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=Main Hitchgathering=
==proposals==
===Malga Chiampis, Northern Italy===
The valley at Malga/ Casera Chiampis:
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Scouting pics and videos https://gopro.com/v/zbMEae30d1eBd
===Sacuieu , Romania===
Locaton of 2015 European Rainbow Gathering. Săcuieu. (In Hungarian: Székelyjó), in the Apuseni mountains.
Go westbound along Highway 1 (E60) towards Oradea. Drive for 62km until you reach Bologa, then head south along 103H and go another 12.8km through Sacuieu until you see a sign “Pensiunea Sequoia” - then turn off from the main road onto a dirt road to a place (a hostel). Continue driving past for another 500m approx. towards the river. You’ll then find the Rainbow car park. The walk-in is about 40 minutes.
===Gura Apelor, Romania===
Dear Sibs, Kins, Mothers, Brothers, and Others,
the Romanian scouting team has returned from their mission. They have braved heat and snow, rock slides and bears, Țuică and psychoactive chocolate disasters. They have hitched with trucks and buses, amateur race drivers and beer salesmen, priests and conspiracy theorists. They have stolen boats, crossed raging mountain torrents and emptied countless jars of Zacuscă. In short, they have left no rock unturned and now bring to you: The prospective location of the 2024 European Hitchgathering! *drum roll*
Gura Apelor, the Mouth of the Waters, is a reservoir lake high up in the mountains of Hunedoara. https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/45.33274/22.72267 It was actually suggested to us by our first ride in Romania... and it was a good suggestion! The lake is some 20-25 kilometers from the nearest village, located right outside the confines of Retezat national park. On a random Thursday in April, we saw a couple of other cars up there, which suggests that in August it should be possible to catch a ride up there every once in a while, while not being overly crowded. The camp site consists of a large flat grassy meadow (there would be space for at least 100 people to camp) near the lake. The Romanian state hydroelectric company has a security guard posted on the other end of the lake (quite out of sight from the campsite), near the beginning of the dam, who said something along the lines of "it's not allowed to camp there, but people do it anyway." The people who recommended the place said that in summer hikers sometimes camp there before going up into the national park. There is a water source available (other than the lake). In case the place should turn out to be too crowded or there should be some sort of legal issue, there is an alternative a couple of kilometers down the road: A meadow completely sheltered behind trees, accessible via an old footbridge (somewhere around here: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/45.34938/22.74280)
The downsides seem to be 1) that it's hard to say how many other people will be there in August -- it is a public space, if much out of people's usual way -- an 2) that the nearest confirmed dumpster is in Timisoara ;-)
=pro-/post- and other gatherings=
