[save the date] SteemFest³ - Kraków, Poland: 7/8/9/10/11 November (+ Hotel Packages now available)
Let's fight the bears with some dragons at SteemFest this year! Announcing the third iteration of our annual global gathering! This year Kraków is the place to be if you love anything Steem, are interested in using the Steem blockchain or just want to join in to the most epic crypto event, all thanks to the diverse crowd of attendees!
In this post I'll run over some initial things and thank you upfront for "bearing" with me waiting for the dates and location. Due to markets and internal discussions, it took some time before the SteemFest balloon settled on it's next touchdown spot in about 4 months!
This year will see a bit lower temperatures then previous edition in Lisbon (check the vid above and another one here), but hey, all the better to keep ourselves warm with maybe another one of those collector's item's SF1 (rainy amsterdam 2016) shawls?
So, why Kraków?
Kraków is a beautiful city, which dates back to the Stone Age as a settlement and was the Polish capital from 1038 to 1589. Located on the banks of the River Wisła, the city is well known for its well-preserved medieval core and Jewish quarter. It's people are friendly, hospitable and the pierogi (eastern european dumplings) are the best!As with previous years I want to be SteemFest as inclusive as possible. This is not a for profit event and every sponsorship helps to lower the ticket-price per person below the cost-price per person.
And as much as I liked it and researched into going to the USA this year, it was just not feasible without seriously risking having to rise the prices a trifold or more (and "bear" with me, I have tried, investigated: Austin, Los Angeles and San Francisco). I do not want to downsize the event's offer, it's social events and general quality or make it an overly commercial thing. This, combined with VISA challenges, beary markets (post written yesterday :P), expensive hotels led to decision to look to Europe once more.
 Krakow Market Place by Alan Bloom on Flickr |
Now we have landed on a city which is not only beautiful but also quite affordable and willing to host an event like SteemFest. I mean, having a single room for 55 euro in a four star hotel or even less when sharing a double (including breakfast) is not to be matched when looking at US prices. This means that staying in Kraków will be exactly as expensive as staying 1 night in San Francisco (looking at the same rating / star level).
Additionally, looking at the annual crypto conference schedule, if you are a crypto-nerd you can go to Ether Devcon in Prague the week prior to SteemFest in Kraków! It is only a short train ride and you can enjoy and explore the beauty of both cities.
Let's look at the SteemFest 2018 program gist:
Wednesday 7 November 2018
- Hotel Check-in (we've partnered up with 2 hotels, see the new SteemFest 2018 site!)
- Festival Check-in
- Opening drinks at night
Thursday 8 November 2018
- Conference day 1
- Evening event at night
Friday 9 November 2018
- Conference day 2
- Party at night
Weekend 10 & 11 November 2018
Explore the diversity of Kraków. Old-town is definitely worth paying a visit but also Schindlers Factory which also hosts the Museum of Contemporary Art (Mocak). The nearby saltmines are beautiful. A hike in a park, or a bikeride along the Wisła river can be on your program. Or decend into the cave, said to host the Wawel Dragon under the Wawel castle! Not for the faint of heart, but definitely demanding your attention is to visit concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau and confront yourself with the dark chapter of modern times' history.
SteemFest.com
SteemFest Hotels Packages now available
We've partnered up with two hotels with affordable prices, without compromising on quality. The Qubus hotel is the main hotel for this years even which has more capacity and a little more amenities (complimentary boat trips, swimming pool and saunas) than the INX Design hotel but that one is a bit newer and, yeah, more flashy maybe, being a "design" hotel. Qubus Hotel next to the river will host the opening drinks and should we have any official group departs (tba) this is the place to be. Both hotelpackages offer pricing including breakfast.Book rooms in both hotels via SteemFest.com. You will need the booking-code steemfest.
- Note that the official currency of Poland is the Złoty (zł / PLN) which has been trading between € 0.22 - € 0.23 this year and the hotel might charge you in those fine dimes!
