Sick of cold, wet, grey and boring? European winter's got you down? Time to dust off those keyboards, get outside and meet some peole cause it's springtime! Yet. DebConf is still so far away — but what's that? The Austrian Alps are calling :O. Must be the meltwater gushing over mountain cliffs.
MountainCamp invites you to the city of Innsbruck for a weekend of hacking on Debian, fixing bugs, building tools, meeting and learning from your fellow Debianites. Whether you're new to in-person Debian events or a known quantity we're excited to have you!
Continuing the tradition of SunCamp (2016, 2017) and SnowCamp (2018, 2019, 2020) there are no talks. Only hallway-track without the scheduled distractions ;-).
Contents
Details & TL;DR
Announcement: EN: https://lists.debian.org/debian-events-eu/2025/03/msg00001.html, DE: https://it-syndikat.org/posts/2025-03-30-debian-campt-in-innsbruck/
Where: IT-Syndikat Hackspace (Tschamlerstraße 3, Innsbruck, Austria)
- When: 16–18 May (Fri/Sat/Sun) 2025.
- Fri (Arrival day): open doors at 12:00 at the latest.
- Sat: 10:00–whenever.
- Sun (Departure day): 10:00–late.
- Accomodation and Food: Self organized. See below.
Organisation
Organisers: Daniel dxld@debian.org and Gregor <gregoa AT debian DOT org>.
IRC channel: #SunCamp on OFTC (Join using webclient).
Venue
- Cozy but chaotic Hackspace atmosphere with corresponding cleanliness standards and noise levels.
- First floor, not wheelchair accessible.
There is a separate smoking room we don't talk about. Positive pressure for non-smoking areas planned but not yet implemented.
- Power infrastructure has been generously overengineered by intrinsically motivated professionals.
Power sockets: Schuko/Type F.
Network: Overkill. Fiber, 1000Mbit/100Mbit uplink. Ethernet sockets everywhere. Some WiFi. Dual-stack IP. NOC on-call. Local 10GbE and/or IPv6 BGP uplink available on request.
- Kitchen, soldering irons, more cables than we could ever need.
Participants & Registration
At the Hackspace there is room for 20'ish people. We may be able to fit more.
Slot |
Name |
Arrival |
Departure |
Confirmed |
Dinner |
Comments |
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dxld |
Fri |
Sun |
Yes |
Fri+Sat |
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gregoa |
<gregoa AT debian DOT org> |
Fri |
Sun |
Yes |
Fri+Sat |
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3 |
urbec |
Fri |
Sun |
no |
maybe |
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4 |
Damyan Ivanov |
Fri |
Sun |
no |
Fri+Sat |
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5 |
Niko Tyni |
Fri |
Sun |
yes |
Fri+Sat |
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6 |
Tina |
Fri |
Sun |
yes |
Fri+Sat |
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7 |
sre4ever |
Fri |
Sun |
no |
Fri+Sat |
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8 |
Kajetan Hinner |
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no |
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To register edit the Participants table on this page using a wiki account or you can contact the organizers via Email/IRC.
Please register by 2025-04-13.
When you're sure you'll be able to attend please mark yourself as confirmed=yes.
If the table above is full, feel free to add yourself to the waiting list here; slots that haven't been confirmed shortly before the event may be reallocated or we'll find more chairs and tables.
Fritz Gruber <fritz@it-syndikat.org>
Accomodation
- No conventional accommodation at the event venue.
- Floor/couch space might be possible. Consensus from venue is WIP, badger dxld.
- Some options that seem reasonable:
- In "old city", 15min from venue by bus, night busses:
Near Hbf (15min walking, night buses): ibis, Motel One, Hotel Sailer.
Near "old city": Basic Hotel.
Near nowhere (walking: 25min, direct bus: 10min, night buses): https://www.binders.at.
Longer list: Innsbruck Tourist Information.
- Your Ho(s)tel booking site of least PITA. Availability seems low, book soon.
Hotel room sharing encouraged. Ask on IRC or put your contact info here for others to contact you if you're interested:
Example <example@example.example>
Food & drinks
- Drinks: Free water, tea, and coffee. Soft drinks, beer and snacks can be bought at the Hackspace.
Kitchen at venue, Supermarket (MPREIS) a few steps away. (Opening hours: Fr: 07:30-19:00, Sa: 07:30-18:00, Su: closed)
Petrol station in the vicinity for late night needs.
- Restaurants and fast food in the immediate neighborhood (Fri/Sat: until 22:00, Sun: closed).
Cheese&Wine?? Only if you bring cheese and wine and run the show :-). FIXME: who's volunteering?
Dinner
We're arranging joint, but self-paid, dinners at nearby restaurants on Fri+Sat. Please RSVP in registration table above. On Sunday evening we may cook something at the Hackspace if energy but not too many people remain(s).
Friday, 19:00? (sun) Gasthaus: Riese Haymon Vegetarian, but no Vegan options. (Menu) (location)
Saturday, 20:00? Restaurant Olive) Only vegan options.
How to get there
TL;DR: Take a train to Innsbruck Hbf and walk 1 km to Tschamlerstraße 3.
By train
Innsbruck is at the heart of the European rail system, at the intersection of the North-South (Munich-Verona) and East-West (Budapest-Vienna-Zurich) lines. Direct night trains stop at Innsbruck Hbf (Hbf - Hauptbahnhof - main station).
Long distance trains: ÖBB (Ticketing) (Trip planner):
Main station, Innsbruck Hbf is in walking distance (15 min).
S-Bahn station, Westbahnhof is closer (10 min walking).
Connecting from Innsbruck Hbf:
Buses to Kaiserschützenplatz (3 min walking):
Local (IVB) Bus K (8 min trip, recommended) departing right outside Hbf building or
Regional (VVT) Buses like 505/540/401 (6 min trip) departing under Ibis hotel to the left of Hbf main exits. Be careful not to land in the next town over.
Trams to Cinneplexx (Fritz-Konzert-Straße) (4 min walking):
Tram STB (15 min trip),
Tram 1 (25 min trip).
Bus/Tram Planning:
Overview of IVB/VVT platforms at Innsbruck Hbf.
Öffi App (F-Droid) works well (and without non-free JS). Select "ÖBB Personenverkehr AG" transport network.
ÖBB Trip planner works,
IVB Schedule does too.
Bus/Tram Ticketing:
- For Local IVB services there are ticket machines. On-board sale suspended during SARS-CoV-2 epidemic and hasn't been re-instated.
- Regional VVT Busses
- Drivers sell tickets when getting on. The magic words are "One ticket to (zone) Innsbruck".
VVT 24-Ticket Innsbruck sold online is reasonably priced, costs 3% more than two single-trips.
- Local IVB tickets are also valid on VVT buses when traveling inside the Innsbruck zone.
City Bike / Stadtrad Innsbruck: https://stadtrad.ivb.at.
By car
Please just take a train 
Tell everyone what you're doing!
To allow us to write up an event report please scribble down what you got up to in the pad https://pad.debian.net/p/MountainCamp2025.
Reports
Please add links to reports, blog posts, photos etc about the event here.