Borderball 2025

Want to be part of something fun, healthy, and international?

Come to the third edition of Borderball – a 3-day event full of sports, music, relaxing, connections and new ideas! Our website https://atomfoundation.eu/borderball-2025/

What to expect?

• A mix of sports, chilling, and workshops

• Barbecue, music, dancing, and camping under the stars

• A chance to learn more about European politics in a relaxed way

• connect with people of all ages and backgrounds, even elected officials and experts

• Workshops on policy and cross-border topics

• Active and low-stress activities, including a triathlon for all

• Dutch, German and English are all welcome – no need to speak more than one
  

Where? Glanerbrug, on the Germany–Netherlands border
Price? Only €55 for the whole weekend. Whether you love camping, want to chill with others, or are curious about Europe, this weekend is for you! You can come for a day or stay the whole weekend – including food!

Preliminary program
Friday June 27th

14:00   Camping terrain & Reception opens
14:00 – 18:00 Sports and chill
18:00 – 20:00 Barbecue!
20:00 – . . . Chill

Saturday June 28th
09:30   Official opening by Mels Klabbers
10:00 – 12:00 Plenary session on Europe for dummies, sports and chill
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 13:45 Workshops 1, 2 and 3
13:45 – 14:30 Volleyball, Petanque, Football, Language Corner DE-NL
14:30 – 15:15 Workshops 4, 5 and 6
15:15 – 16:00 Volleyball, Petanque, Football, Language Corner DE-NL
16:00 – 16:45 Workshops 7, 8 and 9
17:15 – 18:00 Let’s dance!
18:30 – 19:30 Dinner
19:30 –  . . .     Music and chill

Sunday June 29th
Mini-group-triathlon (everyone stays in one group):
09:10  Swim in the swimming pool in Gronau
10:00  Run to Glanerbrug (6,1 KM)
10:45  Cycle to Enschede and back (15 KM)

Want to help?

We still have open slots for the workshops. Let us know if you would like to facilitate a workshop! We have a strong preference for workshops that are organised by at least one Dutch and at least one German Volter, so that it really fosters cross-border thinking and collaboration.

 Extra information

Borderball is:

• Children friendly (feel free to bring your kids if they enjoy camping!)

• Open for everyone (feel free to bring your friends who are not (yet) Volt members!)

• Organised for the third time this year!

• Cheap. It will cost you approximately €55 for a whole weekend pass, including overnight stay and food!

• Fun! What more do you want than a weekend full of politics and sports

• Volleyball – Football – Petanque – Badminaton – Diabolo – . . . (what do you bring? Slackline? Roundnet / spiderball? All good additions to Border Ball 2025!)

Organisation Team
Achterhoek: Nanda Pastoor – Diederick Kolkman – Gerrie Klok
Twente: Sjoerd Nijhuis – Anna Kaal – Erik Kemp – Eric-Jan de Jong
Osnabrücker Land: Florian Eckardt – Dorothe Stahljans – David Samson
Münsterland: Franz Lenhard – Diana Diel