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The event that collected the most votes over the past few weeks on yourevent.mobilevikings.com is…

Bandanna Bandanna!
Harr harr hurray to the happy winner! You will soon receive an email with more details.

But also a big congrats to all other competitors, your creativity was much appreciated . Chiro Amigo’s Pamel even had an article on Nieuwsblad.be and the ‘Kiekenfuif’ made a very original video to collect votes.

The Bandanna Bandanna party will be the first event in Viking style thanks to a fantastic Mobile Vikings sponsorship package with:

• 40 trendy T-shirts thanks to Primo;
• 20 Viking helmets;
• 40 Mobile Vikings top-ups of € 15 for the organizing team;
• € 250 cash.

And on top of this, they will get a visit from our Chief Viking during their event on October 19 to hand over (part of) the prize.

Enjoy your party in Viking style and see you then!

Update 19/6/2013: We have found our winners. They will be contacted per email. Curious to see how many times our Chief Viking Hans threw the basketball through the hoop? Check this Video. And there is even more if your team is an ‘all Vikings’ team, you’ll get a 20% discount. Just send an email to info@beachballfestival.be after registration with all your team members and phone numbers.

Are you into sports and music? Then the Beachball Festival is definitely something for you. The Beachball Festival is a 2-day festival during the last weekend of June and offers a perfect mix between sports and party. During the day you can enter one of the many beach competitions (beach volley, beach football, beach handball,…), at night it’s party time (and we’re giving away party tickets so definitely don’t stop reading)!

Sounds interesting?
You can register your team on www.beachballfestival.be. Make sure you do this before June 23. The winners of these competitions will not only receive eternal fame, they’ll also go home with 6 month of free data, SMS and calling credit thanks to Mobile Vikings (of course ☺).

Did you say party?
Indeed, every good sportsman should loosen up every once in a while. That’s why the Beachball Festival also offers 2 fantastic parties on Friday and Saturday evening with an absolute climax on Friday evening. This night Studio Brussel will host its ‘Was het nu 80, 90 of 2000’ party at Woutershof in Hasselt. Not that into sports? Not to worry, this party is open for everyone. You don’t have to compete in one of the competitions.

And there’s even more!
Thanks to the Beachball Festival we are giving away 50 duo tickets for the ‘Was het nu 80, 90 of 2000’ party. More info can be found here. Fill out the questions below and you might be one of our lucky winners. Winners will be announced on Wednesday June 19. Good luck!

UPDATE 14/06/13 – And the winner is Brahim Bouaissa!
Congratulations! YOU will be sitting in a solar car next Tuesday! Don’t forget to check your mailbox for more practical info.
All other Vikings: don’t forget you are still welcome to have a look at the solar car!

Vikings listen up,

We have got something extremely special in store for you.

Tuesday June 18, at 11 am, we will have the pleasure of welcoming the Belgian Solar Team, one of the 47 teams that will compete in the World Solar Challenge in Australia! We’re inviting all our Vikings to come have a look, just outside our headquarters in Hasselt!

The World Solar Challenge?

This 3000 k challenge through the red deserts of Australia is all about energy management: only solar powered cars allowed! 47 teams from around the world will measure up their self-built solar cars and try to win this prestigious race. And guess what, the student engineers from the Belgian Solar Team are true Vikings!

So what‘s this special treat for you?

Well, our very own CTO Davy Loots, one of the only 750 people in Belgium who drive an electric car, will have the honor of taking place in this solar powered car. Suits him to the T! But, we’ve convinced the Solar Team to give away another seat in the solar car!

So if you’re not taller than 1m70 and you don’t weigh over 75 kg (sorry for the restrictions, but this competition car is not the most spacious one around) AND if you win our little homemade competition, you might be that person! Remember though, you’re winning a seat, not a ride: the solar car won’t be taking you for a spin.

The competition ends Friday June 14 at noon. The winner will be announced that same afternoon!

Ready, set, go!

UPDATE 29/05/2013: The winners are known! Congrats to Ferdau, Laurens Cas, Thijs, Karel, Sophie, Moron, Hugues, Dobrev, Joni and Timmy!! You’ll receive your personal ticket via email.

Vikings,

Can’t get enough of those inspirational talks characterizing the TEDx events?

We’ve got 10 tickets to give away for the next happening, TEDxUHowest! This Saturday June 1, guest speakers such as Griet Langedock, Margot Philippe, Tomas Troch and many many more will talk about anything and everything that has to do with ‘Playing the world for good’. And all of this is taking place in the beautiful Market Halls in Bruges!

