Towel Day was a resounding success during the past years. People from all over the world celebrated Towel Day and many of them sent pictures to prove it. Feel free to post your own pictures on the forum A shred of evidence.
You guys sent so many
pictures this year I decided to split them up. One page for Europe, one
for the
rest of the world. Consider a long download time for these pages as they
are packed with images.
Christoph Schultes, Germany.
Klaus Ragen from Austria.
Pierce Jussi from Gävle, Sweden.
Kitty a.k.a. Sarjenka from the Netherlands, asks for Dutch visitors to
check out her blog.
http://www.nightmarepatrol.net/sarjenka/weblog/pivot/entry.php?id=376
Biggi Kaul from Ennepetal, Germany, sent this animation.
David Igor Andrassew from Budapest, Hungary.
radiat-r from Bavaria, Germany.
JollyOrc from Hamburg, Germany, hiding from a Ravenous Bugblatter Webcam.
Markus Scholzen from Neuss, Germany.
Sandra and Fredrik from Norway.
Joel Fourier from Frankfurt, Germany, in front of the Johann Wolfgang
Goethe Universität.
Oliver Francis from South Wales, United Kingdom.
Armin Schneider from Kaarst, Germany.
Björn and Florian from Germany.
Australian student Marcus Augustine from Augsburg, Germany.
Katherine Johnson from Lancaster University, United Kingdom.
David Laszlo from Budapest, Hungary.
Game developers Junpei, HoBagoly, Garry and Babar at Digital Reality,
Hungary.
Oliver 'Cubitus' Tietze, giving Spongebob a toweljob on the Marienplatz in Munich, Germany.
Zsofia Halmai from Budapest, Hungary.
Enar Nordvik from Skellefteå, Sweden.
Enry, Biky and Danny from Modena, Italy.
Andeerz Klokkarz from Sweden.
Bos Beetle from the Netherlands.
Mattias Wadenstein from Sweden
Fredrik, Göteborg, Sweden
Barnaby from Hungary, Budapest
Panos Zarkadakis from Berlin, Germany.
Lajos Polecsak from Budapest, Hungary.
Edmund Shepherd from Durham, United Kingdom.
ally from Romsée in Belgium
Isak Lyckberg from Varberg, Sweden.
Zolnai 'Lacka' László and his friends at the Eötvös
Lorand Science University
or Faculty of Computer Science, Budapest, Hungary. More
pictures.
Tobias Grönlund from Sweden.
Marco and Paolo from Italy.
wonko the sane: Towelday on the Amsterdam Canals
Martin & Jan-Eric from Luebeck, Germany.
Fab from Aachen, Germany.
Udo Bock from Germany.
Dzsefi from Veszprém, Hungary.
Tobias Zwick from Elmshorn, Germany, writes to say:
Even though I read those books already some years ago, I heard of it not until some months ago. A very nice idea, but it seems as if it is pretty unknown in Germany, yet. Even other Douglas fans haven't known about this as I posted it in some forum. (And they report that they are/were the only ones who carry in the uni/school *g*) Anyway, this year I'm participating and I got a photo, too :D. Another application for using a towel: Use it to disguise yourself as a pirate if you ever have to infiltrate a (space)pirate ship ;)
Dennis from Kiel, Germany.
pau from Budapest, Hungary.
Viktor from Hungary.
Zorah and Astrid from the Netherlands.
nice-cup-of-tea and KatColorado from Zürich, Switzerland.
Jamie Montgomery from Uppsala, Sweden.
Viktor Guba from Fót, Hungary.
jeedi from Hamburg, Germany.
Daniel Randhawa, a hitchiker from Hamburg, Germany.
Karl Jones from England, writes to say this about mr Jones junior:
Strange little kid, he asked me for his towel and an umbrella at bedtime! I had forgotten about towel day until then!
Hans Peer from the Netherlands.
Gy, Adri, and Marc and our warm greetings from Hungary.
