Hermannplatz).
• 6 - 8 November 2010 - The biggest hitchhiking-race of France: Pouce d’Or, from/to Nantes (See CS for English)
• 1 - 3 October 2010 - 14th anniversary of Vilnius Hitch-hiking club, Lithuania
• 23 August - 9 September 2010 - Viva con Agua Tramprennen, Hitchhike race from Hamburg, Germany to Vama Veche, Romania; facebook page, about Viva con Agua
• 21 August, 2010 - North America Hitch Gathering in Boulder, Colorado, USA.
• 20 August, 2010 - North America Hitch Gathering, pre-meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA.
• 12 August 2010 - [1], Hitchhikers' meeting organized via Couchsurfing in Serbia. Contact Kipan (french hitchwiki) for more information!
• 6 August 2010 - European Hitchhiking Gathering, location somewhere in Portugal.
• 1 August 2010 - European Hitchhiking Gathering, main pre-gathering in Barcelona.
• 11 - 13 June 2010 - Lithuanian Hitchhikers Gathering in Lithuania. Event's Facebook page.
• 4 June 2010 - Hitchhiking race from Augsburg, Germany to Slovenia.
• 28 - 30 May 2010 - Road Junky Travel Film Festival in Berlin, Germany.
• 1 - 3 May 2010 - 13th International Hitchhiking Competition by Polski Klub Przygody from Sopot, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic
• 28 April 2010 - Meeting with founder and President of the World largest hitchhiking club "Academy of Free Travel" (Moscow), travel writer Anton Krotov in Vilnius, Lithuania, organized by Vilnius Hitch-hiking Club. Beginning on 6 pm in Vilnius Travelers Club, Kalinausko st. 9. In Facebook and event page.
• 24 - 25 April 2010 - The 15th public hitchhiking race "Baltics 2010" Vievis - (1100km) -Vilnius, Lithuania organized by Vilnius Hitch-hiking Club. In Facebook and event page (translated in English).
• 15 March - 23 April 2010 - The Hitch, the biggest organised fundraising hitchhiking event in the UK, either towards Morocco or Prague, with approx. 1,000 hitchhikers to take part!
• 1 - 6 April 2010 - Hitchhiking Race from Bratislava to Rome (info)
• 28 - 29 March 2010 - Hitchhike contest in Ghent, Belgium.
• 13 - 14 March 2010: 6/8/10 coordination meeting in Berlin! If you're planning on coming, please response to this forum entry on the website and we keep you updated.

2009

• 2 - 4 October 2009 - 13th anniversary of Vilnius Hitch-hiking Club, more information & registration here.
• 4 - 6 September 2009 - Annual German hitchhikers meeting near Heidelberg, Germany.
• 18 August - 2 September 2009 - Viva con Agua Hitchhike Race, Part II. Hitchhiking Race from Kiel to Dubrovnik for a small NGO called Viva con Agua de Sankt Pauli, located in Hamburg-St.Pauli. Aim is to call attention for the lack of drinkwater worldwide and to promote hitchhiking as a special way of travelling. See report from last year here [[2]].
• 7 - 13 August 2009 - 2nd European Hitchhiking Week, 789. Hitchhikers from all over the world will converge on Odessa in Ukraine, Eastern Europe.
• 2 - 5 July 2009 - Hitch Hike to SoS 09 Hitch Hiking competition running from Sydney to Melbourne, Australia, for the upcoming Students of Sustainability conference.
• 26 June - 5 July 2009 - The Trip, hitchhiking adventure game through Europe, starting in Biel, Switzerland.
• 26 June - 28 June 2009 - Hitchhikers Gathering in Lithuania, annual hitchhikers meeting organized by Vilnius Hitch-hiking Club. Event is being organized every year since 1997.
• 12 June - 13 June 2009 - Second German hitchhiking Championship, a great hitchhiking race from Karlsruhe, Germany to a secret destination.
• 15 May - 17 May 2009 - Power to the Pepper hitchhiking race from Rotterdam, Netherlands to Prague, Czech Republic with about 50 participants
• 1 May - 3 May 2009 - International Hitchhiking Championship of Polski Klub Przygody from Gdansk, Poland to L'viv, Ukraine with about 300 participants
• 10 March - 30 April 2009 - The Hitch is a Charity Hitch from the UK to Prague or Morocco.
• 25 April - 26 April 2009 - 14th public hitchhiking competition "Baltics 2009" of Vilnius Hitch-hiking Club with about 100 participants
• 25 April 2009 - Bulgarian hitch-hiker's gathering Hitch-hiking with masks in Madara - that is, going to the gathering hitching with funny masks on! Meeting near the historical & cultural horseman monument (map). More detailed information on stopbg.com

• 26 - 30 January 2009 - Random Roadworks - Hitchwiki workweek in Amsterdam. Ever dreamed about finishing a hitchhikers magazine? Check out this forum topic.

• 16-18 January 2009 - National Backpacker's/Hitchhiker's Meeting at Lago Quillén, Neuquén Province in Argentina.

2008

• 13-14 December 2008 - Hitchhiking chase starting in Dublin, Ireland.

• 5-6 December 2008 - Eurizons 2008: A Call for Climate Justice: Hitchhiking Campaign to the COP 14 (5.-6.12.08) and exhibition 'Voices from the South' in Poznan

• 29 November 2008 - Hitchhikers meeting in Enschede, Netherlands. Check out this article for closer information!

• 11-12 October 2008 The 3rd Edition of the Big Belgian Open Hitchhiking Contest. Short and intense, involves hitchhiking to secret location, drinking beers and camping outside. Good clean hitchhiking fun!

• 3-5 October 2008 - The Vilnius Hitch-hiking Club celebrates it's 12th anniversary. For more information, check out their website.

• 5–7 September 2008 - The Annual abgefahren e.V. club meeting will take place at Oberkeil close to Bayreuth. Open for everyone. Workshops, talks, etc. More info and registration here.

• 23 August – 5 September 2008/open end - Viva con Agua hitchhiking race from Hamburg/St.Pauli to the EXPO 2008 in Saragossa with the topic Water and Sustainable Development.