39C3: Power Off for Departure!

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Dear creatures and participants,

the end is nigh! Days full of encounters, curiosity, tin solder, discourse, music, code and Chaos are behind us. Thank you for filling this Congress with life. You made this event into what it is.

As much as we would wish Congress to continue forever, now the time has come to pack up, take a breath and say goodbye.

After the closing, assemblies start emptying their spaces. Please take the time to tear down in an orderly and mindful way. Clear your tables quickly so that the Møbelhaus can carry tables and chairs away and that network and power infrastructure can be dismantled. Please leave the hardware for the network on the tables.

If you want to transport larger or bulky things, you can bring these to the side gates designated for your location. At these gates there will be angels who support you with transport aids for heavy and large objects. Just talk to them, they are happy to help and know how the passage will work best. Once everything is in place, the tor angels will issue a pass with which you will be able to drive your vehicle towards this gate for a short time.

Assemblies on X end Y unload via gate A.
Assemblies in hall 4 and foyer 3 + H unload via gate C.
Assemblies in hall 3 and hall H unload via gate D.

Thank you for being considerate, for your solidarity and patience in this last phase. Get home safely, look after yourselves and take a piece of Congress along into your day-to-day life.

See you next time.

Image CC BY-SA Leah Oswald

Refreshing Teardown

Sat, 29 Dec 2018 21:50:29 +0000

TLDR: Tomorrow its over, teardown starts at 18:15, don’t do anything stupid.

Dear life forms participating in Congress,

tomorrow, ~~42c3~~ 35c3 will sadly come to an end and teardown awaits. For that, we need your help.

We ask all assemblies to start dismantling their installations after the Closing Event at 18:15 on December 30th. Please use gates 2.5, 2.6, 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10 for unloading. We kindly ask you to first pack your stuff, move it to the gates and only then get your car.

After packing your stuff, please stack your chairs correctly sorted. Please do not remove said chairs from your assembly place, but stack them at the very location. Please do only tear down the Schuko part of the power distribution. We kindly ask you not to tear down stage elements, movable walls, tables or any other decorations unless you are asked to.

But tearing down the assemblies is not everything, we are happy for every helping hand. We are creating teardown shifts in the Engelsystem and ask you to sign up for them. After the Engelsystem will have gone offline, we will continue with teardown and Teardown Heaven will operate from Hall 4.

After December 30th, we will need much help till January 4th. Please come to Hall 4 between 10 and 22 o’clock and keep looking for further blog posts.

Your buildup and teardown team, known as LOC

teardown on CCC Event Blog

39C3: Power Off for Departure!

Refreshing Teardown