The Good Journey was conceived because approximately half of the total carbon footprint of the festival comes from travel (people) and transportation (goods). Of this, the vast majority is due to 49% of visitors traveling by (fossil) car in 2025, which collectively covers about 1.2 million km.

To become a climate-positive festival, that needs to change. The aim of the Good Journey program is to reduce CO2e emissions from travel and transport as much as possible, and ultimately to bring it down to 0. We do this by:

1. Reducing or preventing: more efficient transport plans and travel options, transferring at central locations, more fuel-efficient vehicles, organizing more locally, increasing reuse on the island.

2. Switching to fossil-free and even emission-free energy: preferably wind, sun, human power, other green electricity, and hydrogen, but at a minimum, sustainable biofuels (HVO-UCO directly refueled or via fuel replacement).

3. Cleaning up unavoidable residual emissions through natural carbon storage: With ONCRA certification and Scature, we support regional natural CO2 storage projects, regenerative farmers. This not only keeps carbon in solid form out of the atmosphere for the long term but also stimulates the new circular and regenerative economy.

Therefore, ITGWO is stepping it up with the Extremely Good Journey:

The Good Journey Surcharge is €15 per ticket - which everyone can get back when traveling to the festival without fossil fuels - making the fossil-free travel options relatively cheaper compared to fossil ones and providing more budget to finance sustainable travel options. This allowed the fossil-free festival buses to run much more frequently, lowering ticket prices to €20 and allowing children to travel for free; the first 100 tickets were only €1.

In addition, the electric shared cars from Sixt and MyWheels are available at a reduced rate, there is a special NS travel page, bike and walking routes are available, and for the real adventurers, there is even sailing available.

Additionally, with the Baggage service from Bagbooking, there is an option to send your bags fossil-free to and from home, so there is no need to haul them and public transport options become even more attractive. You can now also complete the first kilometers to the train or bus with Travel Electric, or even have a 7-person taxi drive you there.

And as a cherry on top, there is the FIP (Fossil-free Important People) campaign that draws attention to the Extremely Good Journey and makes everyone who travels fossil-free a FIP. ITGWO is also implementing a FIP program, but at ITGWO, it cannot be purchased; you can only earn it. This provides a whole range of quirky benefits both inside and outside the festival grounds for all FIPs - Good Journey ice cream, green carpets, private access, random shuttles, to a luxury camping spot in collaboration with Waard and Weltevree for a few lucky winners.

On to a 100% fossil-free visitor journey in 2026, who knows how far we’ll get!