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Hackerspacing In Europe: Conclusion

November 6, 2013 by 22 Comments

Wow! What a trip. In just over one week we travelled nearly 2000 km and visited 13 hackerspaces in 10 different cities in Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands. However that was only the tip of the iceberg — there were dozens more hackerspaces in the area, and we wish we had the time to visit them all! The hospitality of the hackerspaces was amazing. Thank you so much to all the spaces we visited! If you missed some of tours, you can see the them all here.

  1. Chaosdorf (Dusseldorf, Germany)
  2. Garage Lab (Dusseldorf, Germany)
  3. ACKspace (Heerlen, The Netherlands)
  4. HSBXL (Brussels, Belgium)
  5. Whitespace (Gent, Belgium)
  6. Void Warranties (Antwerp, Belgium)
  7. Open Garage (Antwerp, Belgium)
  8. MadSpace (Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
  9. De Ontdekfabriek (Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
  10. Revelation Space (The Hague, The Netherlands)
  11. Technologia Incognita (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  12. Hack42 (Arnhem, The Netherlands)
  13. Stratum0 (Brunswick, Germany)

Did you enjoy these tours? Is there anything you’d like to see more of? The style of the tour? Other things to focus on? Let us know in the comments!

Hackerspacing In Europe: Hack42 In Arnhem!

November 1, 2013 by 31 Comments

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Wow.

That 3-letter word does not even begin to describe the awesomeness that is Hack42. Located in a decommissioned German military base in Arnhem, Hack42 is one of the largest, and as far as we’ve seen, the most awesome hackerspace yet.

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Hackerspacing In Europe: Stratum 0 In Braunschweig

October 31, 2013 by 4 Comments

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Welcome to Stratum 0 in Braunschweig, Germany!

We had a bit of trouble finding this place — it’s around the side of a fairly large building that was once a piano factory. The main door was ajar, and it was pitch black inside. Do we enter? Do we call? We walked in a bit, and were met with more darkness. A bit too spooky for our tastes. Our wits got the better of us and we decided to call and make sure we had the right place and not the lair of some homicidal maniac… It turns out if you just ring the doorbell the lights come on. Whoops.

Up to the top floor we go!

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Hackerspacing In Europe: MadSpace In Eindhoven!

October 30, 2013 by 10 Comments

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Welcome to Eindhoven! We came to visit a few hackers from MadSpace (translated) but unfortunately they are in the process of moving, and there was not much to see at the space. Lucky for us, our visit corresponded with the Dutch Design Week (translated)! So we still had some cool things to see!

Eindhoven has a very interesting history. Phillips was founded here back in the late 1800’s, with a single factory, but in the past century it grew into what could almost be called Philip’s City. A stretch of a few kilometers of Phillips buildings dominated Eindhoven and almost everyone worked for them. Fast forward to the present and most of the buildings have been sold and turned into other businesses.

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Hackerspacing In Europe: A Children’s Hackerspace In Eindhoven!

October 29, 2013 by 22 Comments

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De Ontdekfabriek (translated) is best described as a children’s makerspace. This is what society needs everywhere! Public workshops for children to learn about making, fixing, and hacking things — what a society we would live in if every young person was taught how to repair things instead of just replacing them! We really hope to see places like this adopted around the world!

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Hackerspacing In Europe: Technologia Incognita In Amsterdam

October 27, 2013 by 23 Comments

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Welcome to Technologia Incognita!

This is Amsterdam’s hackerspace. In Latin it means “Undiscovered Technology” — quite fitting for a hackerspace! It’s been around for about 2 years and has grown to a solid 50+ members, in fact, they are running out of room on the ever popular social nights!

They typically have a policy of no cameras but made an exception for us provided we didn’t photograph any projects or persons without permission, so while the gallery below may look like the space was empty… there was a good 20-30 people hanging out since it was the social night.

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Hackerspacing In Europe: RevSpace In Den Haag

October 26, 2013 by 17 Comments

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Welcome to RevSpace!

This was the Netherland’s largest hackerspace — Until Hack42 acquired a military base in Arnhem… More on that later though. RevSpace is a 24/7 hackerspace located in the basement of a large industrial building turned workshop/studio. They have lots of space, but could even use more as they continue to grow! The photo above is from the Tuesday night BBQ – a weekly event that has happened every Tuesday for almost 2 years straight! It’s the social night and it draws many people out to share in good food, good company, and good times.

Special thanks to [Mark] for picking us up from the train station! He’s the fellow in the bottom right of the photo, and also happens to be one of the board members of RevSpace!

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