[hackerspaces] Looking for similar hackerspace

[Walter van Holst]

On 2012-02-29 20:03, UrLab hs wrote:

> We are a small group (10-20 people) of students trying to create a
> hackerspace in our university, the Université Libre de Bruxelles in
> Brussels, Belgium.

Any reasons not to join the existing hackerspace in Brussels? They 
probably can use additional participants and have a place (not the 
biggest in the BeNeLux, but it seems decent to me).


> - It needs to be inside a university or be strongly supported by a
> university
> - It needs to be in Europe, preferably in France or Netherlands (so
> not the US or this would have been too easy ^^)
>  - it needs to be working well (obviously ^^)

The Reykjavik hackerspacem, HakkavéIin (http://hakkavelin.is/), is 
located in the basement of the university;
Technologia Incognita (http://technologia-incognita.nl), will be moving 
into a building owned by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, they're starting 
and this is their first location.

Basically most, if not all, fablabs in .nl have strong ties with 
institutions of higher education, be it universities, polytechnics or 
art academies. There has been kind of a hype among municipal governments 
that cities should attract the 'creative class' in order to remain 
innovative and relevant. This has resulted in rather generous startup 
funding for the fablabs and strong ties with educational institutions. 
That particular hype is now over, but they tend to have nice gear and 
nice locations for a low rent.

Regards,

  Walter