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== Which is the nearest airport? ==
1. Prishtina airport -> http://www.airportpristina.com/
2. Skopje airport -> http://skp.airports.com.mk/default.aspx?ItemID=345
3. Tirana airport -> http://www.tirana-airport.com/
4. Podgorica airport -> https://montenegroairports.com/en/podgorica-airport/

DebConf 2021 bid for Kosovo

kosovo_debconf

?DebConf21 should take place in Kosovo for these reasons:

  • Its in Europe
  • Cheap prices on anything.
  • Venue is big and fulfils the needs of the conference with many auditoriums, hack labs, small rooms, place for bar. With projectors and sound systems.
  • Venue is located at the university campus, on the city centre, surrounded with shops, banks, bars and restaurants.
  • Multiple large hotels close to the venue.
  • Most of the participants will not need a visa. Easy to come through Prishtina International Airport.

  • Beautiful cities with Albanian, Ottoman and Byzantine architecture.
  • Delicious food with cheap price. Traditional and international.
  • Most of the people speak English, so interaction is not a problem.
  • Sunny weather on July.
  • Good music
  • Debian supports diversity, let us give a chance to a newly founded state bursting on technology.

Presentation at DebConf19:

Slides of that presantation can be found here

Venue

  • University campus, we will use two buildings.
  • Auditorium with 250 seats.
  • Mini-auditorium with 150 seats.
  • Two hacklabs.
  • Small rooms as many as needed.
  • Comforting place to locate the bar.

Venue on map

Accommodation

  • Most likely we will use the university dorms, with the capacity of 4000 people. Conditions are really good. The price would be around 50Eur per person for the whole 2 weeks.

The distance is 300m from the venue. Dorm Dorm1 Dorm2 Dorm3

  • Many hotels around the venue, with only 10m walk.

Closest hotels: Hotel Sirius Hotel Afa Swiss diamond hotel Golden hotel

Travel and visa

  • Direct flights to most of European airports and Istanbul, Turkey.

    Airport

You could use the airport of countries near by also. Albania airport North Macedonia airport Montenegro airport Serbia airport

  • Most participants will not need a visa. Check here if you need one: visa.

  • Taxi companies operating from airport to any city. Cost is around 15Eur. There is the airport bus that goes to Prishtina centre and back every hour and it costs 3 Eur.

Local team

The main people at local team are EnkelenaH, Albiona Hoti, Qendresa Hoti, Diellza Shabani. They have participated in previous ?DebConfs, and they have taken notes from the last DebConf and analysed how it was organized. They have everyday contacts with people who have organized DebConf before, and hold really good relations to DebConf attendees. They have organized events before, like medium and small hackathons that lasted around 3 days, BSPs and a MiniDebConf. They hold Toastmasters events with new people every month and have gained skills in organizing tech events. The tech community in Kosovo is in a high level, there are clubs, innovation centres, groups, NGOs that organize events regularly and are quite motivated to help.

Food

In Kosovo there are many cuisine businesses that can offer food everyday for as many people as necessary. Organizers personally know people who offer this, anyway it is something that can get settled in 2 days. The price would be like 3 Euro per person per meal.

There are great restaurants and you can find most types of food. Literally every spot in Prishtina has food shops with prices like 2-5 Euro per normal meal.

Transport through the state

Urban bus in Prishtina costs 0.4Eur, taxi costs 1.5Eur per kilometre. Bus to other cities costs from 2Eur to 4Eur maximum. Bus to neighbour countries Albania, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro costs 15Eur round trip.

=== CHECK LIST===

  • 1.400000 people live in Prishtina.
  • 2. To buy electronics is as easy as ordering a latte. Links of main shops:

Loging KS, boson al, blej24, smarttronic. For location of the shops check here: shops. Online shopping: gjirafa50.

  • 3. Access for handicapped people: On a scale from 1-5, its a 4.
  • 4. The main public transport is by BUS. There are Bus stations everywhere you look, which takes you to every city and village, also to other countries in the Balkans or all Europe. Urban transport in the city is 0.4E, to another city up to 4E, to neighbourhood countries up to 10E.

From the main station to the venue it takes 10m.

  • 5. Nearest airports

Albania airport North Macedonia airport Montenegro airport Serbia airport

Are there any cheap airlines flying to the chosen city (or nearby)?

1. Flights from every country of Europe to Kosovo or Macedonia or Tirana will cost around 100 - 300 Euros, it depends on the booking period.

How long does the trip from the airport to the venue take?

1. From Prishtina airport for 15 min 2. From Skopje airport for 1.5h by car 3. From Tirana airport for 3h by bus/car 4. From Podgorica airport for 5h by bus/car