Hi all Pythonistas! 👋
EuroPython 2026 took over the ICE Congress Centre in Kraków from 13 - 19 July and it wouldn’t have been possible without all of our attendees, speakers, volunteers, and sponsors. You allowed us to showcase the Python community at its best once again, and the conference truly belongs to all of you 💚
We are now one month on, and we’ve just finished tying up the loose ends over here at EuroPython HQ. In this newsletter, let us look back at some of the highlights of the conference, from Guido van Rossum to gelato.
P.S. Yes, we’ve got the videos!
🙏 Thank You
Thank you to all of you who attended EuroPython 2026 and dedicated a week of your life to Python. We’re endlessly grateful to be host to some of the best technical presentations on the planet, which makes it all the more meaningful when people say what they remember is the community 💚
A very special thank you to:
- all of our speakers, tutorial and sprint leads, without whom there would be no EuroPython
- our team of more than fifty volunteer organisers, most of whom worked for months ahead of the conference
- on-site volunteers, who kept the conference running smoothly and took care of all of us
- our sponsors, without whom the conference would simply not be possible
Finally, thank you to our faultlessly helpful onsite volunteers - those with the yellow T-shirts - for taking ownership of the conference during the week, and being the cheerful face of EuroPython, and taking care of us all in Kraków.
👉 The EuroPython 2026 Credits Reel: https://ep2026.europython.eu/thank-you
🎥 Talk Recordings & Photos
The video recordings from all of our tracks are already up on our YouTube channel, so you can catch the sessions you missed, or send that session to a friend.
👉 EuroPython 2026 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZuZfG8_jH8&list=PLd3Y9yzyC5Uo
👉 Conference photos on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/europython/collections/72157725522022865/
📊 Some interesting facts about this edition
EuroPython 2025 brought the community together in Kraków for another packed week, and the numbers tell a lovely story: a genuinely international crowd, heavily weighted towards experienced Pythonistas, with a healthy remote contingent tuning in from further afield. Here are the figures that stood out to us:
- 1,386 tickets in total — 1,263 onsite and 123 remote
- Attendees came from across the globe, with Poland (236), Great Britain (169) and Germany (154) leading the way
- 70.7% of attendees rated themselves as advanced or expert Python users
- Out of those who answered the question, 23% identified themselves as women, 1% as other, and 76% as men
- Core Python was the most popular topic (66.8%), followed by Web Development (51.0%) and Data Science & ML (49.4%)
Additionally, the Code of Conduct team provided the transparency report: https://www.europython-society.org/europython-2026-code-of-conduct-transparency-report/
🏆 Community Service Recognition
EuroPython Society Fellows
We're delighted to announce two new EuroPython Society Fellows: Cristián Maureira-Fredes and Piotr Gnus, in addition to Martin Borus who was recognized recently. The Fellow Grant is the Society's way of honouring members of the EPS and the EuroPython Workgroups whose contributions have significantly shaped our mission, the conference and the organisation itself.
Fellows are nominated by EPS members, confirmed by the Board, and receive lifetime free attendance at EuroPython alongside a permanent listing on our Fellows page. Our heartfelt thanks to all three for everything they've given to this community.
👉 Find out more about EPS Fellowship: https://www.europython-society.org/europython-society-fellow-grant/
Python Software Foundation Community Service Award
For the first time ever, a Python Software Foundation (PSF) Community Service Award was handed over on the EuroPython stage. Rodrigo Girão Serrão was nominated last year, but the award was presented during the closing ceremony in Kraków.
The award recognises work that "significantly improves the Foundation's fulfillment of its mission and benefits the broader Python community." Plenty of CSA recipients are based in Europe, so we hope this was the first of many.
👉 Read about the award: https://www.python.org/community/awards/psf-awards/#introduction
🎂 EuroPython’s 25th Birthday
Since its very first edition back in 2002, EuroPython has grown into the longest-running community Python conference in Europe. Over the years it has travelled across the continent, hosted by volunteers in city after city, bringing together thousands of Pythonistas to learn, share, and build the community we know today.
We looked for some of the people who have been with the conference the longest:
🍨 The Sprints Had a Gelato Truck
Genuinely. The Free Software Foundation Europe joined us for the sprints, and one of their volunteers, Luca Bonissi, drove his home-made ice cream up from Milano - along with the freezer and all the equipment needed to serve it to everyone sprinting. Reusable cups, fruit flavours reportedly around 70% fruit, and a queue that said everything.
This is the kind of thing that only happens when a community shows up for each other.
Thank you, Luca, and the Free Software Foundation Europe 🍨
🧠 How Well Do You Really Know Python?
One of the surprise hits of the week was Rodrigo Girão Serrão’s 15-minute Kahoot quiz in the main hall, covering the conference, the community and the language itself. It was hard: the top 8 players only managed 5 out of 10, and 9th place got 4.
The best moment? Rodrigo asked exactly how many commits Guido had made over the lifetime of Python. It was worth double points. Nobody got it right. Three questions later he asked the same thing again - and this time 20–25% of the room got it.
All the questions and answers are written up now, so you can find out how you'd have done. Participants rated the quiz at the very top of the sessions they attended, so yes - it's coming back next year.
👉 Test yourself on Rodrigo’s quiz: https://mathspp.com/blog/python-quiz-europython-2026-edition
🎨 Made by You
We were sent some wonderful artwork from the week - including Michaela Dušková's sketch of the core.py panel (three cats on stage, which feels about right) and Ava Katushka's illustration of the PyLadies crew. Shared with permission, and both very much loved by the team.
👬 Community Partnerships
🌷 PyCon NL
PyCon NL has grown from a small meetup in 2019 to a thriving community and conference. After hosting the first official edition in 2024, they return in 2026 with the newly founded PyNetherlands Foundation and a conference fully organised by the Python Community in the Netherlands.
PyConNL is creating a program for every kind of Pythonista, whether you’re just starting out, exploring the world of data, or building with DevOps and architecture.
👉 Get your ticket: https://www.pycon-nl.org/
☀️ PyCon España
PyConES 2026 already has its programme and tickets are available. Don't miss the chance to be part of the most important Python conference in Spain in one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
👉 Don't have your ticket yet? Now is the time! 👉 https://pretix.eu/python-spain/pycones-2026/
🏖️ Django on the Med
Django on the Med is a free three-day Django sprint on the Mediterranean coast, bringing together seasoned contributors and first-timers to shape Django's 6.x roadmap and get the work done. Mornings are for sprinting, the rest of the day for the coast. The second edition runs 23rd–25th September 2026 in Pescara, Italy
👉 Find more details at https://djangomed.eu/
💚 Thank You to Our Sponsors
EuroPython simply does not happen without our sponsors. Enormous thanks to our Platinum sponsors - Manychat, Microsoft and Vercel - and to every other sponsor who backed the conference this year.
Manychat builds AI-powered chat automation for 1M+ creators and brands at real production scale.
Open Source enables Microsoft products and services to bring choice, technology and community to our customers.
Vercel provies Agentic Infrastructure for every app and agent. They are the creators of AI SDK, Next.js, Turborepo, and v0.
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We hope that you'll enjoy relieving your favorite EuroPython 2026 moments as autumn approaches. Until next time! 🐍💚
Cheers,
The EuroPython Team