- Keep in mind that the closing dinner is on the evening of Sunday 11 November, so recommended checkout is on Monday 12 November!
Getting to Kraków - Easy to reach by air, train and car
- Kraków International Airport (KRK) is well connected with multiple daily arrivals from every major European city including all well known EU airport hubs. Long-haul connections to Chicago and daily arrivals from Dubai too.
- Kraków can also be reached by train with daily connections from Vienna, Budapest, Prague (home to Ether Devcon 5 days prior to SteemFest) and Warsaw.
- Flixbus takes you to Kraków from anywhere in Europe.
SteemFest 3 - Kraków will not be possible without:
- You visiting! (preferably by buying a support ticket (ticket shop opens mid august latest))
- Sponsorships, generous whales, and tba other sponsors (you? - contact me via steemfest@gmail.com about the opportunities)
- Donations to the @t-r-f Travel Reimbursement Fund - feel free to donate money there, which will get distributed to applicants after SteemFest3 just like previous years...
- The Firepower CREW!! - last year a dedicated crew lead by @firepower consisting of @sjennon @things @foxxycat @razvanelulmarin @anyx @nightowl @poezio @varunpinto @wandereronwheels @mynewlife made sure the event was a blast and most of them will be back to ensure smoothness once more!
- Input and help from many more of you, just like last year.
- The City of Kraków
What can you do now already?
- Save 7,8,9,10,11 November 2018 in your agenda and start planning a flight / - train / start & arranging visas (Poland is part of the Schengen zone)!
- Follow @steemfest - the official account for SteemFest infos
- Signup to the mailinglist via https://SteemFest.com
- Book a room in 1 of the 2 SteemFest hotels via https://SteemFest.com!
 SteemFest2 Lisbon Drone Group Picture by @timsaid |
Any liquid rewards from this post will be forwarded to @steemfest after payout and help lower ticket prices of the event.
Location, because of convenience, for @roelandp
So, You @roelandp have chosen a location so far away from the long distance International travel routes, that we see no point in even calling it steemfest.
Adding 20+ hours extra travel-time is not very convenient for us.
Because of your own selfish convenience of already being there anyway, you did not stop to think that this location adds about 20+ extra travel hours on average for long distance coming in from the continents? Krakow is not exactly the center of the world.
If SteemFest 1 had not been in Amsterdam, nobody would have gone.
SteemFest 1 was great. The routes in and out of Amsterdam are the very best in the world. If you anyway just going to hold SteemFest where it is "convenient for you", why not just bring it back to Amsterdam, where you live - and make it CONVENIENT for the rest of us as well?
Location is everything!
We did also disagree with your location for SteemFest 2 because of the same reasons but did not say anything about it to not stir up fud.
But this time we speak up because of your "International Europe-Fest" is becoming an inconvenience to most people on steem. This is not an effective use of time for travelers.
I've researched this for quite some time.
You can fly from anywhere in Europe with daily flights. Most of them lowcost airlines. Also direct flights daily from international Dubai Hub. Many people (including myself) take change-overs when travelling.
Last year saw people from afai remember 38 countries. There are only 28 in the European Union. People from every continent came to SteemFest.
If it is really 20 hours for you, that means you are quite far away from anywhere Europe! Most flights to Krakow from anywhere in Europe take 1 - 2.5 hours tops.
And about the Ether Devcon: I'm obviously not going to Ether Devcon myself. I'm by then already in Kraków.. - I just mention it here because last year SteemFest and Devcon were at the same time which gave some friction. And now you can actually go to both (should you want to).
