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Maker Faire The Netherlands: Oct. 20th!

Calling all Makers from The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany:

On Oct. 20th, a Maker Faire will take place in Groningen, The Netherlands. Official website: mf050.nl

Besides dozens of dutch Makers, a number of Instructable members will be showing off their work and host workshops:

Masynmachien, Allarrrd and Ynze, and we'll be plugging Instructables.com as well (we got a bag of give-away goodies from Instructables HQ!)

This will be the second edition of the Maker Faire in Groningen. Last year's edition was a huge success:

If you'd like to visit, please leave a comment ;-) Hope to meet you in Groningen, NL on Oct. 20th.


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Hack42Moem says: Oct 13, 2012. 3:27 AM
I can't make it, but it does sound like fun and I have sent a tweet to our followers from the @hack42-account.
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Dave A says: Oct 13, 2012. 1:31 AM
Hè verdorie, ben net op vakantie dan (wat natuurlijk ook lekker is), zit dan in een andere hoek van Nederland. Had dit graag meegemaakt. Hopelijk volgend jaar dan. Voor degege die van ver moeten komen uit Nederland: Er zijn momenteel weer goedkope Kruidvat treinkaartjes te krijgen!
mkunst says: Oct 5, 2012. 12:17 PM
lijkt me leuk om te komen alleen is te ver voor mij. ( woon in twente )
misschien tegen die tijd mijn 8x8x8 led cube af. :D
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ynze (author) says: Oct 5, 2012. 1:40 PM
Aaaahhh, anderhalf uurtje rijden maar. Laad je 8x8x8 cube in en rij anderhalf uur naar het noorden ;-)
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diy_bloke says: Oct 1, 2012. 2:25 AM
I wanna go, but that is a long way from Brabant! and they speak a different language there :-)
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emilyvanleemput says: Oct 4, 2012. 9:29 PM
Same for me
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Brosiman says: Sep 30, 2012. 1:20 PM
This sounds like a great event.I hope to be there !
MoustacheCat says: Sep 16, 2012. 7:17 AM
I would love to go, but Groningen is so far from the center of Holland. It takes a 2 hour trip with the car or 4 hours with the train, and I live in Zuid-Holland. Imagine how far it is for people from Belgium..
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janw says: Sep 28, 2012. 11:52 AM
I come from Zeeuws-Vlaanderen but I will definately go!
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ynze (author) says: Sep 28, 2012. 2:14 PM
Good to hear :-) !
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ynze (author) says: Sep 16, 2012. 7:56 AM
Masynmachien lives in Belgium. He will be there :-)
MoustacheCat says: Sep 16, 2012. 9:31 AM
I really want to go though, but the other problem is that I have to find somebody who wants to drive me for 2 hours..
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Kiteman says: Sep 16, 2012. 11:39 AM
Make a big trip of it - get a group of friends together, and persuade one parent to drive you all. Sell them on the idea of all the cool stuff they'll see.

MoustacheCat says: Sep 16, 2012. 1:01 PM
That's a great idea! Seems like a lot of work, as my mom already has said that she will 'Think about it'...
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Kiteman says: Sep 16, 2012. 2:26 PM
Worth it...
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ynze (author) says: Sep 16, 2012. 3:18 PM
+1!
MF is fun for everyone!
eadmati says: Sep 25, 2012. 4:52 AM
Regarding entrance fee, and knowing I don't speak Dutch. I saw the word "gratis" on http://mf050.nl/festivalinfo/ and wondering if it's free to enter.
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ynze (author) says: Sep 25, 2012. 11:34 AM
gratis means free :-)

So entrance is free, the Maker Faire lasts just 1 day (it's a "Mini Maker Faire" in the terms of the Maker Faire license :-))

Hope to meet you in Groningen!

Y.
eadmati says: Sep 24, 2012. 9:04 AM
As for the language of the faire, how much of this will be in English? Dutch?

I'm reading the comments, which are in English. However, the site http://mf050.nl/ seems to be in Dutch, so I am a little confused as to which language or languages to expect if I go.
AriedeB says: Sep 25, 2012. 3:57 AM
The dutch speak pretty good enlish. Most off us speak a couple off languages.
I speak english, dutch, german, france (un petite...) and a couple of words japanese.

We talk so much foreign languages because there are so many cultures packed together in our tiny country.
eadmati says: Sep 24, 2012. 10:00 PM
ok, great. How much is the entrance fee, and how many days will it last?
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janw says: Sep 28, 2012. 11:50 AM
The entry is free and it's just one day.
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ynze (author) says: Sep 24, 2012. 9:09 AM
Dutch, but: The vast majority of the Makers present and the organization are fine with English.

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drbakker says: Sep 17, 2012. 1:16 PM
Thanks for the post here!

If anybody needs help getting to or staying in Groningen, let me know. Last year we had people from all over The Netherlands, we'd love to have some international people this time around :)

Groningen is a great place to spend some time by the way..., imagine a smaller, friendlier version of Amsterdam including the same tourist attractions.

(I'm one of the organizers of Maker Faire Groningen by the way)
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Hack42Moem says: Sep 16, 2012. 1:35 PM
That sounds like fun! Have you announced it to the Dutch hacker community?
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ynze (author) says: Sep 16, 2012. 3:19 PM
Nope, I'm not very much into the hacker scene. Can you show me the way?
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Hack42Moem says: Sep 17, 2012. 12:52 PM
I think a message sent through this page would do the trick.

There's a lot of overlap between hackers and makers... events like this one will most likely be interesting for both.
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Kiteman says: Sep 16, 2012. 6:01 AM
Awsome!

I hope you have as much fun as I did at Newcastle and Derby in the UK!
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