"Unicum from Hungary is so mindboggingly drunk after some pan-galactic
gargle blasters, that he hopes to get a ride from some Vogons in his own
kitchen."
Stefan from Germany.
Elianora from Helsinki, Finland, writes to say:towel_day.jpg is taken at home, kuva85.jpg is from my work. I work in a grocery shop and despite the dress code (green jacket, blue pants), I kept my "tuned" towel with me whole evening, hanging on my waist ;) Customers looked pretty suspicious :] kuva82.jpg is from a local kebab place where I grabbed a pizza. There too, my towel caught everyone's attention. "Maybe" it was those markings on it ;)
dex from Hungary.
Fabian Klenk from Germany.
Tar Zsombor from Hungary with a friend.
Hi, I'm Josh from Amsterdam (well, London, but I live here) and these
are my hat, my head and my towel.
Fabian from Sweden.
Selena posing outside Salisbury Cathedral in Wiltshire, UK.
Samanaj from Budapest , Hungary.
Johan Lindgren from Sweden.
LordMarduk from Pecs, Hungary, with a friend.
Brocara from Germany writes to say:
This is our cat Rigo. He likes white towels:
Jonas from Sweden writes to say:
Here is a picture of SoreBeard (me), Haiko (my dog) and Monia (my gf).
Gunter Wehmeyer, Germany, writes to say:
hi...its almost the last minutes in this year towelday and i want to send you the last picture from me in germany thanks for your website, keep the rememberance floating.
Balazs from Hungary wish us all a happy Towel Day.
Greg from Oxford, UK.
Necro & Zozz from Hungary.
Samuli Koponen from Finland, with a friend.
Anna Bjurbäck, Karlstad, Sweden.
Jen Evans from South West England.
Jürgen from Austria, writes to say:
For today I was on a trip to the Czech Republic to attend a scientific conference. But the hike FAILED MISSERABLY. My beloved sub-etha-passport was not able to get me into the (maybe controlled by Vogons?) country. What a pity! Happy Towelday
From Liechtenstein, Christian Werner, Andreas May, Alexander Blach, Karin Hillenbrand,
Holger May.
Dennis and Sandra along with a couple of little hitch-hikers from Hamburg,
Germany.
Pedro Queiró and his friend David at Superior Technical Institute,
Lisboa, Portugal.
Michael "Størti" V. from Minden, Germany
Hitchhikers from Hungary, Szeged.
Mark Lorenz, Germany, writes to say:
Hi, hier unser Handtuchtag
im ersten Bild (wir sind zu dritt - Karl Bringmann, Mark Lorenz, Martin Schrön) gegen Abend (als es langsam etwas kälter wurde und das zweite Bild (nur Martin)im Laufe des Tages.
Bericht? OK. Also erst einmal war es traurig - man ist durch die Stadt gelaufen und sah keinen anderen, der den "TowelDay" beging. Stattdessen nur komische Blicke... Naja, ein HAndtuch schützt ja bekanntlich vor diesen *g*. Gegen Abend dann (so 22-23.00) zeigte sich die ganze Nützlichkeit eines solchen nochmals! Erstens: Kräutersoße kann man prima mit einem Handtuch vom T-Shirt tupfen und Zweitens: Nur mit T-Shirt bekleidet, wurde uns relativ schnell kalt - aber man hat ja ein Handtuch dabei *g*. Aber eines habe ich gelernt. Beim Billardspielen hängt einem das über die Schulter gelegte Handtuch ständig im Blickfeld rum - aber vielleicht entwickelte es ja auch eine neue Form von KI, welche nicht wollte, dass ich sehe, wie schlecht ich spiele *g* Cu S-Man
Klaus from Germany and his friend Bart.
A letter from Germany that says:
I'm Maxx and here my Picture from May 25th in 2005. This is an impression from the bicycle-tour "Tour de Prignitz 2005" in Germany. More than 700 people biked from Kyritz to Perleberg (ca. 50 km), but I was the only one with a towel :-/.
