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Makerspaces & Hackerspaces

Makerspaces & Hackerspaces is for places and routes that clearly match this theme. This category includes labels such as Hackerspaces, FabLabs, and Repair cafes. A spot belongs here when the theme is visible in the activity, location or facility itself, not just because it happens to be nearby.

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Makerspaces & Hackerspaces

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What belongs in Makerspaces & Hackerspaces?

Makerspaces are useful when people know what they can build or learn there. Describe equipment, access, membership and open sessions.

Makerspaces & Hackerspaces covers spots where this theme is central. The place should be recognizable, visitable and useful for someone actively looking for this kind of location.

Use the 3 subcategories to describe the place more precisely. Examples include Hackerspaces, FabLabs, and Repair cafes.

Criteria for this category

Choose Makerspaces & Hackerspaces when the activity, function or setting of the spot directly fits this theme. The description and photo should make it clear why the place belongs here.

If several labels could apply, choose the subcategory that most concretely describes what someone can do or see at the location.

What does not belong here?

A place does not automatically belong in Makerspaces & Hackerspaces because it is beautiful, quiet or popular. The main feature must genuinely match this category.

Use another category when the place is mainly about food, views, history, sport, nature or public facilities and {name} is only a side detail.

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Subcategories that make clearer what kind of place is meant inside Makerspaces & Hackerspaces.

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