More info about the event? Check out the full TEDxUHowest program.

Want to win? Answer the questions below before tomorrow noon. The winners will be announced tomorrow afternoon on this very blog and will receive their personalized tickets via email.

Vikings,

Are you in an association (boy scouts, sports clubs, …) and are you hosting an event between August 1 and December 31, 2013? Then definitely don’t stop reading since we are giving away a sponsorship package.

This sponsorship package consists of:

• € 250 cash;
• 40 trendy T-shirts with the Primo and Mobile Vikings’ logo and enough room for your own logo;
• 40 Mobile Vikings top-ups of € 15;
• 20 Viking helmets.

Not bad, huh? In short, you’ll be able to host the coolest and trendiest event ever!

Sounds cool! Where do I start?
Check out our competition page, register and upload a video or photo showing how cool your event is and convince us why you need to win this sponsorship package so badly. Post it on your website, Facebook page and share it with everyone. The one who gets the most votes on June 17 at noon wins.

Let’s host an event in Viking style! Good luck!

Vikings,

Did you notice? Our brand new website also came up with some brand new features! And one of them is the #helpaviking, which can be found in the section ‘Community’ or via https://mobilevikings.com/bel/community/helpaviking/.

Excuse me?
Well, as Vikings always help other Vikings out, we created a page for those who are screaming for help. We publish all tweets containing the hashtag #helpaviking. Have a look:

And there is even more! Every Friday we will pick one tweet and repost it on our Facebook and Twitter page with a link to the #helpaviking page! This way, your request for help will definitely get the views it deserves.

So do you need some respondents for your survey? Do you have a good cause that needs some support? Or are you simply looking for some Viking company? Send your tweet with hashtag #helpaviking and see how it shines on our website!

And step by step, our 3G coverage grows. We hope it will allow you to enjoy your free data bundle at good speed. Here is the map for April 2013. To see the evolution, have a look at Viking Bram Vandeperre’s project !

Yesterday, our great R&D team packed their bags and left our HQ looking for an adventure abroad. Destination? The DjangoCon in Warsaw, Poland.

DjangoCon is a 5 day conference about Django, the software framework we use across all our products. This time, the organization of DjangoCon decided to put some more magic into the event and came up with this crazy idea of throwing a fun Django conference in a real Circus. More info about this conference can be found on: http://2013.djangocon.eu/

Of course, our devs wouldn’t miss it for the world. And now the most interesting part of the story: they made sure that we could follow them from a distance! So do you want to take a glance at their Django trip? http://storify.com/MobileVikings/trip-to-djangocon is the place to be!

Also, our devs convinced the DjangoCon organization to make it even more crazy! They deployed a small Django app (of course), so all those present can play Djangotcha during the conference.

We’re wondering how this will end…

Update 17/5/2013: We have found our winners! Winners will receive a confirmation email and will be put on the guest list. So keep an eye on your inbox! By the way, the correct answer was 7 bands.

Vikings,

On Saturday May 18, the Noa Festival takes place at Syntra Neerpelt and we’ve got 10 duo tickets to give away for this young and dynamic festival!

If you like to discover some great, young bands, then this festival is definitely something for you! This year Stijn Meuris put together the line-up and it looks very promising: The Van Jets, De Mens and many more.

Check out their website or their Facebook page to see for yourself what this festival has to offer.

Really want to go? Answer the two questions below and you might win one of the 10 duo tickets! The competition ends on 17/5 at noon. The winners will be announced in the afternoon.

Update 16/5/2013: Our competition has ended and the winners are Bart Hermans, Diether Verberckmoes, Laurens Macris, Pieter Schildermans and Bart Jansen. Congratulations! The winners will soon receive their e-tickets in their mailbox. Have fun this weekend!

Vikings!

This weekend, the Brainwash Dance Festival takes place in the ‘Barrierspark’ in Lommel and we’ve got some free tickets to give away. ☺

So if you feel like going to a great dance party on Saturday May 18 with one hell of a line-up, this is the competition you want to win!

You can have an overview of the entire line-up on the Brainwash Festival website but a couple names that stand out are: Discobar Galaxy, Sound of Stereo and Murdock.

Answer the question below and you might be one of the five winners of a duo ticket. The competition starts on 13/05 and will end on 16/05 at 12:00 (noon).

Good Luck!