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Hackertours for 38c3 – FAQ

What are the Hackertours? The Hamburg team has sought out interesting locations in Hamburg that will take you away from the catacombs for a few hours, letting you experience exiting new things. Here we explain how this works!

Help!

You need help? Contact us!

  • Via Mail: ticket@hackertours.hamburg.ccc.de
  • Via DECT: 8687 “TOUR” or +494057308308687
  • On Location: at the Hackertours Desk, foyer X next to the white grandpa’s clock

We will keep you up to date on this website and on Mastodon @hackertours@chaos.social.

Who is doing this?

A group of people from CCCHH hat worked tirelessly the past few weeks to find interesting tours. We offer these tours as an agent for the respective operator, and provide you with a ticket. However, the tour operators are fully responsible for the tours.

Which tours are available?

All tours during 38c3 – Ticket Shop link

Do I need a ticket?

Yes, definitely. The tours have limited capacity only, so we need you to get a ticket to participate so we can plan and run these properly.

Please get your desired ticket in the Ticket Shop or place yourself on the waiting list!

Where and when do we meet up?

All tours start and end at CCH. Please arrive punctually at the announced time at the Hackertours Desk, so we have time to check your ticket and have a chance to re-assign leftover spots to people on the waiting list! If you do not arrive on time, we will give your ticket to somebody else.

Our Hackertours Escorts will organize the tour group to travel to the location together (see below).

At the published start time we will reassign tickets to people in line at the Hackertours desk, if seats are available.

Is this an admission ticket for the Congress? Can I take part in a hacker tour without a Congress ticket?

Hackertours tickets do not entitle you to participate in Congress. The Hackertours are primarily aimed at Congress participants and we will also meet for the tour within the event. Thus, you will need a Congress ticket to get to the Hackertours desk. If you would like to do a hackertour with friends and family who are not attending Congress, that is of course OK. In this case, at least one person with a Congress ticket should come to the Hackertours desk at the start of the tour and check in the friends and/or family members. The tour group will leave the CCH building through the main exit—the other people can then join them without any problems (and may also wait in the foyer).

How do I get to the location of the tour?

Your tour admission price does not include a public transport ticket. But do not fret, the Hackertours Escort will help you navigate the public transport jungle of Hamburg! We use public transport to get to all locations, for which you will need a ticket. If you have a Deutschlandticket, or have a (multi) day pass to get to and from CCH, you are golden. For everybody else, we will organize a ticket purchase at the station, for example by putting together groups of five for group tickets. Please make sure to have 10.00 to 15.00 euros in coins with you to purchase the public transport tickets.

I need help reaching the location of the tour

If you have limitations or disabilities that make it harder for you to reach the location of the tour, please contact us as soon as possible at ticket@hackertours.hamburg.ccc.de, so we can help organize your travel. Most rapid transit stations have elevators, and most busses can take at least one wheelchair, but it does not hurt to check with the local transit authority HVV to make sure we will not get stuck somewhere.

Is the tour accessible?

Please check the description of the respective Tour. Unfortunately, many historic places are not really accessible. If you have specific questions, please contact us at ticket@hackertours.hamburg.ccc.de.

I do not speak German. Can I still take part in the tour?

Some of the tours are offered in English, as well. Please check the description of the respective tour. Even if the tour guide will give the tour mainly in German, many participants are willing to help translate on the spot.

How much is a ticket?

Some tours are free, others are only available for a fee. The price is set by the tour organizer. To avoid problems with unpaid tickets, no-shows, etc., CCCHH e.V. takes care of collecting the entrance fee from you via Pretix and then forwards it to the organizer. The costs we incur for bank transfers, bookkeeping and tax consultants will be added to the ticket price and an additional € 1.00 will be charged; this will add up to a total of around € 500.00. If we do not need that much money, we will invest the surplus in a goodie for the next Hackertours.

Do you offer discounted tickets for children?

No, unfortunately not—unless it is mentioned explicitly in the respective tour description. We are bound by the conditions of the tour operators.

How can I pay?

Some of the tours charge an entrance fee. To make it as easy as possible for everyone, you pay Hackertours when purchasing the ticket, and Hackertours makes sure all participants can start the tour without further delay (like having to wait in line at the ticket counter)

For this to work, you will have to pay your ticket via bank transfer in advance as soon as possible. When you book tickets, the system will show you how many days you have to pay. If you do not pay in time, we will return the tickets to the shop for sale to somebody else.

When you purchase your tickets in the Ticket Shop, you will receive an email with the bank account details and a custom “note to payee” value to identify your purchase. Please follow the instructions in that email. If, for some reason, you do not have that email, but you do have your code, you can use this information:

  • Note to Payee: the purchase code for your ticket
  • IBAN: DE69 8306 5408 0105 2955 05
  • BIC: GENODEF1SLR
  • Name of Bank: VR-BANK ABG-LAND / SKATBANK

If you cannot pay by bank transfer, please contact us. We will see what we can do.

Already fully booked? Can I still come?

We have waiting lists for all tours. Even if your favorite tour is already fully booked, there is still a chance to get a seat via the waiting list. We will re-assign seats to people on the waiting list as they become available, on a first-come, first-served basis. We do this about 24 hours before the tour starts.

The remaining seats will be re-assigned on the spot at the Hackertours desk. Please stop by the desk right before the tour starts for your chance to snap up one of those tickets.

I cannot come. :-(

We cannot cancel and refund paid tickets. If you cannot take part in a paid tour, please try to find somebody else interested in taking your place. If that is not possible for you, please contact us at ticket@hackertours.hamburg.ccc.de.

Please cancel free-of-charge tickets as soon as possible. If you know that you will not be able to attend the tour, please cancel your ticket in the ticket shop as soon as possible, so that others can take your place.

Help, nothing is working!

See the help topic at the start of the page!