Badolina
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Badolina

A Royal Palace of Delight

A camp at Midburn, and a space where each of us meets the king or the queen inside — and gives them room.

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What Midburn is, and what a camp is

If you got here without knowing this world — here is the short version.

Midburn is a yearly event in the desert, built entirely by the people who come to it. There is no money there and there are no vendors: everything you find — spaces, food, music, workshops — is a gift that someone brought, built and held.

A camp is the group that builds one of those spaces. We put it up together before, hold it together during, and take it down together after — until nothing is left in the sand.

Badolina is a camp like that.

Who we are

The name Badolina comes from Gabi Nitzan's book, and we use it with his blessing.

What we build in the desert is a royal palace of delight: a dome with a crown on its roof, a wooden gate with the letters carved into it, crimson curtains, and handmade thrones. That crown does not belong to whoever leads — it belongs to everyone who walks through the gate.

And here is the sentence that holds all the rest: the space allows, it does not require. You are welcome to dare, to play, to step out of your comfort zone and to chase a dream — out of responsibility and clear communication, with yourselves and with the people around you, about limits and about wants.

And what lights us up most here is giving: the joy of lifting up someone else who is flying on themselves.

Year after year

Badolina started in 2022. This is the line from then until now.

  1. 2022

    The beginning

    The year Badolina came to be.

  2. 2023

    War

    That year was a year of war.

  3. 2024

    Burn to Basics

    We brought the royal palace of delight to the event: a geodesic dome, three thrones, and workshops.

  4. 2025

    Midburn

    We were at Midburn.

  5. 2026today

    Midburn — “Let There Be Light”

    The event runs from November 2nd to 7th, and we are deep in the preparations.

Some of the years here are still written briefly. We will fill them in when we sit down to write them properly.

What matters to us

Seven values the group wrote for itself. They are not slogans on a wall — they are what we actually ask of one another.

  • Open, honest communication — and family intimacy first
  • Listen first, respond only afterwards
  • We are hosts, before anything else
  • We pass the open-communication mindset on to our guests
  • “What do I want?” — and then move
  • Enthusiastic desire, or at the very least responsible consent
  • Leadership that is circular and rotating
The values and agreements, in full →

Before we go on

We are an 18+ camp — and here is what that means

Our space makes room for freedom, self-expression and radicalism. As part of that, at some events — and certainly at the burn — there can be nudity, sexuality, or content of a sexual nature in the space.

It matters to us to say this plainly: the space allows — it does not encourage, require or expect. Nobody has to take part in anything, to undress, or to be part of content that does not suit them. And the other way around — choosing not to, or feeling that “this is simply not for me”, is a completely natural and legitimate choice here.

And there are two things that, for us, are unambiguous:

Nudity is not an invitation to sexuality.

Someone walking around naked is saying only that they are comfortable being naked — and nothing at all beyond that.

Sexuality happens only through enthusiastic, clear and ongoing consent.

Not “they did not say no”, not “I think it is fine”, and not an assumption of any kind. Only a clear yes from everyone involved, one that can be changed or stopped at any moment — including in the middle.

The personal safety of every one of us in this space is, for us, a basic condition, and we take it with full seriousness.

  • If it sounds exciting — great.
  • If you would rather be near it without taking part — great.
  • And if it is not for you — that is a completely legitimate answer too.

This is how it looks when it is standing

A wooden gate with the name Badolina carved into it, and behind it a geodesic dome in crimson and pale blue with a gold crown on its roof, at sunset in the sand.
The entrance gate, just before sunset.
Inside the dome at night: crimson curtains, lanterns and string lights, a red carpet and handmade wooden thrones.
Inside the dome at night.

The photos here are of the space. Photos of people will go up only with the personal approval of everyone in them, and that approval can be taken back at any moment.

And if you feel like being part of it

People join us through getting to know each other, not through a form: your name comes to the group, we meet for a “first date”, and we check that it feels good and that we both want to keep going together. Taking part in the journey before the event is part of it too — not only showing up at the event itself.

It takes time, and there is one reason for that: for people to really be able to let themselves sink into delight, the space first has to feel safe and comfortable for everyone who chooses to take part in it.

The form is only the beginning of the conversation.

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