Borderball 2025 – atomfoundation

We hope to see you at Borderball 2025!

Want to be part of something fun, healthy, and international?

Come to the third edition of Borderball – a 3-day event full of sports, music, relaxing, connections and new ideas!

What to expect?

A mix of sports, chilling, and workshops
Barbecue, music, dancing, and camping under the stars
A chance to learn more about European politics in a relaxed way
connect with people of all ages and backgrounds, even elected officials and experts
Workshops on policy and cross-border topics
Active and low-stress activities, including a triathlon for all
Dutch, German and English are all welcome – no need to speak more than one

Where? Glanerbrug, on the Germany–Netherlands border

Price? Only €55 for the whole weekend. Whether you love camping, want to chill with others, or are curious about Europe, this weekend is for you! You can come for a day or stay the whole weekend – including food!

Preliminary program

Friday June 27th

14:00 Camping terrain & Reception opens

14:00 Sports and chill

18:00 Barbeque!

20:00 Music and chill

Saturday June 28th

09:30 Opening by Mels Klabbers, co-president of the board of Volt Europe

10:00 Plenary session: ‘Europe for dummies’ with Harry Rogge, member Council of Europe and Eurogeo / Secondary activity: sports and chill

12:00 Lunch

12:30 Opening afternoon program

13:00 Workshops

1) Repurposing flyers & posters

2) European defence

3) . . . . .

13:45 Volleyball, Petanque, Football, Language Corner DE-NL

14:30 Workshops

4) Gender roles across borders

5) Artificial intelligence (AI)

6) . . . . .

15:15 Volleyball, Petanque, Football, Language Corner DE-NL

16:00 Workshops

7) Volt AgriCom

8) . . . . .

16:45 Chill

17:15 Folk dancing!

18:30 Dinner

19:30 Live music and chill

Sunday June 29th

Mini-group-triathlon (everyone stays in one group):

09:10 Swim in the swimming pool in Gronau

10:00 Run to Glanerbrug (6,1 km)

10:45 Cycle to Enschede and back (15 km)

Hackathon Local Policy

10:00-15:00 Municipal elections are coming up in all three EUREGIO regions:

On 14 September 2025 in North Rhine-Westphalia
On 18 March 2026 in the Netherlands
Around September 2026 in Lower Saxony

This is why we are keeping the entire Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon of Border Ball 2025 free for local teams to exchange great examples from election programmes and get inspiration from election programmes from the different municipalities. Are the same issues playing out in Germany and the Netherlands? What can we learn from each other? Can we cooperate more? That is what this part of Border Ball is for. The format of this afternoon is still open. Do you have any ideas? Send an email to info@atomfoundation.eu !

Want to help?

We still have open slots for the workshops. Let us know if you would like to facilitate a workshop! We have a strong preference for workshops that are organised by at least one Dutch and one German Volter, so that it really fosters cross-border thinking and collaboration.

Extra information

BorderBall is:

Children friendly (feel free to bring your kids if they enjoy camping!)
Open for everyone (feel free to bring your friends who are not (yet) Volt members!)
Organised for the third time this year!
Cheap. It will cost you approximately €55 for a whole weekend pass, including overnight stay and food!
Fun! What more do you want than a weekend full of politics and sports
Volleyball – Football – Petanque – Badminaton – Diabolo – . . . (what do you bring? Slackline? Roundnet / spiderball? All good additions to Border Ball 2025!)