LOTTERY
Share & win a trip to Venice! Spend a week in Italy, experience the country with the highest renovation rate and help raise awareness for the social-ecological transformation!
How? It’s easy…
1. Share any yellow square in your feed and story
2. Write your caption, tag @houseeurope.eu and include the hashtag #houseeurope
3. Follow @houseeurope.eu on Instagram
The winner will be chosen from all posts. The more you post — ideally every day — the higher your chances to win a one week trip – travel and accommodation – for two people to Italy!
You have time until 31.12.2025 | 23:59 (CET)
Good luck!
TERMS AND CONDITIONS – LOTTERY
The organiser of this lottery is
HouseEurope! gemeinnützige GmbH
Am Wasserwerk 22F
10365 Berlin, Germany
Email: info@houseeurope.eu
www.houseeurope.eu
Register court: Charlottenburg Local Court
Commercial register number: HRB 210676 B
Represented by: A. Brandlhuber, O. Grawert
Hereinafter referred to as the "organiser".
This competition is not affiliated with Instagram and is in no way sponsored, supported or organised by Instagram.
All questions, comments or complaints regarding the competition should be addressed directly to the organiser at info@houseeurope.eu.
By participating in the lottery, the participant confirms that they have read, understood and accepted the following terms and conditions:
1. DURATION OF THE LOTTERY
1.1. The lottery is open for entries from 00:00 (CET) on 1 December 2025 until 23:59 (CET) on 31 December 2025 (the ‘entry period’).
1.2. All entries received after the specified deadline will be excluded from participation in the competition.
1.3. The competition may be terminated by the organiser at any time without giving reasons. If this is the case, the organiser will provide information about this on its social media profiles.
1.4. The organiser also reserves the right to terminate or change the lottery at any time without prior notice if, for technical or other reasons, the proper execution of the lottery cannot be guaranteed or the fairness of the lottery appears to be compromised. This shall not give rise to any claims on the part of the participants.
2. ELIGIBILITY
2.1. Only natural persons of full legal capacity aged 18 and over who are permanently resident and habitually resident in a Member State of the European Union are eligible to participate. Attempts at manipulation will result in exclusion from the lottery.
2.2. An Instagram account is required to participate in the lottery, which also means that Instagram's terms and conditions must be accepted.
2.3. Employees of and relatives of employees of the organiser, service providers who have a direct business relationship with the organiser and their subsidiaries are excluded from participation.
2.4. Persons who use automated tools or fake profiles, deceive others or violate these conditions of participation may be excluded from the lottery.
3. HOW TO ENTER THE COMPETITION
3.1. Anyone who publishes an Instagram post in their own feed containing a clearly visible yellow square during the entry period is eligible to enter. The square can be designed by the entrant or taken from the post published by HouseEurope! In addition, an Instagram story with the same yellow square must be posted. The post must tag the @houseeurope.eu account and contain the hashtag #houseeurope. (hereinafter referred to as "post"). A further requirement for participation is that the participant follows the @houseeurope.eu Instagram account.
3.2. Only publicly visible posts can be considered for participation in the lottery.
3.3. Multiple entries are permitted. Each new post counts as one entry. The organiser may exclude conspicuous multiple entries.
3.4. Participation in the lottery is not linked to the purchase of any goods or services. Signing the European Citizens' Initiative "HouseEurope! Power to Renovation" is not a prerequisite for participation in the lottery.
4. PRIZE
4.1. The lottery offers the chance to win a trip for two people to Venice ("Prize"). The Prize consists of travel and accommodation for two people. Travel will be by train, and a three-star hotel (including breakfast) located on the Lido. The target travel date is June 2026. The exact dates will be agreed in consultation with the winners. The prize will only be awarded once.
4.2. There is no entitlement to additional services beyond travel and accommodation for two people. Any costs not included or exceeding this amount shall be borne by the winner(s) themselves.
