Nowhere Census 2019 Participants 2019: 3554 Census responses (total): 1140 Census responses (percent): 32% Table of contents Page Geography / Geofrafia / Géographie 2 Language / Idiomas / Langues 3 Going Nowhere / Yendo a Nowhere / Aller au Nowhere 4 Expenses / Gastos / Dépenses 7 Services / Servicios / Services 8 Camping / Campement 11 Sound / Sonido / Son 14 MOOP & WAR Zone 17 Consent / Consentimiento / Consentement 20 Art / Arte 24 Toilets / Baños / Toilettes 25 ICE ICE Baby 26 Your thoughts / Tus ideas / Vos idées 28 Volunteering / Voluntariado / Volontariat 29 Health / Salud / Santé 36 Highs and Lows / Altos y Bajos / Les plus et les moins 38 Bus 39 About you / Sobre ti / À propos de vous 40 EN: Where do you live? ES: ¿Dónde vives? FR: Où habitez-vous? [1135 people / personas / personnes] 26.2% France 28.4% 13.5% United Kingdom 15.3% 13.0% Germany 11.7% 11.5% Spain 9.6% 9.0% Netherlands 8.8% 5.5% Switzerland 5.7% 3.8% Belgium 3.6% Other countries: Denmark 0.70% 1% Ireland, Sweden 0.53% Israel 2.0% Canada, Norway 0.44% USA 2.5% Australia, Luxembourg , New 0.35% 1.8% Zealand Czech Republic, Russia 0.26% Catalunya 2.0% 1.7% Finland, Poland 0.18% Cambodia, Kenya, Latvia, 0.09% Italy 2.4% 1.5% Madagascar,Thailand, Ukraine, United Arab 2.2% Austria 1.5% Emirates, Cyprus, Indonesia, Hungary, Niger, Croatia, 2.7% 2018 Various 1.4% Greece, Colombia, Costa Rica, Liechtenstein, Hong Kong 2019 0.2% Portugal 1.1% 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0% Top countries Top countries Top countries Top countries Top countries 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 France (28%) France (26%) France (25%) France (25%) UK (28%) UK (15%) UK (14%) UK (18%) UK (24%) France (23%) Germany (12%) Germany (13%) Spain (12%) Spain (11%) Spain (13%) Spain (10%) Spain (12%) Germany (12%) Germany (10%) Germany (9%) Netherlands (9%) Netherlands (9%) Netherlands (7%) Netherlands (8%) Belgium (5%) Switzerland (6%) Switzerland (6%) Belgium (5%) Belgium (5%) Netherlands (5%) Nobodies are an international crowd including participants from 43 countries. The number of participants from Spain is slightly down, compared to last year, 52% of those being of Spanish origin and 48% expats. 2 EN: Which of the following languages do you speak fluently? ES: ¿Cual de las siguientes lenguas hablas fluidas? FR: Lesquelles des langues suivantes parlez-vous de manière courante? [1132 people / personas / personnes] English 92% French / Français 44% Spanish / Español 24% German / Deutsch 22% Dutch / Nederlands 10% Italian / Italiano 8% Catalan 3% None of the above / Ninguna de las indicadas / 1% Aucune de celles-ci 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Although participants come from all around the world, 92% of them speak English fluently, making it the main language of Nowhere. French follows on the second place, with 44% of people speaking it, while German comes in third (22%). Of the 8% participants who don’t speak English, 64% are fluent in French and 19% speak Spanish. There are hardly any participants fluent in German (13%) or Italian (3%) who don’t speak English as well. 3 EN: How fast is Nowhere growing? [3554 people / personas / personnes] Number of participants 4000 3664 3500 3554 3000 2600 2500 2000 1939 1500 1500 1368 1199 1000 1004 590 627 500 515 320 240 134 0 35 68 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Year Tickets Growth 2004 35 - 2005 68 94% 2006 134 97% 2007 240 79% 2008 320 33% 2009 515 61% 2010 590 15% 2011 627 6% 2012 1 004 60% 2013 1 199 19% 2014 1 368 14% 2015 1 500 10% 2016 1 939 29% The growth of the event has varied greatly 2017 2 600 34% over the years. This year for the first time 2018 3 664 41% ever we have had less participants then the previous year. 2019 3 554 -3% 4 EN: Have you been to Nowhere or other burn events before? ES: ¿Has estado antes en Nowhere o en otros eventos burn ? FR: Êtes-vous déjà allé à Nowhere ou d’autres événements burn auparavant? [1102 people / personas / personnes] I have been to Nowhere before, but attended no other burn events / He estado antes en Nowhere, pero no en otros eventos burn / J’ai déjà été à Nowhere, mais je n’ai jamais participé à d’autres évènements burn / Ero già stato a Nowhere ma non ad altri even 17% This was my first Nowhere, but I have been to other burn events / Este fue mi primer Nowhere, pero he estado en otros eventos de burn / Ceci était mon premier Nowhere, mais j’ai été à d’autres 42% évènements burn / Questo è stato il mio primo Nowhere ma ero g 15% This was my first ever Nowhere and burn event / Este fue mi primer Nowhere y evento burn / Ceci était mon premier Nowhere et évènement burn / Questo è stato il mio primo Nowhere e primo burn 26% I have been to Nowhere and other burn events before / He estado en Nowhere y en otros eventos burn / J’ai déjà été à Nowhere et à d’autres évènement burn / Ero già stato a Nowhere e ad altri eventi burn While only 59% of the 2019 participants had been to Nowhere in previous years, another 15% had been to other burns before, resulting in 26% burn virgins. This means that numbers of nowhere veterans have gone up by 6% from 2018 while 4% less burn virgins have attended. 