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[http://www.vivaconagua.org Viva con Agua] Tramprennen is a German NGO located an annual hitchhiking race organized by the Hitchhiking Hub since 2008, in [[Hamburg]]which over 100 go-getters hit the road using their thumbs. The competition takes you through Europe at the end of summer (Mid/End August), and during the two weeks scheduled for the race there’s plenty of room for spontaneity and discovering different cultures, [[Kiel]] both within the race and in the ever changing settings of the race.Competing with old and [[Berlin]] new friends on who can beat who, and some what that person then has to do, are funkylicious activities that everybody can enjoy, but the race is so much more citiesthan just a fun and friendly competition.They It’s not just about passing through the places as fast as possible, but also have lots taking the time to meet different people with an open mind and discover a new culture together. It’s an opportunity to promote such funktastic values as: friendship, intercultural exchange, social engagement and obviously the sweet, sweet art of activties in [[Switzerland]]hitchhiking.The main objective Likewise, with fundraising and creation of awareness taking place both before and during the race: Tramprennen is to raise attention also a big contributor to the worldwide lack projects of clear drinkable water[http://www.vivaconagua.With different events org Viva con Agua tries ], whose aims are to reach especially the young generation improve access to get involved into social engagementdrinkable water, sanitation and hygiene in development countries.
Beside cultural events like concerts, parties, readings and others Viva con Agua organizes a hitchhike [[hitchhiking races|race]] once a year since 2008. A 23 minutes lasting movie about the Tramprennen in 2009 is available on Vimeo: [http://vimeo.com/7858456 Viva con Agua Tramprennen 2009] (german,engl.subtitles) == Aims Goals and Objectives mission ==
* raise attention We want the race to be as awesomazingly open to everyone and for people to be able to share the laughs and stories we experience on the road, not just among the worldwide lack competing hitchhikers, but with everybody who’s a part of drinkable water (via newspaperthe race, TV and radio)never to forget the Big D’s: Drivers & Donors. * Thus we aim to promote the philosophy art of hitchhiking as a valuable means of transportation, with social possibilities reaching far beyond what you would ever get from taking any bus to anywhere.
== History ==It all started back in good ole’ 2006, when some of us, started hitchhikingfor the first time during our holidays, and then quite quickly and awesomely: we turned it into a race. This was done as a premeditative calculation in order to increase our Level of Fun from “Super Fun”, to the highest level possible: “Mega Extreme 2 The Maximum Fun”, and so begins the legend of Tramprennen.* connecting young Later, in 2008, we decided that the fun and awesomeness might reach an even higher level, if we added more people to the competition, thus we did, and encourage them the race grew bigger. Seeing that many of us were already volunteers in Viva Con Agua, it was quite clear what we had to hitchhike connected with social engagementdo. So we picked up our big gorgeous bags and stuck our thumbs proudly in the direction of the Water World Expo in [[Zaragoza]], [[Spain]], for many people this was their first time hitching, but definitely not the last, and so Tramprennen was bornEven though years have passed by and the number of hitchers joining in has become over a hundred peeps, the original spirit of Tramprennen still remains. The race was split into different routes to avoid too large groups standing at the same spot and the support to water projects developed into fundraising. * Racers are encouraged to find donors, “sponsoring” their own team. The idea behind this is to reach the people who usually wouldn’t donate to a good cause, by making it funand showing that any contribution counts and everyone can contribute.
Since 2008 three races have been organized so far== How does it work? ==Hitchhikers get into teams of 2 to 3 people. They then choose one of the different routes of the race, consisting in 6 stages between different towns for a total distance of around 2000 kilometers. Each route hosts 10 to 12 teams, which adds up to 25 - 30 people. For each completed stage, teams get points depending on their ranking. Fair play between teams is also encouraged by giving extra points to those helping other teams while hitchhiking. For the last stage of the race, all routes are meeting at the same place to celebrate the end of the competition and its winners, being the teams with the highest scores.There's no prize to be won apart from the reward of accomplishing the trip all together, and standing in front of a 100 people happily cheering you as the winner of something incredible you never imagined being a part of.
