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EXIT Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia July 9th-12th 2009
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19-05-2009 11:02AM#1
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I'm going!! :-D Whoo-hoo!!! Since I'm not coming from Ireland, can't give you advice on flights i'm afraid, but the train Budapest to Novi Sad is a grand journey on the way down, though a NIGHTMARE going home, be prepared to be squished in like sardines, and make sure you book your ticket in advance, ideally as soon as you arrive!! (I tried to buy mine on the Monday and barely managed to get a ticket, when I did I had no seat, not that seat numbers meant anything since it was such chaos...)
I'd defo recommend getting a minibus / taxi if you can afford it, there are plenty advertised online, I can't recommend anyone in particular though.
Re accommodation - the campsite is lots of fun, if you have the energy for it. Be prepared to not get much sleep. Heat was MENTAL when I was camping, I ended up sleeping outside my tent out on the grass most of the time. But it was great craic. This was 5 years ago, when I felt considerably younger than now
So, depends how 'able' for it you are.
This year I'm staying in a small apartment, did the same last year. Can recommend an agency if you like, Exit Accommodation Novi Sad, they have a facebook page with all their apartment listings (or see www.exitaccommodation.rs). It's costing me 300 euros for a place which sleeps 3 (so 100 yos each) for 5 nights (no reduction for less nights).
Is it your first Exit? You're gonna have a BLAST :-D0 -
CamillaRhodes wrote: »I'm going!! :-D Whoo-hoo!!! Since I'm not coming from Ireland, can't give you advice on flights i'm afraid, but the train Budapest to Novi Sad is a grand journey on the way down, though a NIGHTMARE going home, be prepared to be squished in like sardines, and make sure you book your ticket in advance, ideally as soon as you arrive!! (I tried to buy mine on the Monday and barely managed to get a ticket, when I did I had no seat, not that seat numbers meant anything since it was such chaos...)
I'd defo recommend getting a minibus / taxi if you can afford it, there are plenty advertised online, I can't recommend anyone in particular though.
Re accommodation - the campsite is lots of fun, if you have the energy for it. Be prepared to not get much sleep. Heat was MENTAL when I was camping, I ended up sleeping outside my tent out on the grass most of the time. But it was great craic. This was 5 years ago, when I felt considerably younger than now So, depends how 'able' for it you are.
This year I'm staying in a small apartment, did the same last year. Can recommend an agency if you like, Exit Accommodation Novi Sad, they have a facebook page with all their apartment listings (or see www.exitaccommodation.rs). It's costing me 300 euros for a place which sleeps 3 (so 100 yos each) for 5 nights (no reduction for less nights).
Is it your first Exit? You're gonna have a BLAST :-D
Thanks for the advice Camilla. sent that crowd an mail there now to see if they've anything left. Waiting on a couple of others to get back to me as well.
Yeah first Exit. First festival other than Witness / ****** i'm ashamed to say! Can see it becoming a yearly thing though. Wish i'd started planning earlier could have got more days off work and panned out on a beach in Croatia for a few days after to recover before going home!
Just wondering as well. They say you can't enter the festival more than once a day. Does this mean you can't get to the campsite and go back too? Thinking of buying camp tickets just to hang about and for a supplies tent type thing or catching a few hours sleep.
Don't think I could handle sleeping in a tent in 30 degrees for the whole thing!0 -
Hey, yeah it's true, you can only enter and leave the fortress once per day. (Campsite is outside the fortress, in fact across the bridge on the other side of the river) But I doubt you'll need a supplies tent, and you certainly won't be doing much sleeping Seriously, you can get pretty much everything you need up in the fortress, and it's all cheap - food, booze, whatever. If you really need your sleep after partying til dawn (as I do), I'd really recommend you rent an apartment (I think all the hotel / hostel rooms are gone by now) - there just ain't that much sleep being done in the camp site. That said, it's fun to hang out during the day, it's next to the beach, there's plenty of music and stuff going on... If you were feeling generous (and I think camping's only about 25 yos extra ish) you could just get a camping pass and make your mind up when you get to Novi Sad? But you'll defo need to book an apartment in advance.
Anyway, welcome to the best festival in Europe. I became obsessed with it when I first went in 2002 and it hasn't let me down yet
I'm sending you a PM, btw.0 -
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Sziget is good but it ain't a patch on Exiti was wondering if it would be worthwhile lugging a (6-8 man) tent over there or is it easy enough to pick one up on arrival to Novi Sad?
