Knittens - Brittens in the Netherlands - cancelled.

Wyz · Sat 22/02/2014 00:59:48

Knittens
AGS meeting in the Netherlands

This is the first ever Knittens and it will be held in August for a week from the 15th till the 22nd. If you're interested in attending please let us know!
Also, let me know when you're going to attend; when enough people do I can book a place!

Update:
Unfortunately there weren't enough people interested; Knittens is off.

Definite attendees

DoorKnobHandle (entire week)
Wyz (entire week)

Shown interest

Ghost
Radiant (W/E)
Arj0n
Tamara
AGA (W/E)
noavana
MattFrith
Minimi
Dualnames
Mods

Places

Vakantiehuis De Vrijheid - Klijndijk

The old text

What is Knittens?
Basically it's just an excuse for AGS folks to meet and hang out together in the Netherlands. So basically it is like brittens or mittens but then in the Netherlands. (Knittens is to mittens what brittens is to mittens.

)

For who is it?
Well for everyone really. It is not just for people from the Netherlands, everyone is welcome to join if they want. You don't have to be part of the AGS community too though it's obviously aimed at the community.

What activities will there be?
Since this is a new thing it's basically a blank canvas we can fill and together think of what we'll do. I'm not really going to get involved in planned activities but if folks want to there should be an opportunity to. Maybe we could all shout what we'd like but ultimately it depends on who will attend. Personally I'd love to have a campfire and do stories. Have a BBQ or just cook together. Heck we're all creative people here we can think of numerous ways to have fun and it shouldn't even have to be very expensive (I'm very much Dutch

).

What's with the name?
It's a bit of a poke at Mitten like Brittens with the first part sounding like Neth and it definitely better than "Nittens".

The old poll: (for when)
Doodle

DoorKnobHandle · Sat 22/02/2014 01:53:58

I'm completely in!

Ghost · Sat 22/02/2014 02:07:30

+1! I can drive that by scooter!

Radiant · Sat 22/02/2014 10:33:51

Oh, definitely!

miguel · Sat 22/02/2014 11:07:01

I'll get my bicycle ready!

arj0n · Sat 22/02/2014 11:56:13

Funny thing Wyz, I've been talking about this with Tamara cause Jan isn't able to join this years mittens and Bjorn didn't even show up on last years germittens (

)

So yes, it's a great idea, count us 2 in for sure!

selmiak · Sat 22/02/2014 13:11:23

sounds interesting, closer than portugal, though still a 8h+ drive...

tampie85 · Sat 22/02/2014 13:32:32

Good idea! Rotterdam might be appropriate. Not that touristy (and therefor expensive) but very accessible and plenty things to do.

Wyz · Sat 22/02/2014 13:57:14

Awesome.

Thanks for your replies so far!

Ghost · Sat 22/02/2014 16:04:55

Just some ideas:

Somewhere close to the Vaalserberg Tripoint, maybe? It's very central, a bit of a sightseeing place with reasonably priced hostels, and I ate the third-best fries of the whole worlds there last year.

A weekend sounds good IMO; it makes the thing more flexible (almost everyone can get a free weekend).

AGA · Sat 22/02/2014 16:34:48

I'd be up for this, assuming it doesn't take place too close to Mittens.

Couple of benefits to Rotterdam: 1) silly people would technically be correct when they talk about it taking place in Holland b) it could be called Rottens

AGA · Sat 22/02/2014 17:09:17

This place is pretty cheap (â,¬28 per night), and has decent reviews. Could be an option, especially if we're only doing a weekend / long weekend.

Radiant · Sat 22/02/2014 21:29:53

Vaalserberg is much nicer than Rotterdam though!

Wyz · Sat 22/02/2014 21:44:43

I'm with Radiant on this one!

I've been there once actually; also in the labyrinth.

Mati256 · Sun 23/02/2014 03:05:44

At first I thought the tittle was Kittens, and was really exited to see what was inside.

Good luck with this new gathering.

noavana · Sun 23/02/2014 16:15:13

A great idea!
I have been there with my father when I was a little girl and would love to visit again and hang around with the locals

Plus, maybe we could jam

Radiant · Sun 23/02/2014 17:16:31

What time frame are we looking at? Perhaps something in May?

Wyz · Mon 24/02/2014 13:10:13

I can do May, June, July and August probably. Anyone else interested can share their agenda's I guess.

DoorKnobHandle · Mon 24/02/2014 13:15:11

For me the only option is August because of my student semester.

AGA · Mon 24/02/2014 16:21:56

Even if it took place at the weekend, dkh?