SouthsideACADEMY

Here are a few highlights of the SouthsideACADEMY from 2022. The current program for 2023 will follow.

travel lectures

15:30 – 17:00 Iran for self and co-drivers – Dive into the depths of Persia

Dive into the depths of Persia Iran for drivers and passengers The deafening silence of the desert It takes an inner willingness and openness to get to know Iran with all its facets. Those who know themselves and others will also recognize here: Orient and Occident can no longer be separated. Goethe Travels with Road Iran With Road…

12:30 - 14:00 With the scooter and paramotor through 5 countries

Gerry's new film and lecture With the scooter and paramotor through 5 countries Gerry traveled more than 6.500 km in 5 countries with the setup of a scooter, trailer and paraglider and brought a lecture with him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWXOLwUZUVU

15:00 – 16:30 The Adventure Formula, lecture by Friedl Swoboda

The adventure formula Friedl Swoboda's experiences in his project “AROUND THE EARTH” In search of the formula for adventure Friedl Swoboda tries to give a practical definition of the term “adventure”. His companion: a Steyr-Puch Pinzgauer 6×6, the “Desert Fox”. What is "adventure" anyway? Probably something that can be interpreted in countless different ways, and sort of...

14:00 – 15:30 America's Wild South

America's wild south In an off-road camper from the heights of Bolivia to the glacier world of Patagonia A couple realizes their dream Nataša and Stephan Hübner travel the south of what is perhaps the most beautiful continent on earth for a year. They take the spectator along over 40000 kilometers into the fantastic landscapes between the beaches of Uruguay, the highlands of Bolivia and the glaciated mountains...

16:30 – 18:00 Stockach – Cairo – Cape Town

Multivision show with Armin Vogelsang Africa is said to be a continent that never lets you go. A place of beauty and warmth and a place of poverty and need. We associate so many images and stereotypes with hardly any other continent and still have no idea how things are really going there. Crossing the African…

13:00 – 14:30 Hitchhiking to Tierra del Fuego

Hitchhiking to Tierra del Fuego An extraordinary travel talk Joshi Nichell is just 18 years old – just old enough to be able to discover the world on his own when he holds his high school diploma in his hands. And that's exactly where he sees a great opportunity! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLBtNPl1oCI He dreams of hitchhiking to South America or even Tierra del Fuego. Without…

Know-how for overlanders

12:30 – 13:30 Digital nomads – living and working in a van

Digital nomads Living and working in a van How do you become a digital nomad? Living full-time in a campervan that you have converted yourself, touring through Europe and doing it all open-ended? For many people, that sounds like absolute luxury and total freedom. This also applies to Mary & Flo from the Digital Nomad Podcast. Because of this, the two…

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Campfire cooking school with Carsten Bothe

Campfire cooking school with Carsten Bothe Cooking with passion Grilling suckling pig, lamb or wild boar like the gauchos directly on the open fire? Then you are exactly right here. Cooking on and in the fire has been Carsten Bothe's greatest passion for over 20 years. In his cooking courses you will get the necessary knowledge to cook everything…

15:30 – 17:00 GPS navigation for overlanders

GPS Navigation for Overlander Workshop with Michael “Mitch” Blömeke Where Am I? – a question that is not always easy to answer Mitch (Michael Blömeke) has been on the go since childhood. On foot, by canoe or off-roader, which also serves as a base camp, his current project is preparing for his trip around the world. But he also always wants to know where he is...

15:00 – 16:30 Beware of smuggled goods

KG1 workshop on the Adventure Southside When traveling abroad, it can happen that car travelers are given a package unnoticed if it is foreseeable that they will soon be crossing the national border. Anyone who is aware of the penalties a tourist can expect if he is caught with a packet of drugs will quickly realize that this workshop can save lives! Here is shown how...