I don't remember seeing tents for sale over there, vast majority of people bring their own - I would bring yours (assuming you are 6-8 people?), otherwise buy a light smaller one at home and bring it over. It's gonna be HOT in the tent, so if you can get a very light / breathable one it would be best for ya!How can you book the train tickets in advance from Budapest to the gig?
The only way I know of (though no expert) is to phone Wasteels, the travel agency, who book tickets on trains in eastern europe - I don't know of any way to book online, certainly not in Serbia. Wasteels are in Kelety train station in Budapest, tel. +36-1 210 2802.Is it easy enough to get to Dubrovnik on the Monday after the festival finishes or would it be worthwhile organising something before leaving Dublin?
You know Dubrovnik is pretty far from Novi Sad, right? If I were you, I'd try to line something up beforehand, cos there's gonna be 80,000 people all trying to leave Novi Sad on the Monday, and most of the foreigners (and many locals too) are gonna be trying to get to the coast.
Far as I know, you'd need to get a bus or train to Belgrade, then Zagreb, then down to Split / Dubrovnik. I don't know of public buses which cross through Bosnia to get to Dubrovnik, though maybe there are these days. But I'm pretty sure you'll find travel agencies doing 'charter' buses to take people to Dubrovnik, at a bit of a mark-up on regular bus prices. I've never done it so can't recommend one, have a good look at the Exit website and google around a bit. But if your time is limited and you're sure you wann stay in (or depart from) Dubrovnik, DEFINITELY try to book your transport, as well as accommodation, in advance.
Otherwise, you could just wing it - you're gonna make a load of new 'friends' at Exit, you can always just wait and see what other people are up to. The first year I went I ended up spending 2 weeks afterwards camping out in a derelict rangers' hut up in the forests of the nearby national park, marking trees for preservation and jamming with musicians with healthy quantities of, eh, fun stuff... never could have predicted such an experience before going, but it was the business! 0 -
I'm going again this year but going to give the firST two days a miss as im flying to zadar and want to spend a few days on the coast of Croatia.
I think there is a loads of groups on Facebook regarding the exit fest which are worth giving a once over if you need more info on the event....
see you there
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Hello all, I was at Exit 2008 myself and it was pretty good.
I would highly recommend paying a visit to ‘Zamaj Jovina’ street and taking in the..... ‘sites’
A little word of warning, do not remove the big currency from Serbia.
You will not be able to spend/exchange it outside of Serbia.
Spend or exchange it before you cross the border.
I brought 8500RSD (Approx €90 Euro+) out, only to find I could not exchange it!
If anyone is interested they can have it for €50?
The money came direct from an ATM and totally legitimate.
My boards account should highlight that I’m not some scammer/spammer, there really is just no other way to get rid of this cash unless someone is travelling to the country.
If interested you can PM me and I will call you to discuss.
Any issues what-so-ever, I will take it back on your return.
Check rates @ http://www.xe.com/ucc/full/
Moderator:
If there is an issue with this offer I apologise. Please edit my post.
Regards,
Tom.0 -
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SPACE COWBOY wrote: »Hello all, I was at Exit 2008 myself and it was pretty good.
I would highly recommend paying a visit to ‘Zamaj Jovina’ street and taking in the..... ‘sites’
A little word of warning, do not remove the big currency from Serbia.
You will not be able to spend/exchange it outside of Serbia.
Spend or exchange it before you cross the border.
I brought 8500RSD (Approx €90 Euro+) out, only to find I could not exchange it!
If anyone is interested they can have it for €50?
The money came direct from an ATM and totally legitimate.
My boards account should highlight that I’m not some scammer/spammer, there really is just no other way to get rid of this cash unless someone is travelling to the country.
If interested you can PM me and I will call you to discuss.
Any issues what-so-ever, I will take it back on your return.
Check rates @ http://www.xe.com/ucc/full/
Moderator:
If there is an issue with this offer I apologise. Please edit my post.
Regards,
Tom.
Will give you €60 for this if you want?0 -
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They are very strict on this. You dont get a wristband when enterting the fortress. You get a credit card which is scanned so they know if you have already been in. It stops people bringing back out tickets and letting other people in.
