Eurofurence 16

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Eurofurence 16, theme "Serengeti", is a European furry convention that was held from the 1st to the 5th of September 2010 at the Maritim Hotel in Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. 973 guests attended the convention[1], of which 251 registered for a fursuit badge.[2]. The charity for the animal sanctuary Gnadenhof Emmrich raised EUR 5771.15 (~US$7442)[3]. Eurofurence 16 makes Eurofurence offically the longest running furry convention in the world after beating the old record set by Confurence.

Maritim Hotel[edit]

Is a 4 star hotel having 514 rooms for a total housing capacity of 1016 people without overbooking. The hotel includes: sauna, swimming pool and fitness center. The Hotel's largest function room can accommodate up to 1660 people.[4]

Events[edit]

  • Workshops
  • Fursuit dance
  • Fursuit parade with 216 costumers, partly through Magdeburg [5]
  • Art show with 100 artists[2] and art auction
  • Dealers' Room with 72 dealers[2]
  • Charity events
  • Main stage game shows
  • Stage Fever fursuit variety show
  • Uncle Kage vs 2
  • Fursuit game show
  • Fursuit Theatre
  • DoPE pawpetshow 11: Ogwambi

Guest of Honour[edit]

Stan Sakai was announced as EF16's Guest of Honour by Cheetah on February 9, 2010.[6]

Attendance[edit]

Attendance statistics by country[7]:

Country Number of attendees
Germany
425
UK
137
Netherlands
59
USA
52
Austria
51
Russia
36
Finland 34
France
33
Switzerland
24
Belgium 17
Czech Republic
16
Norway 16
Sweden
16
Poland
12
Canada
10
Denmark 9
Hungary 6
Australia
2
Greece 2
Ukraine 2
Slovakia 2
Macedonia 2
Croatia 1
Israel 1
Portugal
1
Brazil
1
Italy
1
Slovenia 1
Estonia 1
Saudi Arabia 1
Luxembourg 1
Lithuania 1

References[edit]

  1. Eurofurence History
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 EF 16 beendet
  3. EF 16 Charity Ergebnis
  4. Meetings and Events from the Hotel's website
  5. According to the Fursuit Group Photo
  6. Guest of Honour announcement
  7. Cheetah, Re: Attendees per country
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