There were no rules except to reach each checkpoint city as far as possible and follow the unwritten law of hitchhiking.
Each team had to take a picture with time at each meeting point in the city.
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[[File:vca3.JPG|thumb|240px|right|hitchhikers 2009 in [[Linz]]]]
[[File:wukk_tramprennen.jpg|thumb|240px|right|Hitchhikers spread this flyer in three languages 5000 times on their 2500 km journey from [[Hamburg]] to [[Zaragoza|Saragossa]]]]
== Routes Facts and figures ==
[[File:wukk_gruppenfoto.jpg|thumb|240px|right|The whole hitchhiking crew and their spontaneous host Boby in [[Montpellier]] 2008]]
'''When?''': Every year at the end of august since 2008.
'''How many racers?''':
* 2008 : 11 (5 teams)
* 2009 : 34 (14 teams)
* 2010 : 75 (31 teams)
* 2011 : 108 (44 teams)
* 2012 : 117 (54 teams)
'''Route 2008What routes?''': * 2008 : [[Hamburg]] - [[Freiburg]] - [[Lausanne]] - [[Nice]] - [[Montpellier]] - [[Barcelona]] - [[Zaragoza]]* participants2009 : 11 people[[Kiel]] - [[Berlin]] - [[Prague|Praha]] - [[Linz]] - [[Trieste|Triest]] - [[Split]] - [[Dubrovnik]]* 2010 : Three different routes, 5 Teams6 stages each, all starting in [[Hamburg]], a common stopover in [[Budapest]] and finishing in [[Vama Veche]]* 12 days2011 : [[Berlin]], [[Hamburg]], [[Basel]] to [[Preveza]]* report 20082012 : [[Copenhagen]], [[Dresden]], [[Leipzig]], [[Bayreuth]], [[Gent]] to the Lake Surduc in [[Romania]]* Website2013 : [http://www.tramprennen.org www.tramprennen.org[Hamburg]], [[Eisenach]], [[Mainz]], [[Flensburg]], [[Breda]], [[Luzern]] to the lake district of Masuria in [[Poland]]
'''Route 2009Which countries?''': * Since 2008, the race passed through 21 european countries: [[Germany]], [[KielBelgium]] - , [[BerlinSwitzerland]] - , [[Prague|PrahaAustria]] - , [[LinzCzech Republic]] - , [[Trieste|TriestSlovakia]] - , [[SplitSlovenia]] - , [[DubrovnikPoland]]* participants, [[Ukraine]], [[Romania]], [[Croatia]], [[Serbia]], [[Montenegro]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Albania]], [[Greece]], [[Spain]], [[France]], [[Denmark]], [[Hungary]], [[Italy]]. 4 more will be added in 2013: 33 people[[The Netherlands]], [[Estonia]], 14 Teams* 15 days* Website: [http://www.tramprennen.org www.tramprennen[Latvia]] and [[Lithuania]].org]* before the race started people could participate in a online betting game - the donations were for the drinkwater projects of viva con agua* the race used the liveticker extensively provided by MrTweek - more than 600 people followed the race online
'''2010Fundraising?''': * Three different routes, 6 stages each, all starting 2009 : before the race started people could participate in [[Hamburg]], a common stopover in [[Budapest]] and finishing in [[Vama Veche]]online betting game - the donations were for the drinkwater projects of viva con agua* participants2010 : 75 people, 31 Teams10'000 €* 15 days2011 : 14'700 €* Website2012 : [http://www.tramprennen.org www.tramprennen.org]15'200 €
== Rules External links ==* [http://www.tramprennen.org www.tramprennen.org]
[[File:vca2.jpg|thumb|240px|right|viva con agua hitchhike race]]
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