Location

The location of the event will be Candance Studios in Amsterdam. The address is Isolatorweg 28, 1014 AS Amsterdam.

Parking in the area is for free between Friday 19:00 and Monday 09:00. Outside of those hours it is €0,10 per hour for the first three hours, after that it will be €3,50 per hour. Detailed information can be found here: https://www.amsterdam.nl/parkeren-verkeer/parkeertarieven/. Use the search box to zoom in on the address.

You can also park at the nearby ‘P+R Sloterdijk’ parking lot for a special tariff of €1,00 per 24 hours and then travel 1 stop with Metroline 51 from the Sloterdijk Station to ‘Isolatorweg’, which is also it’s final stop. Be sure to actually use the metro with your special P+R ticket, otherwise you will be charged the regular tariff which is €2,50 per hour! You can find information about parking in P+R, and see how many spots are available (there are not so many), here: https://www.amsterdam.nl/parkeren-verkeer/parkeren-reizen/

The venue is also very easy to reach by public transportation; from the Central Station you can take bus 22 towards Sloterdijk Station and get off at Kabelweg (in front of the Ibis hotel), or take metro line 51 to Isolatorweg (last stop); both stop at a few minutes walking from the venue. The bus will be faster and cheaper. If you come by plane to Schiphol Airport the easiest way is to take a train from the airport to Amsterdam Sloterdijk station and take metro line 51 to Isolatorweg for 1 stop (which is the final stop).

Visitors

There are several options to join the ETES as a visitor: during the day-time to watch the competitions, during the evening to join the social dance, or both. Visitors are required to register and pay before the event; it is not possible to buy a ticket at the door.

Be aware that the corono-protocol also applies to visitors and will be strictly applied. If you are visiting more than one day, you will have to show a test only once, but will still have to show the QR-code every day you visit.

Fees

  • Day-time ticket (Saturday or Sunday, 09:00-18:00): €5
  • Evening ticket (Friday, Saturday or Sunday, 20:00-end of party): €10

The food and coffee/tea provided at the venue is for participants only, but you are welcom to bring your own and buy drinks at the bar. Use the following form to register as a visitor: https://forms.gle/UmMyL28U2WiHE8L68

Food

On Saturday and Sunday we will provide A buffet for breakfast and lunch, dinner, as well as coffee and tea throughout the day. It is not yet clear if we will be able to provide plates and cutlery, so be prepared to bring your own.

Drinks

The venue owners are so kind to let us run our own bar. Which means: drinks sold in bottles for friendly prices 😃 but it also means: Bring your own cups 💪.

Also, payments at the bar will be handled electronically: We will support PIN, V-pay, Maestro, Visa, Mastercard, Google Pay, Apple Pay. But we will not be able to handle cash.

TLDR: No cash. Bring card.

Hotel / Hostel information

Unfortunately sleeping halls will not be available for this ETES. To help you a bit in finding a good spot, here is a list with some hotels and hostels in the area around the dancing venue (Amsterdam Sloterdijk). Prices mentioned in this list are per person per night, based on a stay from friday till monday and are the online prices on september 19th with mentioned discounts applied.

Ibis Amsterdam City West

https://all.accor.com/hotel/5140/index.nl.shtml
Transformatorweg 36, 1014 AK Amsterdam
You’ll find this hotel just across the street, less than a minute walking. You can book a single room, a double room or a room for 3 people. Ibis hotels is part of the Accor Group, if you become a member of their Accor Live Limitless program (you can join for free), you’ll get a 10% discount on your booking.
Price:

  • Double room: €30,- per person per night based on 2 persons

Dutchies Hostel

https://www.dutchieshostel.com/dormitories/
Sara Burgerhartstraat 21a, 1055 KV Amsterdam
This is a hostel at 1.5 kilometers (15 minutes walk, 6 minutes bicycle) from the venue. Here you can book a single bed in a dorm, a private double room or a family room to share with your team!
They offer a discount of 10% for stays of 3 nights or more.
Price:

  • Dorms from €18,- per person per night
  • Family room (6 beds) from €156,- per night = €23,40,- per person per night.

WOW Hostel

https://www.wow-amsterdam.nl/room/
Wiltzanghlaan 60, 1061 HC Amsterdam
A hostel about 2 kilometers (20 minutes walk, 8 minutes bicycle) away from the venue. Here you can book a single bed in a dorm, a private double room or a family room to share with your team!
Use promo code 2021 to get a 30% discount on your booking.
Price:

  • Dorms and family rooms from €18,20,- per person per night

MEININGER Hotel Amsterdam City West

https://www.meininger-hotels.com/nl/hotels/amsterdam/hotel-amsterdam-sloterdijk/
Orlyplein 1 - 67, 1043 DR Amsterdam
About 1,5 kilometers away (15 minutes walk, 6 minutes bicycle) from the venue, next to the Amsterdam Sloterdijk train station. The Meininger Hotel has dorms (shared and men and women separate) and private rooms (double rooms and multi person rooms, up to 6 people).
Price:

  • Dorms from €19,- per bed per night
  • Double room €187,- = €32,20,- per person per night
  • Multi bed (4 beds) €289,- = 24 per person per night

In the Amsterdam Sloterdijk area, more hotels are available. The ones mentioned here are the closest and the cheapest that we found.

Is it (almost) impossible for you to arrange your sleeping? Let us know using this form and we will try to help you to find your spot!

Corona protocol

The aim of our Corona protocol is that during the event we can all behave as freely as possible while providing a safe environment for everyone. To make that possible we will strictly apply the following regulations at the entrance:

  • Every participant will be required to show proof of vaccination, recovery or a recent negative test for Covid-19, in accordance with local government regulations, at the registration desk.
  • On top of that, proof of a recent negative official Covid-19 test will be required from every participant. This can not be a self-test and this requirement also applies to those fully vaccinated or recovered.

In practice this means that

  • Everyone will need to get an official test at most 24 hours before you enter the event
  • Every day when entering the venue for the first time you will need to show us a QR code that we can scan with the offical CoronaCheck scanner app, as well as a personal identification document. The scanner app needs to scan ‘green’ with your QR code, and the personal identification details shown in the scanner app need to match those in your official ID document.
  • If you are not ‘immunized’ (either fully vaccinated or recovered less than 180 days ago) you need an official test of at most 24 hours old every day when you enter the event to get a ‘green’ QR code. You can probably plan it so that you can enter both Friday and Saturday with the same test, but you will need to get a new test to enter on Sunday.
  • The QR code can be on paper or in one of the official apps (CoronaCheck for the Netherlands, CovPass-App for Germany)
  • If you are using the app, make sure that you have everything set up before you come to the venue. It takes some steps to set up, and if you still have to do it when you appear at the welcome desk it will cause major delays for everyone
  • On the first day you enter the venue you will also have to show us proof of your recent negative test.
  • After these checks are done we will give you a wristband so that we won’t have to repeat these checks for the rest of the day. Please keep your wristband on your arm until you get the new wristband when you enter the next day; that way we wont have to check the test report again and entering will be more smooth for everyone.
  • Obviously, don’t take off your wristband during the day. If you want to re-enter the venue without a wristband, we’ll have to repeat the checkin procedure.

Rapid tests can be booked for free through this website: https://www.testenvoortoegang.org/, but tests from any institution are fine, as long there is some formal proof.
If you are curious about the QR codes, you can download the CoronaCheck scanner app yourself and see what it does.

We want you to be safe and also to feel safe. For the event, we are hoping for an atmosphere where no one will feel weird if they choose to wear a mask even on the dancefloor, even though this is nothing that we would ask you to do.