Warsaw would be better, cheaper and easier for everybody
Krakow is cheaper :)
Unless you live in Europe its going to be very long and far for a ton of people coming from Canada or the USA . and expensive. Why dont you at least give an example of what say someone like me living in Kelowna British Columbia Canada would pay in Canadian dollars to fly to Steemfest and how much hastle or time it would take to get there!? thanks, I look forward to your response. Im sure I would have to fly and transfer in eigther Toronto or im not far from Vancouver. I bet I would have to spend over 2 whole days maybe 3 just traveling time. ✈✈✈😩
what is ur international airport ms mckersie?
and.... why bet when we have Skyscanner?
a reasonable flight is total trip time 13hrs and 40 mins and will set you back 634 € (or Cad 978) and the cheapest is 620 € but has about 2 hours extra on the way to Krakow.
from vancouver your flight would be most probs change over in Toronto with a direct flight from there.
see below my search results.
i understand this is about double the flight time and price to get to EU. but that will all be easily compensated with a way cheaper hotel (u easily save 50% or more vs Americas) and ticketprice to the event which will be undoubtly about 30% of what it would have costed when having the event in the americas.
please check skyscanner.com and also flights.google.com - if u have time and are in a wander mood be sure to add destination airports such as Katowice and Warszaw.
ping me on steem.chat - i am a hobby travel / flight / trip planner and hacking that is what I like to do!
Thank you so much for the information @roelandp ! You are awesome! its just to long for me on a plane with lower back issues, and will be way to expensive for me this year, I would need most likely 2,500.00 dollars at least to cover everything, so I will try to start saving now haha, for maybe next years Event.
One of these years I will make it to Steemfest Lol! Have a great time my friend! And everyone else!✈✈✈✈
if it makes you feel any better, from australia, its 25 hours
and thats why steemfest will never be held here :(
that and the things that are trying to kill us XD
Wow! That's way to long,I could never afford it anyways!👍😒
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this got weird hihi
Hi @booster. I am coming from North America and it's really not too difficult. We have 4 full months to create travel plans. Don't worry, just like last year, there will not be a lack of attendees. Hope to see your team there!
** but I doo <3 Amsterdam
Hey Bud! I'll see you there!
Ouch i didn't realize it was 20hrs dang!!
That said I'm still considering it, just one thing to consider
where are you flying from?
Chicago ORD to KRK = 10 hours and $664 direct flight (return).
Toronto about the same pricing and also direct flight.
Please try SkyScanner.com also!
Thanks never heard of that website before always like knowing what people are using. I switched it to Tuesday travel to lower price as well.
West coast adds another 2-3hrs of flying compared to those east coast cities and a couple more hours of airport time. The fastest possible i saw was 16hrs from the pretty good hub of Salt Lake City. It's just a pretty hard country to get to is all... I guess that is what makes it exciting.
I'll be photographing a youtube conference before that so I guess it's a month of trips (also bolivia in there somewhere)
What's convenient for any one of us is most likely inconvenient for many others. So, regardless of where SteemFest is held, many will be disappointed... and for reasons other than just location. And that's so unfortunate.
Is this just going to be another circle-jerk fest, like the last 2, or is something actually going to cum out of these 3 days?
Again, I really question how throwing a 3 day party, for those who are ALREADY USERS, is worthy of a top witness spot that brings in RIDICULOUS income.
hey.... you can't forget STEEMWhale.io...
I hope to see you there @berniesanders... in flesh this time, not cardboard! I don't think it's meant to be a promotional event for outsiders... It's a fun time for people of the STEEM community to get together from all around the world so we can jerk each other off and share ideas. I went last year by myself (not knowing many people) and had one of the best times ever.
Cheers dude.
I'm actually not sure about the middle part of your statement, but agree on everything else you said here :-D
Don't feel bad, if you weren't a blonde on the beach, you would get even less votes than you already do.
I know! I paid a lot of money to look like this, Bernie :-D
Ha! Ha! Cool.
:-)
Maybe some day even for a Bernie things won‘t be just black and white. But we love you anyways. :-)
ahahah you are incredible ahahah
Yea yea yea...
can we surf the Vistula river?
Sure! Sounds like a plan :-)
You can try, but the Polish police is faster with their boats ;) And Vistula is a little bit too calm to surf :)
Maybe we can make it on the cover of a Polish newspaper :-) Get your Steem-branded wet suits ready!
