On June 12, 2004, the Couchsurfing website launched with the goal of connecting travelers to a global network of people willing to open up their homes and share their lives with strangers. Since its beginning, Couchsurfing has touched the lives of over 12 million people in over 200,000 cities and in all seven continents. At Couchsurfing HQ, we’re in awe of the extraordinary generosity we see every day throughout the world.
On June 12, we’re celebrating 12 years of openness, sharing, and hospitality. If you can’t make it to our celebration in San Francisco on June 11, there are Couchsurfing events happening all over the world that weekend. Check out the list below to find a Couchsurfing event near you!
Don’t see your event on the list? Let us know in the comments and we’ll add it to the list! Can’t find one nearby? Don’t let that stop you from celebrating! Organize an event today, and be sure to share pictures on Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #internationalcsday2016.
Australia
- Music, Fun and Drink in Cronulla! Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia
- Perth CS Roving Meetup Northbridge, Western Australia, Australia
Colombia
- Voluntariado Niñ@s en JARDÍN BOTANICO Antioquia, Colombia
Czech Republic
- Weekly Saturday International Meet-up Prague Prague, Czech Republic
Finland
- CS Helsinki Boat Party @ Helsinki archipelago 11.6 Helsinki, Finland
- CS Helsinki Hangover Picnic in Suomenlinna Helsinki, Finland
France
- Join BW in Beauduc Beach Kamp Arles, France
- GIANT PICNIC CS MEETING ABOVE THE SEINE RIVER Paris, France
Germany
- International CS Day Nuremberg, Germany
- ♥♥♥ CS Berlin weekly Saturday Cocktail Party♥♥♥ Berlin, Germany
Hong Kong
- International CS Day Celebration in Hong Kong 2016 Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Hungary
- SUNday M-ing ….SUNDAY SUNSET …. meeting Budapest, Hungary
India
- MUMBAI SECOND SATURDAY MEETUP Mumbai, India
- MUSSU (Kolkata) Kolkata, India
Indonesia
- CS Bogor Monthly Gath : International CS Day 2016 Bogor, Indonesia
- CS Tangsel Monthly Gathering: International CS Day Tangsel, Indonesia
- CS Bekasi Monthly Gathering : INTERNATIONAL CS DAY Bekasi, Indonesia
- CS Depok Monthly Gathering: International CS Day Depok, Indonesia
- CS Tangerang Monthly Gathering: Int’l CS Day Tangerang, Indonesia
- gathering Couchsurfer Sukabumi : Sukabumi, Indonesia
Italy
- CS Toga Invasion Party II Edition Milan, Italy
Japan
- CS Tokyo: Mid-Month Meetup Tokyo, Japan
Mexico
- Salida a Xochimilco, CDMX, Puebla, Mexico
- Escape to Xilitla Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
- Salida a Xochimilco, CDMX Federal District, Mexico
Morocco
- CS Weekly Regular Meeting Casablanca, Morocco
Poland
- Open people meeting – Picnic with Chopin music Warszawa, Poland
- CSaturday Night Party! Warsaw Meeting Point Warszawa, Poland
Portugal
- “SUMMER BARBECUE II”, 12th June, Sunday, 11am Porto, Portugal
Russia
- Anti-boring PAINTBALL BBQ SAUNA Moscow, Russian Federation
- WEEKLY CS FRISBEE Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Singapore
- CS Beach Volleyball Singapore
Spain
- Free Weekly Juggling Meetup-Workshop Barcelona, Spain
- BMM – Coffee & boardgames / Café y juegos de mesa Bilbao, Spain
- BMM Lindy hop & Jazz Steps Bilbao, Spain
- BMM – Saturday Party at Frentealgua! Bilbao, Spain
- hiking BERMEO – SAN JUAN GASTELUGATX – BAKIO (BBM) Basque Country, Spain
- de PORTUGALETE a SOPELA Basque Country, Spain
- BMM – Beach volley and basque sports on the beach Solondota, Spain
- BMM – Comida Sabado / Saturday Lunch BMM2016 Sopelana, Spain
Switzerland
- Dutch pancake night in Basel – Saturday 11 June Basel, Switzerland
- Sightseeing in Basel – Saturday 11 June Basel, Switzerland
Thailand
- ♥ CSfing Weekly Cooking, Eating, Meeting Bangkok♥ Bangkok, Thailand
United Kingdom
- CouchSurfing picnic Hull, United Kingdom
- CS International Picnic and Volleyball London, United Kingdom
United States
- International Couchsurfing Day! San Francisco, CA, United States
- Monthly Potluck Picnic at Lake Eola Orlando, FL, United States
- Intl’ CS Day! Pizza in the Square – CT Meetup #9 New Haven, CT
- CS VIP Cruise Brunch Party NYC ** Sunday June 12th New York, NY, United States
- Saturday Night CS VIP Party NYC * June 11th* New York, NY, United States
- CS Volunteers! Seattle, WA, United States
Vietnam
- Couchsurfing Saigon Weekly Meet-up Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Today I got an e-mail about Couchsurfing’s birthday.
The e-mail, very much like this blog post, mentions ‘a global network’, ‘200,000 cities across the globe’, ‘all over the world’.
So I open the link to the CS gear webshop and see that everything is in feet and inches only. Only payment method is credit card (not so common outside US). Shipping anywhere outside US is very expensive.
If you want this to be a world wide community, perhaps you should make some effort to not make it so extremely US centered.
Aqui, in Portland, Oregon, a beautiful city framed by Mt St Helens, to the north; Mt. Hood, to the east; the Willamette valley (full of fruits & berries) to the south; and the Pacific coast, to the west.
Come journey here for our great lite rail system and many well-known waterfalls, such as Multnomah, and many lesser ones on both sides of the Columbia River Gorge.
Here’s Connectcut’s!
Thanks!