# Why we moved our team 1,500 miles away for a month

> Last year when Johan and I founded The Things Network, Johan was in Barcelona at Hacker Paradise and I was in Amsterdam during the most crucial time of it’s exi

- Type: Global update from The Things Network
- Author: Wienke Giezeman
- Published: 2016-10-03
- Updated: 2026-10-06
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/article/why-we-moved-our-team-1500-miles-away-for-a-month

Last year when Johan and I founded The Things Network, Johan was in Barcelona at Hacker Paradise and I was in Amsterdam during the most crucial time of it’s existence.

Hacker Paradise is a community that moves around the world and offers a good opportunity for a workcation.

You join a group of like minded developers, designers and entrepreneurs and have a good time while you do your freelance gigs or do your normal job remotely in a place where you otherwise would go on holiday. All the logistics are taking care of for you –housing, community and a workplace.

This summer they would touch down in Porto, Portugal. It was temptingly close.

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