I can see the headlines already:
"Crazy People From Internet Try To Surf Polish River"
Haha in the Independence day! :)
Great idea to promote Steem in Poland :))
good
please anyone elaborate about this event??
' not sure' doesn't mean 'no'
Whoa! This is a fiesty side of you I've never seen before! :)
This is a good question. I’d like to know if there will be any kind of marketing for this event outside of the Steem user base. If not, it seems like a big waste of time and resources.
I think it's meant to be an extraordinary event for the people of the STEEM community, not exactly a promotional event for outsiders.
Agree, It's up to us to engage, share thoughts/ideas and leave with a greater sense of purpose for the upcoming year.
Now you're just being silly. There is no such place.
I would love to be involved with this! If you are looking for speaking please msg me! email - jpasubmit@gmail.com @roelandp
As much as I like a good orgy, you have a good point there, dear sir. It shouldn't be one.
Yes, there should be marketing for the event and I will personally do all I can to help @roelandp do just that - promote the crap out of it to journalists and media outlets. I've been told I am not bad at it, and I've done enough PR outside this here blockchain to be able to lend a hand. If you have any ideas - throw them my way.
Thanks for the heads up, and sorry for the reply. I know we had an agreement about me replying to you, so please don't flag my little ass - I mean well.
Well, part of the reason being in Kraków is that we are close to another major crypto event taking place a couple of days prior, in Prague: Ether Devcon. Not sure if that is just a circle jerk of ether people tho, what do you think mr B?
Yes definitely the idea is to reach more and more towards people who are not yet Steem users, however imho it is also great to have internal pr (which you call circle jerk, ok) for the current userbase, which I see as evangelists for Steem. Curious how you see this.
If you have any constructive ideas, I'm all ears. Either here or via steemfest@gmail.com.
I think it's hilarious you can even attempt to compare Steemfest to ANYTHING done for ETH.
Their's is devcon, yours is steemfest. See the difference?
They talk about tech and development to build their ecosystem, you sing kumbaya and tell each other stories trying to get another dollar worth of votes on your posts.
There is no comparison.
LOLL. You clearly havent been to either steemfest. Actually let me tell you, originally, before v1 the idea was to call it SteemCon or SteemDev, but we decided the community is bigger than devs.
About 1/3rd of last years content was tech related. Just check the livestream recordings please.
Please get your facts straight. I also asked for constructive ideas, if you have em, I'm all ears.
Or alternatively, if you want to add another one of your great comments in this thread, also fine. Don't forget to upvote it afterwards with your own SP which you earned by being a witness yourself back in the early days when witness payments where 5x what they are nowadays which you raked in very easy. Have not seen anything constructive you've done for the community before or after that. But I can be wrong.
Hey @roelandp! Good work. You have my support. Looking forward to Kracow.
Sheesh Louish B-Man, chill out, it's just a fun party and Steem celebration; maybe you can organise a better one and show us how it's all meant to be done?
Hope to see you there! :-D
Cg
Steemfest is a face to the faceless, it ideals were built on fostering unity amongst the community, engaging steemitizens off the block and promoting steem, blockchain and cryptocurrencies subjects and influencing the non blockchain users into the ecosystem. Not really the gathering. Maybe this can be another view point to the gathering.
Hey B-man, looks like Krakow has been promoting Steem already.
Sometimes you just need to relax in the circle :D
Yes. I also need some relax. I work whole my day. I want to make a tour. Who want to join with me?
lol
Friend @berniesanders you have asked a good question,i like it.
I think it gonna be a great event, will also like to visit Poland one day.
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Any support or recommendation would be very appreciated. Thanks
:)
Circle jerk...cum ??? Maybe you answered our own question
Can't wait to get to Krakow now! My crew and I will be back and we're going to help make this event rock just as we have for the past two editions! :)
Yes I love How every SteemFest Is in a new cool place that we get to explore and appreciate together!
See you there!
Can't wait to see you again in Krakow my friend =)
You too my friend!
YES
QUINN!!! I can't wait to see you again! Is the gang coming? I'm long overdue for a big hug from @everlove and @saramiller. :)
Hey!