4.3. There is no entitlement to the prize. The prize is non-negotiable, non-exchangeable and non-transferable.
5. SELECTION AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNER(S) AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRIZE
5.1. After the entry period has ended, the organiser will determine the winner by 30 January 2026 by means of a random draw as follows:
+ Random selection of a calendar day from the entry period
+ Random selection of a valid entry published on that day.
5.2. The organiser will first inform the winner via a direct message on Instagram and ask the winner to provide their name and email address for further prize processing. The winner hereby expressly agrees to be contacted via the social media platform. Participants must remain available under their Instagram handle during the selection period.
5.3. The organiser will then contact the winner by email and request an online-conversation to coordinate the prize processing and transmission of the necessary data (name, address, date of birth, proof of age if applicable).
5.4. When notifying the winner, the organiser will ask for their consent to publish their name on the organiser's social media profiles and channels, as well as in the organiser's newsletter and on the organiser's website.
5.5. Participants are responsible for ensuring that they can be contacted by the organiser via direct messages and emails (e.g. by checking their account settings and regularly checking their spam folder).
5.6. If the winner does not respond within 14 days of notification, the prize shall be forfeited and a new person shall be selected by lottery and notified in accordance with this clause 5.
5.7. The prize shall be distributed exclusively by booking the trip through the organiser.
6. DISCLAIMER
6.1. Incorrect or incomplete entries are invalid and do not entitle the entrant to participate in the lottery or receive the prize. Incomplete entries are, in particular, those that do not meet the requirements set out in section 3.1. The organiser is entitled to exclude participants from the lottery if there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the participant is using unauthorised methods of participation.
6.2. The organiser reserves the right to change these terms and conditions of participation and, in the event of difficulties that could compromise the integrity of the lottery and/or its proper execution, to terminate or interrupt the lottery at any time. In this case, the organiser's liability towards the participant is expressly excluded.
6.3. The organiser shall not be liable in any way for any loss or damage arising from or in connection with participation in the lottery or any transmission error or other technical difficulties, unless the loss or damage is due to the organiser's intent or gross negligence.
6.4. The organiser shall be released from all obligations upon distribution of the prize (booking of the trip). If the prize cannot be claimed for personal reasons, it shall be forfeited without replacement.
6.5. Otherwise, the organiser shall only be liable for intent and gross negligence. This shall not apply in the event of a negligent breach of a material contractual obligation. These are obligations that are essential for the execution of the lottery, as they enable it in the first place, and on the fulfilment of which the participant relies and may rely. In this case, the organiser's liability for simple negligence is limited to the typical and foreseeable damage associated with the lottery.
6.6. This exclusion of liability does not apply to damage resulting from injury to life, limb or health.
7. INDEMNIFICATION
7.1. The participant guarantees that his/her entry does not contain any illegal content and, in particular, does not violate applicable law or the rights of third parties (e.g. copyright, trademark, personal rights or other property rights).
7.2. The participant indemnifies the organiser against all claims by third parties resulting from a culpable infringement of rights by the submitted entry. The indemnification also includes the obligation to fully indemnify the organiser against all costs of legal defence (including reasonable court and solicitor's fees).
7.3. By participating in the competition, the participant also indemnifies the operator of the respective social media platform used from any liability in connection with the implementation of the lottery.
8. DATA POLICY
The organiser processes personal data in accordance with the provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). Participants can find details on data processing in the organiser's privacy policy.
9. FINAL PROVISIONS
9.1. The lottery is governed exclusively by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. The statutory provisions restricting the choice of law and the applicability of mandatory provisions, in particular those of the country in which the participants have their habitual residence as consumers, remain unaffected.
9.2. Legal recourse is excluded. There is no enforceable claim to the prize or the payment of its cash value.
9.3. We are neither obliged nor willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings under the Consumer Dispute Resolution Act (VSBG).
9.4. Should any provision of these conditions of participation be or become invalid in whole or in part, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions. The same applies to any loopholes in the regulations.
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As of 18 August 2025