Lights festival at Castel Dreilützow

CODE: VJF 1.3

Work:

The main work during the camp will be the preparation of the light festival; which will be on the last Friday. At the light festival the whole park will be lightened by candles and fire and at different places there will be theatre, music and installations. You will help to prepare the event with tasks as such as building up tents, carrying things, playing music for the event, painting signs and many more. Therefore, we need your handicraft skills and also creative ideas to prepare a little program as a part of the festival. The projects depend on the dynamics of the participants! If you play a musical instrument please bring it with you! You will work together with two project leaders and volunteers of the castle Dreilützow. They will join your group as members of the workcamp. The set-up requires a lot of hands-on work. Remember to bring clothes that can get dirty.

Accomodation and food

Accommodation:
The volunteers will be accommodated in shared rooms (4-9 beds in a room) in a little building next to the castle. This house is only for the workcamp group. The rooms can be locked.

Food:
You will be catered by Schloss Dreilützow, if you have a vegetarian/vegan diet, please let us know. Nevertheless, we can organize joint cooking sessions in the evening. So be inspired to bring nice recipies and eventually spices for it.

Location and leisure

The free time planning will mostly depend on your ideas and wishes. You can go swimming, hicking or to museums. Please bring games, instruments or great ideas for the evening entertainment. Wittenburg, the nearest town is about 4 km away and the closest city is Schwerin, about 25 km away. In the surrounding area you’ll find mostly forests and farms. Please be aware of the poor internet signal in the area. This will be a great opportunity to get some retreat from the stressful daily life routine and social media.

Project hosted by

The little village Dreilützow is situated in the federal state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The castle Dreilützow is a 300 year old estate including a beautiful park. This will be the workcamp location. Today, the castle has been converted into a youth hostel.

Directions to meeting point

From Berlin use the following trains:
- From Berlin Hauptbahnhof or Potsdamer Platz take the train to Ludwigslust; From there please take the train going to Hagenow Land.

If you are travelling from Hamburg:
Take the "Regionalexpress" (RE) train towards Rostock Hbf and get off in Hagenow Land. It will take you about 1 hour.

From Hagenow Land take the bus no. 54 in the direction of Zarrentin and get off in Wittenburg Steintor. Please be aware to use the ring bottom in the bus to inform the bus driver that you want to get off at this station. Or inform the bus driver with a sympathetic smile while entering that you want to get off in Hagenow but don’t rely on it. Sometimes the announcements in the bus are difficult to understand. You can also use the google maps app to follow the route.

From Wittenburg Steintor you will be picked up

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