I'm not going this year becuase the line up is crap. I'm feeling bad about it now though....
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Just though i'd share my thoughts on Exit and the way we done it for anyone interested or searching about the festival next year.
So our journey started in Dublin Airport. Flight to Budapest was about 3 hours. From Budapest airport a taxi will cost around the 20 euro mark to the train station. Theres no direct bus or rail link so this was the handiest although there are cheaper alternatives if your trying to scrape by.
Had a 2 hour wait in Budapest airport so went downstairs to a shop come bar type place. Around 1 euro for a large bottle of Stella so happy days. Drank with a few locals and let out every song I knew. Look out for a tall long haired bearded guy. He's a bit of craic although very strange.....
Train down to Novi Sad was quiet enough people wise as the festival had started that day already. Got a bag of cans and then more of the same getting pissed and talking ****e to others on the way down. Only €24 return to Novi Sad which was a bargain and compartments on train are pretty cool. Border crossings were fine. Quick check of passport and no bag checking or anything.
Arrived in Novi Sad around 5am. Got the first taxi we seen and ended up ripping us off. By ripping off I mean charging us 15 euro for a 2 euro taxi drive. Talk to drivers and agree a price before going. The taxis with the meters on mirrors are the best to get as they can't fiddle their meters. Most taxi drives should cost under 200 Dinar (about €2!) although a lot of them will try to charge you more. Look out for white cabs with 300 300 on the roof. Their generally the best.
Stayed in a place called Vila Vigor. Was advertised as a hostel but was more like a 3 star hotel. Would recommend it to anyone looking next year. Only complaint would be curtains let a lot of light in.
Ok so the festival itself. Don't go over expecting an Oxegen type festival i.e. chilling out drinking all day drinking etc. at the festival. Gates don't open until 5pm but its around 10 or 11 before it really gets going. We drank in the town centre from around 1am each day which is a bad idea really as we crashed around 3 or 4ish each night when everything was still in full swing.
The whole not being able to get in and out only once thing wasn't an issue as when your leaving it'll be to crash for the night not like Oxegen etc. going back to chill out before the main acts etc.
On the last day we got the hang of it a bit better, stayed off the booze down on the beach during the day. Weather every day was around the 30 mark.
I'd recommend not drinking during the day and waiting until the run down to the festival which is covered in stalls selling cheap beer, vodka etc. and the local poitin Rakia which is some good juice.
Inside the fortress you can only get beer and wine to drink but its not hard to smuggle in small bottles of vodka etc. and then get juice in there. You get searched on the way in but all they seemed to check was cigarette packets on us.
Theres around 8 or 9 stages in the place and only managed to catch around 3 or 4. Spent most of our time at the main stage. Main stage is a bit of a bottleneck so if you don't get there early you'll end up way back.
Would also recommend bringing a light rain jacket as it got chilly enough a couple of nights and in case it rains obviously.
The crowd there is generally a mish mash of serbians then people from all over Europe. Quite a few brits there but not your Majorca lager lout types so not too bad.
Serbian women are generally like women anywhere (except their twice as good looking!). Some will talk away to you to you etc. etc. and some will look at you like you've got the swine flu. People going around with swine flu masks everywhere was quite funny actually.
The town itself is pretty cool. Full of outside covered beer gardens, stalls and everything is cheap as hell. 5 of us drinking beer, cocktails, Jagerbombs, shots and food only managed to put together a bill of under 30quid each over around 7 hours. Pints are generally under a euro so are cigarettes. Pizzas and other meals around 2euro or so.
Never seen any trouble at all over there although some english guy died after falling from the fortress walls.
Oh and don't forget to bring ID when collecting your tickets. Num nuts and the gang happy out after getting there had to turn around and go back to the hotel on the first night.
Don't buy t-shirts inside either. They charge around 15 when the same t-shirts can be got for around a fiver on the way in/out
Train back to Budapest was pretty **** but i've been through worse. Over packed and sweaty so try leg it on to grab a seat fast.
Holy **** just realised how much i've wrote........
Moral of the story though is I will be back!0 -
Good post man, similar experience to me, great festival indeed. We got the bus to and from Budapest, nightmare 7hr journey each way. But it was worth it in the end.
So many highlights from the festival, one of which was these guys playing the fusion stage on the Friday in the lashing rain, we really couldn't believe what we were seeing.
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