For do-it-yourself builders

14:00 p.m. – 15:00 p.m. Dismantle your mobile home yourself with Uli Dolde

This bible for do-it-yourself builders by Ulrich “Uli” Dolde is a must-have for every household. On the Adventure Southside he will again give two lectures on self-development. We have listed some impressions of his own expansion work here as examples. At the beginning there is the selection and purchase of the basic vehicle, here a Mercedes Benz, later affectionately “asterisk”…

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Dismantling the camper yourself (Michael “Mitch” Blömeke)

Workshop with Michael “Mitch” Blömeke Mitch has already converted four mobile homes himself, but has also restored a caravan and a cabin sailing boat. He likes to look beyond the normal. His first mobile home was a pickup with a lifting roof cabin, the second a semi-integrated expedition vehicle with seven-point storage of the unit consisting of the case and driver's cab. Something more civil was...

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Do-it-yourself motorhome conversion – basic topics

Which touring vehicle is right for me? Large all-wheel drive touring truck, small off-road vehicle with a roof tent, converted VW bus or a pickup with a living cabin? The selection is almost overwhelming. So what should you choose? Sure, such a ready-to-travel Unimog looks like adventure and mighty cool. Or a Defender with a roof tent? It's a bit smaller...

15:00 p.m. – 16:30 p.m. Technical devices in the mobile home – the different systems

What types of cooling options are there in mobile homes? Should I rather cook with gas or better with diesel? And which toilet principle is best suited for my touring vehicle? In general, the question is: Which technical installations are the right ones for my project? The market offers a multitude of possibilities. If you ask in forums...

13:00 p.m. – 15:00 p.m. Make furniture with the bus builders

Intensive furniture construction course The bus hobbyists help everyone who is just starting out with their own construction to help themselves. Manuel gives an insight into the work of the bus tinkerers and holds an intensive course on the subject of furniture construction. We tell you how to avoid mistakes Manuel is self-taught when it comes to furniture construction and has spent the last 20…

16:00 – 17:00 (Tiny-)House DIY workshop with Uli Dolde

(Tiny-)House self-conversion workshop with Uli Dolde The immobile conversion workshop Ulrich Dolde, known to some as a mechanic and writer on the subject of do-it-yourself mobile homes, has just completed his new project, which is more at home in the immobile world: the construction of his 88-square-foot home. The goal was to build the house from the top edge of the floor slab for 100.000 euros. Well, it all worked out...

15:00 p.m. – 16:30 p.m. Electricity in the motorhome with Michael Scheler

You can't do without electricity these days. At least not if you don't want to do without a few things and use candles for more than just the romantic mood in the evening. Mobile phones and tablet computers also want to be charged when you are out and about, the cool box needs electricity and some electric light in the evening is also quite…

Construction of a truck body in timber frame construction

Construction of a truck body in timber frame construction In his presentation, Peter explains step by step the construction of a mobile home in timber frame construction. His best project so far is his mobile iced coffee on a MAN truck, which he takes to the trade fair. The lecture takes place daily from 13:00 p.m. to 14:00 p.m. in Foyer West.

Culture

14:00 – 15:00 Harmonica workshop with Holger “Hobo” Daub

Holger "Hobo" Daub - a great and likeable harmonica player from Hamburg. He is also a wilderness educator and offers seminars and active vacation offers on the Canary Islands. His new project: Outdoor harp – encounters with nature & harmonica workshops. Learn to play the harmonica now If you want to enjoy music around the campfire without Spotify & Co., you can learn for yourself in the new STARTER workshop...

Survival Knowledge

11:00 – 12:00 Extreme Heat Travel (Joe Vogel)

Traveling in Extreme Heat Joe Vogel's new talk on Traveling to Hot and Arid Regions Strategies, safety and important techniques for traveling by foot, bike or vehicle in hot, dry and water-constrained conditions.

12:30 – 14:00 p.m. On the road with improvised tools – lecture by Tony Lennartz

"Since travelers are often confronted with disruptions on the way, I offer problem solutions that convey special know-how and thus a certain degree of security!" Instructions for self-help A life reminiscent of Indiana Jones Anton Lennartz is probably the most important, active one Survival - Expert in Germany. Tony Lennartz combines theoretical and practical knowledge in a way...

11:00 – 12:30 The Small Expedition 1×1 (Joe Vogel)

Planning, preparing and executing individual trips When someone is planning a trip... for which there is no travel agency. More and more people are planning independent and individual tours. Whether it's across the Atlantic on a bathing mattress, across the frozen Lake Baikal on ice skates or around the world on a quad bike. There are few similarities, except that the journey from start to finish is…