The United Games of Nations 2008 take place in the Jugenddorf Müggelsee. There are several things that need to be prepared in order to guarantee an interesting festival for every participant. That is why we wrote this list, to help you preparing your delegation for the week in Berlin.

• The main language at the UG Festival is English. It is important that every participant is able to speak and understand English. (Of course, nobody expects the participants to speak perfectly)

• The participants will sleep in bungalow at the lake Müggelsee. Everyone will need a sleeping-bag and a pillow (in case you are willing to carry one on your trip). Even in the middle of June the nights in Germany can be very cold. We recommend to bring an extra blanket additionnally to the sleeping bag.
  

• Unfortunately we did not yet manage to order constat good weather during our festivals, so please also bring warm clothes and a waterresistent jacket for rainy days. Be prepared for all possible kinds of weather.

• There will be free drinks (water) in the camp but we ask every participant to bring a cup AND a drinking bottle on his own.
  

• During the Opening-Performance we ask every participating country to perform a small presentation, introducing your country to the other participants. The content of your presentation is only limited by your creativity but it should not take more than 5 minutes. Also, we would love to see you in traditionally typical clothing but definitely bring a FLAG from your country.
  

• As every year we will have the famous “European Dinner” which will be on Tuesday. We ask every delegation to bring some typical food of their country to have a large buffet of all the countries present at the festival. You will not have much time to prepare/cook the food in a kitchen before the European Dinner so please try to prepare as much as possible beforehand. Also, please keep in mind that the European Dinner is on the 2nd day of the festival which means that the food needs to be quite durable. We ask you to bring with you everything you need for your meal, especially local specialities like spices or things like that. If it is really needed we will have the possibility to buy things for you that have to be fresh like fruits or meat but we cannot guarantee that we will get everything you need here. Please let us know about such needs on your first day of arrival.
  

• Participants will have the chance to swim in the lake during the day, so please bring swimming clothes and, for participants under the age of 18, a swimming permission from your parents.