5 EN: How many times have you been to Nowhere before (not counting this year)? ES: ¿Cuántas veces has estado antes en Nowhere? FR: Combien de fois avez-vous été à Nowhere auparavant? [651 people / personas / personnes] 15 0.3% 14 0.0% 13 0.5% 12 0.6% 11 0.3% 10 0.8% 9 1.5% 8 1.8% 7 3.4% 6 3.4% 5 6.6% 4 9.5% 3 16.0% 2 22.0% 1 32.7% 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0% 35.0% EN: Where were the other burning events that you’ve been to held? ES: ¿Dónde fueron los otros eventos Burning a los que has asistido? FR: À quel(s) autre(s) évènement(s) Burner êtes-vous déjà allé? [655 people / personas / personnes] Europe (eg BBB, Nest) 79.5% North America - Burning Man 41.2% Africa (eg AfrikaBurn) 12.4% Israel (eg Midburn) 9.2% North America - Other (eg AfterBurn) 6.3% New Zealand (eg Kiwi Burn) 3.5% Australia (eg Burning Seed) 2.8% Asia (eg Burning Japan) 1.1% Russia 0.5% South America 0.2% 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0% 80.0% 90.0% 6 EN: How much money did you spend in Spain for the festival (not including camp fees) (e.g. food, water, fuel, transport)? ES: ¿Cuánto dinero te gastaste en España para el Nowhere? FR: Combien avez-vous dépensé en Espagne pour Nowhere? [1032 people / personas / personnes] 200 2019 2018 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 Total amount of people amount Total 40 20 0 Mean expenses: 341€ Most frequent expenses: 200€ Total amount of money spent (participants taking part in census): 351 798€ Total amount of money spent (estimation for all participants): 1 211 914€ Participants spent on average 341€ for Nowhere during their time in Spain which is 47€ down from last year. While 200€ stays the most frequent amount of money spent, some people spent as much as 10 000€. Based on the average expenses, it can be estimated that all participants together spent as much as 1 211 914€ in Spain, showing the huge impact Nowhere has on the local economy. 7 EN: What was your experience of the following communications channels, pre-event? ES: ¿Cuál fue tu experiencia con los siguientes canales de comunicación, anteriores al evento? FR: Quelle a été votre expérience avec les moyens de communications suivants avant l’événement? [1051 people / personas / personnes] 100% 4% 4% 0% 0% 3% 12% 6% 13% 90% 12% 1% 1% 7% 9% 80% 20% 70% 28% 27% 24% I did not use this / No los usé / Je 60% ne les ai pas utilisés Useless / Ninguna utilidad / Inutile 33% Not very useful / No muy útil / 50% Peu utile Quite useful / Bastante útil / Assez utile 40% Very useful / Muy útil / Très utile 34% 34% Essential / Imprescindible / Essentiel 30% 53% 20% 37% 10% 19% 19% 0% Survival Website Newsletters Facebook Guide 8 EN: What was your experience of the following Nowhere services during the event? ES: ¿Cuál fue tu experiencia con los siguientes servicios de Nowhere durante el evento? FR: Quelle a été votre expérience avec les services du Nowhere suivants au cours de l’événement? [1034 people / personas / personnes] NoBED, Yes!BED 7.6% 9.1% 4.9% 0.3% 77.2% 1.0% 0.3% Welfare Enough 16.3% 11.8% 3.25% 68.1% 0.3% 0.5% Nomads 28.6% 21.5% 7.9% 40.6% 1.0% 0.5% NoInfo 22.2% 23.8% 14.1% 2.4% 37.0% 0.1% Malfare and Red Cross 21.8% 11.9% 3.6% 62.1% 0.5% 0.2% Interpreters 7.3% 5.9% 2.4% 83.7% 0.6% 0.3% Ice 37.4% 20.5% 4.3% 37.3% 0.3% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Excellent / Excelente / Excellent Very useful / Muy útil / Très utile Quite useful / Bastante útil / Assez utile Not very useful / No muy útil / Peu utile Useless / Ninguna utilidad / Inutile I did not use this / No lo usé / Je ne les ai pas utilisés 9 EN: What was your experience of the following Nowhere services during the event? ES: ¿Cuál fue tu experiencia con los siguientes servicios de Nowhere durante el evento? FR: Quelle a été votre expérience avec les services du Nowhere suivants au cours de l’événement? [1034 people / personas / personnes] 0.9% WAR Zone 35.2% 23.9% 4.3% 35.6% 0.2% 2.1% What Where When Guide 51.3% 25.7% 12.4% 8.0% 0.6% 2.3% Toilets 29.7% 37.5% 20.6% 9.3% 0.6% 3.8%1.5% 0.1% Ohana House 91.2% 2.7% 0.8% 1.0% Greeters 30.1% 18.1% 15.0% 29.4% 6.4% 0.6% Gate 42.7% 28.0% 19.1% 3.2% 6.4% 0.2% Bus 10.4% 8.4% 0.5% 78.0% 2.5% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Excellent / Excelente / Excellent Very useful / Muy útil / Très utile Quite useful / Bastante útil / Assez utile Not very useful / No muy útil / Peu utile Useless / Ninguna utilidad / Inutile I did not use this / No lo usé / Je ne les ai pas