No Where (event) - About The Event

About The Event

Origin of the name

In 2004, at the first Nowhere event, there was a public board to suggest names for the event. Out of it came the formalization of the name Nowhere. According to Bongo Pedro, the first mention of the name Nowhere occurred in a thread discussing names for the event. Armand wrote that he couldn't wait to meet us all in the "middle of nowhere". Three people liked the idea of Nowhere as a name and none of the other ideas got more than one vote each.
The following story is a lucky co-incidence about the origin of the name: it was suggested the name came from a sign showing Welcome to Nowhere outside the only store and gas station in Empire, Nevada. Empire (Gerlach-Empire, Nevada) is the second last town on the way Burning Man, it consists only of a few houses and is literately in the middle of Nowhere, the Nevada desert.

Landscape

The landscape in the region of Monegros near Zaragoza is very dry and has a desert-like feel. Some canyons around Nowhere resemble the desert in Nevada. There is a lot of agriculture close to the Nowhere location, but it depends heavily on a well-developed irrigation system with water from the Pyrenees. The areas south of Nowhere are not densely populated at all - there are a few farming towns far apart from each other.

Middle of Nowhere (MoN)

Central shade structure which is a public space for relaxing, dancing, workshops and socializing.