Vibalkans 2025
A 6-nights camp on April 13-19, 2025 at an incredible place near Belgrade, Serbia. We'll focus on moving, grappling, dancing, and singing, and won't be too cerebral or analytical.
In a sense, it's one of those Vibe* or *camp or *week events, like Vibehole, Vibecamp, Jesscamp, or Xiqweek. Vibalkans' fate was ultimately decided at Vibehole.
What we will do
- Lots of physical activities:
- wrestling
- juggling
- hiking
- working out
- doing "neo tai chi" inspired by ATLA
- playing agility games
- hitting each other with bamboo sticks (as promised!)
- dancing
- Balkan music
- Open mic
- Circling
What might be there as well
- An exchange for smells and perfumes
- Funny hairstyles workshop
- Tabletop games (let's try to minimize complexity)
- Painting with acrylic paints
The venue
- One-hectare picturesque venue
- Plenty of space for various activities
- Outdoor pool, sauna and hot tub
- Riverside with a beach nearby (though it will probably be too cold for swimming)
You can read more about the place here.
Who organizes Vibalkans
- Phil Filippak — you may know him from Twitter or could've met at Vibehole (if you have any questions, you can contact Phil there, or on Telegram, or on Signal)
- Daniel Tyomin — he goes by @WorldWearyW on Twitter
Important notice
- Since we're about to do a lot of physical stuff like dancing or wrestling, there is a higher than usual probability of trauma.
- There are ticks in Serbia that might be active in April, and some of them might spread Lyme disease. It's a rare occurrence, but we will still take precautionary measures and will have the recommended antibiotics on-site.
Given these two facts, we recommend you consider personal insurance covering these two cases specifically. Besides that, we will also want you to sign a paper that says that you recognize the risks and are willing to take them.
We might pay for a group insurance as the event organizers, but right now it's undecided yet as we're investigating the options.
Dates and tickets
It will start on April 13 (Sunday) and end on April 19 (Saturday).
The ticket cost is 550 EUR, but if you want to help us procure more consumables for the activities on the What might be there as well list, you can donate up to 50 EUR extra.
December 25 is the hard deadline, because we need to pay the venue in advance.
All that said...
Refund policy: we cannot offer refunds, but you can resell your ticket to a friend. Just make sure to let us know about the change!
Packing
First of all, don't forget to take your passport!
Then, Serbia has a lot of plants blooming in the spring so if you're allergic, make sure to bring your preferred antihistamines with you.
As mentioned above, having an insurance won't hurt.
Visa requirements
We expect that most people won't need a visa but be sure to check if you need one.
That's it!
We will absolutely love to see you at Vibalkans in April!
