The Offline Club puts on similar phone-free events across Europe, charging around $17 for entry. Beginning last year, London hangouts began to sell out regularly. “We talk about it as a gentle rebellion,” says Laura Wilson, cohost of the Offline Club’s London branch. “I Feel I Am Addicted to My Phone”The Offline Club began in 2021 with an impromptu off-grid weekend in the Dutch countryside organized by Ilya Kneppelhout, Jordy van Bennekon, and Valentijn Klol. The three Dutchmen formally founded the Offline Club in February 2024 and began to host hangouts in an Amsterdam café.