title: Digital Glarus
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subtitle: Using digitalisation for the good
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## Introduction

[Digital Glarus](https://digitalglarus.ch) is an umbrella project to
support the local community to profit from the digitalisation and to
support the digital community to profit from the amazing opportunities
in the [Canton of Glarus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glarus).

## What we are doing

In 2015 we opened the first coworking space of Glarus in
Schwanden, the **Digital Chalet**. It was not only the first coworking
space, it is also the first building that was equipped with a direct
fiber line, initially giving access to a 1 Gbit/s line.

Two days after opening, the first offsite happened. Our goal in 2015
was already to give people the opportunity to stay in a pretty place
and still be connected to a big city like Zurich.

Since we opened in 2015, we welcomed many students (usually from
the [university of Zurich](https://www.uzh.ch/)
or [ETH Zurich](https://ethz.ch)) from a lot of different countries
(Canada, Scotland, Greece, Germany, Slovakia, ...) in the Digital
Chalet.

We also organise [various
meetups](https://www.meetup.com/Digital-Glarus-Business-Technology/)
with technical and business topics.

Due to the Digital Chalet getting crowded, we opened a new location
in 2019: the [Hacking Hotel](/u/projects/hacking-hotel). We plan to
turn the Hacking Hotel into a school and will offer first courses in
2020.

## How you can participate

If you are interested in joining us, you can contact us by mail (info
at digitalglarus.ch), [chat](https://chat.ungleich.ch) or even by
phone (+41 55 505 62 66).

It is possible to visit us for a day or two, or like many have, to
stay longer and even stay with us permanently.