But a lot of bikers aksed me, how I toke my towel with me, and I told them about Douglas Adams, the "Hitchhikers Guide", the movie (starting in Germany in some days), the using possibilities of the towel and also about this day in memorial of D.A.
So I think I'll be not alone in the next year :-)
Bostjan from Kranj, Slovenia.
Germund Andersson from Täby, Stockholm, Sweden, writes to say a few
members of WebForum.nu celebrated Towel Day in the Grove of Observatory,
Stockholm, playing "kubb" and showing off their custom made
towels and shirts.
Horasz from Hungary.
Peter Biro from Budapest, Hungary.
Klein from Hungary would like to tip other Hungarians of the
forum at Index.hu.
Bernt Christensen and Björn Ivarsson from Sweden.
Viktor from Budapest, Hungary.
Alexander Fehértavi from Veszprém, Hungary.
Nadja from Finland, writes to say:
I sure had an odd day, the busdriver must've thought I have bats in the bellfry when I entered the bus with a bag and a towel hanging from my shoulder. Man, I could just see from the people's faces how they asked themselves: "Why the dilly-yo that girl has a TOWEL on her shoulder?" and then I bursted into a loud laugh when I thought about that. What a day.
Spang from Hungary writes to say:
I'm Spang from Hungary,
and this is me on Towel Day, before we went into the Palace Mom Park,
a cinema in a shopping centre, where we saw Star Wars Episode 3. Many
ppl stared at me, but WHO cares? :)
big up Douglas Adams!!
Matte Nyström from Stockholm, Sweden, shot a bunch of photos at his
high school Thorhildsplans Gymnasium.
See them at http://jomar012.thg.se/TD/gallery/
Mark from Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Chris , Mitch, Birgit and Flo from Regensburg, Germany.http://www.cryss.net/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=TowelDay2005
Stefanie tells they had a towel party in Innsbruck, Austria.
Andreas Skyman from Göteborg, Sweden, writes to say:
Here are two pictures, one of me and one from the local Science Fiction bookstore, where they, in honour of the occasion, sold specially made towels (demonstrated by the shop attendant). Apart from carrying my towel with me, my celebration was constituted of buying a cone of ice cream. Don’t Panic
Harry from Austria writes to say:
I'm from Austria and I send you a photo from my Towel Day in the Café Qualtinger in Kapfenberg, Styria. In the beginning there were some stupid comments about my towel but when I told them what the Towel Day is about they understood and respected it - and they wished they also had a towel right at that time!
George Markovits from Szombathely, Hungary, sent a picture of his brother
Peter.
Marvin Schmidt from Germany.
A picture of the Official German Towel Day Party (OGTDP) in the Gambrinus/Bonn.
Andreas, Christiane, Alexander.
Daniel and Karl at Skövde University in Sweden.
Jason Tolmie from London, United Kingdom, writes to say:Hi, my name is Jason (34) and I am from London (Teddington) to be exactly
precise. And I was in Charleston, South Carolina for World Towel Day. I took
my trusty towel with me from London and not just any old towel either! It is
my cherished Hitchhikers towel I have had for many many years. I carried it
around all day and the picture I have sent was taken by my Fiance Claire
outside the Palmetto Grand cinema in Mt Pleasant South Carolina. I had just
seen the new movie for the second time (which I think is a very good movie).
Josh from Belgium.
Tom van der Beer from Hungary writes to say:
More pics can be found at: http://www.laslee.hu/~balu/yb/
The 2 last ones are
our English and Biology teachers. ;>
So long, and thanks for all the towels supported by Tesco! :)
"Have a nice day!" - Prostetnic Vogon Jelts
Greetings: yogeebear a.k.a. Tom van der Beer a.k.a. Yo-Gi-Oh!
Tam from Bulgaria sent a picture of his wife.