Most likely @sarmiller and @everlove will be there for their THIRD annual SteemFest attendance!
I may bring a bigger crew this time though ;-)>
#rolldeep
Those guys are the best huggers!
We'll save our best for you @luzcypher!
Yea!!! Can't wait to see you guys again! Woo Hoo!
YES!!! XOXOXOXO @coruscate
Bring chocolate ;)
Yes Mon! Will be so great to see ya’ll again!
Yeah baby yeah!
:)
Yes! looking forward meeting you guys!
Yup! Our Canadian crew should be there again :)
woot, see ya there! :)
Wheuu thats sweet theres a Canadian crew. I'll be living in Prague but definitely want to come for the weekend!
Prolly an easy train ride over from Prague which is a most excellent city to be in!
Loved it there!
Absolutely not far at all and relatively cheap as well!
Looking forward to another mind-blowing event! Cheers @firepower
WOOHOOO!! Looking forward gin seeing you guys there once more !! Lemme know if u need an extra pair of hands too
Thanks for the organization.
Stoked to meet you @firepower! This is going to be epic!
Terrific! See you there!
Yay! See you soon @firepower
Dance party in Poland!! 🕺🏼 💃🏽
Awesome! Best wishes.
@roelandp es lamentable que para personas como los venezolanos esto sea un sueño imposible. Seíra genial asistir al @steemfest . Gracias por la invitación y nos queda disfrutar sus fotos y que algún día sea tan exitosa que pueda costear mi pasaje, hospedaje y comida. Sin embargo me emocionan mucho estos eventos porque creo en la generación Steemit y la huella que estamos dejando. Yo sigo en la lucha, esforzandome porque nada cae del cielo, excepto la lluvia. Todo lo que allí aprendan... no olviden compartirlo! Feliz Festival!
I appreciate your efforts and I think next time(s) it would be nice to make a poll and get a general opinion on where and when the users would like SteemFest to be. This way you can't be held responsible if a majority had spoken. Obviously an arbitrary one-man choice has caused a lot of backlash already.
Just visited the dragon cave lately, I just love the fire spiting dragon at the entrance and the magical city of Kraków which shows its youthful spirit with festivals like the recent wianki‘s, it will be definately worth your while.
By all that's holy I hope the missus gives me the all clear to go and yes, I am fully aware how sad that sounds!!
You better be there this time!
Boomtaatic!
Yo!! I'm working on it!!!
Yea baby Yea!!!
bring missus. she'll be doing just fine!
Ha, now that's an awesome idea!
He’s got lots of those!
Good answer!
Last year I’ve been filming event in Portugal, this year is coming to Krakow and as A person from Krakow i can guarantee that this is lovely city and surely anyone who will attend will enjoy their time
Excited to see you again and for another awesome video!
Let’s set up an epic photo shoot!
Did you even checked previous one ?
The video? Yes...Photos from our shoot I dont think so...
I’ll repost it
Lookin' forward to 3.0! See you there @mynewlife!
Very excited for this, its a total surprise... Poland!! hahah I love polish food and I am sure this will be fantastic! With crypto being so low, didnt think i can afford to come to steemfest 3, but I might just be able to stretch it to Poland!! :`d
Yay! I hope you can make it because it would be awesome to finally meet you in person Alla! <3 I'm with you on polish food too. There will be lots of tasty moments i'm sure. :)
The price of flights from the west coast is makin' me sweat a little, but I made a decision earlier this year that I was going to figure out a way to make it to Steemfest no matter how expensive it was. haha
aww it will be great to meet you as well. hahah amazing! so glad you will come!! good thing you wont be spending much there!!
Good decision. It will be great to meet you in person. Steemfest is so cool. It's like a family reunion. Last year was my first one and it was remarkable to be meeting people for the first time that you felt you already knew. A unique experience for sure.
We have to go! I'm looking at plane tickets already :D
heheheh yeahh i know seems pretty cheap!! definitely gonna come now!!!
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