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Now I'm aware there are people darted all over the EU here, and the US XI fest already has a location picked, so figure we should too. I was thinking about the EU fest and would like to gauge a rough idea of locations. I've not got permission from anyone to do this so this can be closed if it breaches rules

 

Netherlands - Amsterdam

Netherlands - Eindhoven

Netherlands - Enschede (near Jaysus)

Denmark - Copenhagen

Sweden - Stockholm (near Cosmic)

England - London (near Cheese, and myself)

England - Reading (near Edd)

England - Maidstone (near Elmer)

England - Bournemouth

Italy - Rome (near diggy)

Italy - Milan

Germany - Berlin

Ireland - Dublin

Norway - Oslo

 

Who would like to go where. Reason for southern UK this time is because it was northern UK last time.

 

If you guys could pick a 1st choice and a 2nd choice, that would be great and I can compile a spreadsheet :)

 

Thanks

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Behind the scenes we are already talking about locations. Preferably outside the UK this time...

 

But... Start it.... Finnish it!

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Well if a location is picked and I can speak the local language to the point the hotelier can understand me, I'll happily make arrangements :)

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England - Reading (near Edd) and near me!

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Got a secondary location @@jumper?

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Milan sounds interesting to be fair but its meant to be very expensive. I might be heading there for a football game sometime in January

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Netherlands - Eindhoven

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Secondary locations @@Barron3000 and @@hellboy?

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Netherlands - Enschede  Sounds awesome, since it is very close to me.

Second choice would be anywhere else in the Netherlands =p

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Any option is good for me i just need a airport not too far.

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Ok @@Olive. I'll put you down an RNG option when I'm on the PC :)

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Most realistic option for me is NL... But.... No Amsterdam. Can't have all the idiots spending to much time in the coffeeshops!

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Any option is good for me i just need a airport not too far.

So basically all of the Netherlands... ;-p

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Netherlands - Enschede Sounds awesome, since it is very close to me.

Second choice would be anywhere else in the Netherlands =p

Where you from?

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Where you from?

 

@@JAYsus_NL

Originally Apeldoorn.

Currently in Enschede for study.

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Most realistic option for me is NL... But.... No Amsterdam. Can't have all the idiots spending to much time in the coffeeshops!

Not to mention the red district :whistle: :whistle:

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@@JAYsus_NL

Originally Apeldoorn.

Currently in Enschede for study.

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Cool... UT of Saxion?

 

But.... Studying here meens that you know how fun my town can be, especially during the summer months! Mean, Oude markt en zo...

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UT

And yup, Enschede is a fun town =)

Even though I don't go out drinking often...

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Amsterdam is nice for the city and the red lights

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JUST AMSTERDAM GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD

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Fair enough. I'm also adding Dublin and Oslo to the list!

 

So far we have

 

Reading x3 (Myself, Olive, Jumper)

Amsterdam x2 (Bor2013, thedrimp)

Enschede x2 (Jaysus, Blackthijs0)

Eindhoven x1 (hellboy)

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DENMARK ! 

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Can we skip the phase where everyone just nominates wherever the fuck they happen to live just because that is easy for them? That's not clever, that's just selfish idiocy. Nobody wants to go to Buttcrackaroorah with it's 2 terrible pubs and choice of not one but two kebab shops plus a Burger King someone forgot to close. Parties of 20+ need space, stuff to do during the day, everything in walking distance from the hotel if possible, and lots of stops on our evening down the pubs.

 

Do let's try to pick a city with a little thought to

- nearby airports 

- large selection of places to go eaties and drinkies

- decent priced hotels

 

There are no countries in western Europe where you have a serious risk that the hotel staff do not speak English, so that is not a factor. What is a factor is that tiny towns esp in the Netherlands may have a handful of restaurants, all very expensive, which is going to ruffle feathers especially with the budgetarily handicapped. 

 

Enschede in particular doesn't look that clever a choice when you have people from anywhere else coming over:

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The UK is very affordable right now (Thanks Brexiteers! You're a cheap country now :D ) and prices for food, drinks and rooms are high in the Netherlands. I know a bunch of you live there, but it is pretty friggin' expensive. 

I'm not saying NL is a no-go, but I think we have to be honest and just admit the reason it's being suggested so much thus far is the people in this topic live there. Let's not completely forget about FR and DE because a big city in either of those might be a better choice than some of the suggestions seen so far.

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I think you make some very good points DoD.

But the cities mentioned in the Netherlands so far are all major cities, which means there should be plenty of bars and hotels to be found.

 

The issue about cost is something else entirely.

I do not really have a feeling for which countries/cities would be expensive, so I'll take your word on it.
But I can easily see that NL is a fairly expensive country.

 

As a possible suggestion that I would like to throw out there there is Gent in Belgium. I recently spent a weekend there with a group of friend and I really liked the city.
Not really sure about possibilities for hotels and such, but it is about 1 hour in a direct train connection from Brussels airport.

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enschede in not the place to be here in the netherlands, come on (dan kan je nog beter in apeldoorn blijven hahaha) There is only one place here in europe all xi wan't and need to see once in there lifetime. We got the restaurans, bars, disco, redlight district, musea, paintpall, jetski, quad, hunting and shooting range, the airport go on go on. Amsterdam is the place to be when there is a xi fest in the netherlands...................................581333cfc3a3f_10DosandDontsForAmsterdams

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