Tor Community Gathering 2025
Welcome to the event page for the upcoming Tor Community Gathering in Gelsted, Denmark. The event will take place from Friday, October 3rd, to Sunday, October 5th, 2025.
The event will take place at a scout cabin a bit outside of the small town of Gelsted. It’s the same venue used for the BornHack hacker festival.
Please pay attention to this page, as we will continue to update it with information on budgeting, sign-up, and adding entries to the FAQ.
Who is going?
See the attendees list.
Sessions
Note: the sessions list is still updated during the meeting. The current schedule can be found here.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
How do I sign up?
Please register using the form at framaforms.
What is the address of the location?
Spejderhytten Hylkedam
Hylkedamvej 54
DK-5591 Gelsted
Denmark
The last part of the road is a relatively rough gravel road, but eventually, you arrive at the scout house on your left.
What is the nearest train station?
Gelsted is the nearest train station. You can get there directly with trains coming in from Odense train station.
If you let us know when you need a ride from, we can pick you up at the station and get you to the venue. The earlier you let us know about your arrival at Gelsted, the better. You can use the Rejseplanen website or various “Maps” apps to plan your journey.
What more can you tell me about going there by train?
The train ride from Copenhagen to Odense is around 1.5 hours, and the train from Odense to Gelsted is around 0.5 hours. The Odense to Gelsted train usually has one departure per hour.
On most train stations in Denmark, you can find the red ticket machines (“Billetautomat” in Danish) that you can get tickets from. You should switch the language to English and write the station that you are at as the departure station and Gelsted St. as your destination station. The machine will provide you with various options, such as 1st class and seat reservations, and print the ticket for you after you have paid. The machines accept credit cards.
The red ticket machines look like on this picture.
Where do I sleep?
You have a couple of options here.
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Most people will likely use the bunk beds available in the cabin rooms.
We estimate that each room will accommodate 2-3 people, and we suggest that people simply pick a room upon arrival.
If you’re planning on sleeping in a bunk bed, please remember to bring:
- Bed sheets (~90cm x 200cm)
- Blanket or sleeping bag
- Pillow and pillowcase
The cabin rooms look like this:
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You can bring a tent, hammock or tarp and sleep outdoors.
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Bring an auto-camper, a caravan, or sleep in the car.
Alternatively, there are a couple of smaller bed and breakfast venues in the nearby area, but we have no experience with these.
For those planning on sleeping outdoors, there might be ticks still around in October.
Are there toilets and showers available?
The main house has four toilets, and two of them have showers. Remember to bring your own towel. We can also use the external showering/toilet building as well for the rush hour during the morning.
What is a tick?
Directly from the BornHack info page:
Although a very small creature, a tick can do a lot of damage. So make sure to check yourself for any ticks that might have latched on to your body (a good time is when taking a shower).
There is more info about how to protect against and deal with ticks in general on this Denmark Expat page.
How much does it cost?
Our current estimate is that we can pull the event off for 280-300 EUR per person.
This includes the cost for the venue and all food, but does not include beer/beverages.
We will equally share all costs among participants. The estimate will fluctuate over time, as we learn more about the number of people and more details about the meals. Payment will happen after the event via bank transfer to Alex.
What is the internet situation like?
Hylkedam has a 5G connection that usually works alright, but it’s not snappy. SSH and such will work just fine.
Please bring an up-to-date laptop that also contains the source code checkouts of the projects you think you may need to work on here. This includes Tor/Arti, various data sets for analysis, and so on.
Alex will bring a small server that will host various static content, such as a copy of https://collector.torproject.org/ and most Git repositories (under the /tpo/** name space) from https://gitlab.torproject.org/
Do you have a packing list?
Not really, but here are a few things you will want to bring:
- Bed sheets and pillowcase, or a sleeping bag
- Towel
How can I reach organisers and other meeting participants?
You can use the (non-public) tcg2025 mailing list, to which you will be subscribed with the email address provided when signing up.
Some of us hang out in the IRC channel #tcg2025 at OFTC.net.
Where/how can I buy food/beverages?
We will buy food and beverages and prepare all meals together. There will be three meals per day. Breakfast at 09:00, lunch at 13:00, and dinner at 19:00. We will make sure all meals are vegan, with some optional non-vegan additions.
That said, there is a grocery shop in Gelsted, about 3 km away.
What will the weather be like?
Great question!
Not an easy one. But from September 12, a three week forecast might be useful.
We strongly suggest that you bring clothes that you are comfortable with for indoor, but also get some good shoes and outdoor clothes in case we go for a walk or decide to light the bonfire in the evening.
What does the schedule look like?
That depends on what people want to do, but we envision a sessions format with breakout sessions between the meals. Right after breakfast, we will have a short session on results from the day before and what people hope to get out of the day.
It is a good idea to think of multiple topics that you are excited about, and we can figure out who else could contribute here. You might want to write to the mailing list or Signal group to discuss your ideas before, and build some excitement for a specific topic. We have a couple of topics suggested already, both technical and non-technical.
Is there a photo policy?
Some attendees may not want to be filmed or photographed. Respect their wishes.
We will likely take a group photo on one of the first days for the people who wants to be in it. The group photo will hopefully be used for a blog post on https://blog.torproject.org/.
How can I help?
As you already know this event is purely volunteer-organised. This includes cooking and other tasks. We’ll come up with a schedule and things that need to get done, and occasionally call out for help.
Please step up and help where needed and we will all have a very nice time at Hylkedam.