DiscoverEU Meetup 2026

Welcome to join Globala Kronoberg’s DiscoverEU-meetup at the end of beginning of August, 2026. We will spend two full days at Sweden’s first sustainable farm hostel, slowing down and enjoying the Swedish nature. On the schedule there will be canoeing, hiking, outdoor games and Sauna baths.

Not only is Ödevata hostel a beautiful place to be at, but as a sustainable facility they run their own aquaponic cultivation, produce their own bio coal and grow most of their own food. In joining our meetup you will learn more about how to live sustainably and how different methods can help us become climate positive.

During the meetup we will stay as a group 70 km outside of Växjö in the countryside of Emmaboda. Participants are accommodated for three nights in shared rooms, and two lunches, three breakfasts and three dinners will be provided, plus Swedish fika in the afternoons. The Meetup will start and end in the city of Växjö, which you can easily reach by train from either Stockholm, Gothenburg or Copenhagen. We will also be offering a stop in Emmaboda on the way back to Växjö on the last day of the Meetup.

This Meetup will give you the chance to take it a little bit slower, spend plenty of time with other participants and enjoy the magical Swedish summer. Want to know how the Meetup looked like last year? Take a look here!

We will start the meetup by meeting up at the station in Växjö. After meeting up, we will travel by bus to Ödevata where we will spend the rest of the meetup. Upon arrival there will be the check-in, vegetarian dinner and some get-to-know activities. For those who want, sauna will also be available after the end of the day if the weather allows it.

The morning will start with start with a study visit in Ödevata's Aquaponic Green house, where the staff will not only tell us about the current ecofriendly systems in place, but also about Ödevatas vision to become climate positive and the steps they are taking towards it. Following that, a workshop will done on group dynamic. Vegetarian lunch will be served at midday.
In the afternoon the participants will enjoy a treasure hunt, and an optional hike in the surrounding areas before the dinner starts. Stone baked pizza will be served for dinner in the evening, and the day will end with sauna baths next to and on the nearby lake.

The morning will start with some information about EU’s youth programs, including some interactive games connected to the topic. Vegetarian lunch will again be served at midday.
After lunch it's time for canoeing in the nearby lake. If good weather, we will travel to one end of the lake, and then back to the accommodation, ca 4 km. After returning from the canoeing, Swedish fika will be served in the main dining room.
The rest of the afternoon will be free, and a vegetarian Crayfish party will be held outside around 19.00. If the weather allows, the sauna will be available also for this evening.

On the last day the breakfast will be shorter than the previous days, and end at 09.15. At 09.30 the rented bus will depart back to Växjö, with a stop in Emmaboda for those who wants to take a train towards Kalmar or catch an earlier train towards Malmö/Copenhagen. The bus is expected to arrive in Växjö just before 11.00, where participants can either explore the city or continue their journey by train.