Alf and his friend from Gävle, Sweden.
Daniel, Xandro, Angie, Melli and Annie from Cologne, Germany.
StarMan writes to say:
I'm a finnish guy
and I was in Norway taking a holiday last week and - believe it or not
- unawere of this towelday.
Despite that I did have my towel with me and took a picture of it. And,
yes, it is the one that says "don't panic".
I was hiking that day in the mountains and weather was nice. Litle did
I know that during the night a storm would
be upon me and I'd have to evacuate (approximately five hours after
the picture was taken). Needles to say I did
not panic, alltough I'm not sure all that was because of the towel...
but I suppose it helped. It doubled as a scarf
and a pillow besides being a towel. Yep, old D.A. was right. I took
a picture with the towel. At the time it was just
my own joke to have something fun to show when I returned but here it
is to you too.
Szöszi, Viktoria and Ademaro from Pecs, Hungary.
Viktor Fónagy and Ákos Tóth from Eger, Hungary.
Markus from Austria writes to say:
Hello, I hope my English isn’t to bad and you understand me even without
a babelfish. On Towel Day I had to go to University like every day,
because in Austria the 25th May isn’t a statutory holiday yet. But we’re
still working on in. :)
The first picture shows me (Markus), my sister Margit and Helmut with
our original H2G2 towels on TowelDay 2005 in the famous WestsidePub
in Klagenfurt, Austria. I’ve got these towels at the world premier of
the H2G2 movie in London, where I also took the next three pictures.
They show me and Sylvia with a pan galactic gargle blaster in front of one of the elegant gazelle- like creatures with silken coats and dewy eyes which the Vogons would catch and sit on. They were no use as transport because their backs would snap instantly, but the Vogons sat on them anyway. Finally I’ve got a photo of a dancing Vogon at the after show party.
So long, and thanks
for the TowelDay
Markus Lang, Klagenfurt, Austria
Andreas from Germany writes to say:
Here is my picture of the great Towel Day 2K5. It shows me and my good
sad friend Marvin. We are in a cinema in Karlsruhe, Germany, which has
the name Schauburg.
Greetings from south west Germany (sun everywhere!!!)
Roxana from Holland with her friend Fabian, at the ABC bookstore in
Amsterdam where you got a free book if you brought your towel.
Thomas Hirscher from Vienna, Austria.
Ferdynand Horvath and Michy and Mo Feigl from Austria.
Stefan, Mathias and Karli in their classfrom in Vienna, Austria.
Felix from Hungary, Budapest, with his friends at the Nyugati square.
Andrea from Meerbusch, Germany.
David from Vienna, Austria, sent a picture of his friend Andy.
Lucio, Alle and Topee from Modena, Italy.
László Tügyi from Hungary, with his towel in what he would like to call
Leia style.
Laszlo Klein from Budapest, Hungary, writes to say:
Librarians of the biggest public library in Budapest (Hungary) organized a celebration to the memory of Douglas Adams on 25th May, a famous aesthetician and the editors of a Hungarian science fiction magazine (Galaktika) took lectures about the book and the author, and we watched films. As you can see many people visited this The Big Read festival, and we hope the Guide will be in the Top12 with our votes. (You can vote also after registration via internet: www.anagykonyv.hu :)) more photos about it: http://forum.index.hu/Article/showArticle?t=9062610
Miki, Zsuzsa, Meli and Márk from Nyíregyháza, Hungary.
Marco Graf from Switzerland would like to point out, that's an actual
mobile phone and it's working!
Pexi and Mary from Austria, celebrating towel day in Schillerpark.
Correy from New York sent this picture of her boyfriend from Denmark.
Michael from Seiferts, Germany writes to say:
I have found my towel day picture just now. Maybe it's a little late, but I thought: Better Later than Never!
Explanation:I just wrapped the towel around my wrist so it's easier to carry. It's fixated by a safety pin so you can always reach your towel easyly. Greetz
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