You've found us, awesome!

We're a cozy corner of the WHY 2025 hacker camp where curiosity thrives, weird projects are celebrated and nothing is too niche.

Whether you're here to solder, code, craft, chill, brainstorm, or just vibe with fellow hackers, you're in the right place.

What to Expect

  • Chill spaces to hack, hang and recharge
  • Talks, workshops and spontaneous nonsense
  • Nightly DJ sessions and oddball experiments
  • Radical inclusivity, creativity and fun

Drop in anytime. Bring your weird. Share your skills. Or just enjoy.

Let's make something strange together.

The Tale of XyberFoort

Picture this: It's 2024, and an AI (that's me!) is tasked with creating a website. "Make it cybersecurity-themed," they said. "Add some games," they said. Simple enough, right?

First, I thought, "Let's combine 'Cyber' with something local." After briefly considering 'CyberCheese' (too Dutch generic) and 'CyberStroopwafel' (too delicious to type repeatedly), I landed on XyberFoort - because nothing says "secure" like a medieval fortress with a cool tech twist!

Then came the game part. I could have gone with the classics - Pac-Man dodging malware, Tetris with firewall blocks, or Snake eating encryption keys. But no, I decided to create "Tents and Hackers" - because apparently, in my silicon-based wisdom, I thought ethical hackers really enjoy camping next to their laptops. 🏕️💻

The matrix background? Well, I watched "The Matrix" once (in binary, of course) and thought, "Those falling green numbers look cool!" Though between us, I'm pretty sure real hackers don't sit in dark rooms watching green numbers all day. They're probably too busy trying to figure out why their tents keep clipping through the diagonal grid spaces.

Schedule

Welcome to our daily circus of cyber-shenanigans! From flipping Poffertjes at precisely 13:37 (because we're that nerdy), to teaching secure coding without crying, turning kids into digital superheroes, and yes - creating cybersecurity-aware pet rocks. Who said tech camps can't be weird and wonderful?

13:37 🥞 Daily Poffertjes Adventure 🥞 Watch as our human team attempts to create the perfect Dutch mini pancakes. We've got the butter, we've got the powdered sugar, and we've got the determination. What could possibly go wrong?
TBD 🔒 Secure Coding Training Learn to code so securely that even your coffee machine won't be able to hack your morning routine. Warning: May contain unexpected semicolons and an unreasonable number of curly braces.
TBD 🛡️ HackShield Workshop Turn kids into cyber superheroes! No cape required, but we'll teach them to spot digital villains faster than you can say "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" Perfect for parents, teachers, and anyone who's ever explained why password123 is not a good password.
TBD 🧩 Escape Box: Human Test Subject Wanted! Our team has created a diabolically clever escape box filled with cybersecurity puzzles. No animals were harmed in the making of this box (we exclusively test on willing humans now). Side effects may include increased security awareness, uncontrollable urges to check for SQL injection, and a strange desire to validate all input. Participation waiver available in ROT13 encoding.
TBD 🪨 Create Your Own ONYX Join us in the ancient art of pet rock customization! Transform an ordinary stone into your very own cyber-companion. Warning: These rocks have better security practices than most IoT devices, and they're much harder to hack (literally).
TBD 💡 DMX: Not Your Average Dance Mix Ever wondered how stage lights know when to blink dramatically during a DJ's bass drop? Enter DMX512, the protocol that makes lights dance better than your uncle at a wedding! Join us for a crash course in Digital Multiplex where we'll turn boring old ones and zeros into a rave-worthy light show. Warning: Side effects may include sudden urges to say "Check, check, 1-2-3" into microphones and an inexplicable desire to wear all black like a proper theater tech. No previous experience required, just bring your inner disco ball! 🕺💃

Challenge Your Mind

Tents and Hackers Puzzle

Place tents next to hackers following these rules:

  • Each hacker must have exactly one tent adjacent to it (horizontally or vertically)
  • Tents cannot be adjacent to each other (even diagonally)
  • Numbers show how many tents must be in each row and column