Where the oven burns,
no one stays a stranger.
Two pizza ovens and a dough mixer on board, a van and a caravan in tow – right across Europe. Real Neapolitan pizza, baked fresh on the spot, to bring people together: across age, origin and borders.
The Mission
One dough.
A thousand encounters.
Pizza is more than food. It's a reason to stop – a table where, all of a sudden, everyone is equal.
Young or old, wherever you're from, whatever language you speak: in front of a fresh slice of pizza, the differences fade. People share, they laugh, they start talking. That's exactly the heart of "Pizza for the World".
This journey isn't a sale, it's an invitation: to stop, to share, to start talking. With nothing but dough, fire and a little time.
Connection
Where things are shared, the conversation begins – across every border.
Simplicity
Dough, fire, an open smile. That's all it takes.
Generosity
Pizza that's given away tastes best.
The Pizza
Round like the world.
Oven to everyone.
Galaxies are round. Planets are round. And whoever invented pizza made it round too. No coincidence.
At the heart of it is a real Neapolitan pizza – light, with a long dough rise, baked in seconds in the oven. Not fast food, but craft: a dough that was allowed to breathe, honest ingredients, fire.
A round pizza has no top and no bottom, no seat of honour. People gather around it, everyone breaks off their piece – and all at once, strangers meet at the same table. That's exactly why it's the star of this journey.
Dough knows no borders.
The Journey
Connection,
fresh from the oven.
The plan: several months on the road. A van, a caravan in tow, two pizza ovens on board – and no fixed timetable, just one direction: out to the people.
From town to town, from square to square. Wherever I stop, the oven is fired up – and the pizza is free. An invitation, not a business. Every stop a new encounter.
And all of it is captured, week by week – so you can be there too, even when you're not on the spot.
Rolling dough across Europe.
Europe – Outer Route
The big loop around the outside of the EU – from Gänserndorf through 26 countries and back. Planned: around 15 months on the road. Zoom into the map and click the stops.
Show all 58 stops of the outer route
- 🇦🇹 Gänserndorf (Start)
- 🇸🇰 Bratislava
- 🇨🇿 Brno
- 🇨🇿 Prague
- 🇵🇱 Wrocław
- 🇵🇱 Kraków
- 🇵🇱 Warsaw
- 🇵🇱 Gdańsk
- 🇱🇹 Kaunas
- 🇱🇹 Vilnius
- 🇱🇻 Riga
- 🇪🇪 Tallinn
- 🇫🇮 Helsinki ⛴️ Ferry Tallinn → Helsinki
- 🇫🇮 Turku
- 🇸🇪 Stockholm ⛴️ Ferry Turku → Stockholm
- 🇸🇪 Gothenburg
- 🇩🇰 Copenhagen
- 🇩🇪 Hamburg
- 🇩🇪 Berlin
- 🇩🇪 Cologne
- 🇳🇱 Amsterdam
- 🇳🇱 Rotterdam
- 🇧🇪 Bruges
- 🇧🇪 Brussels
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
- 🇫🇷 Reims
- 🇫🇷 Paris
- 🇮🇪 Dublin ⛴️ Ferry Paris → Dublin
- 🇮🇪 Cork
- 🇪🇸 Santander ⛴️ Ferry Cork → Santander
- 🇪🇸 San Sebastián
- 🇪🇸 Madrid
- 🇵🇹 Porto
- 🇵🇹 Lisbon
- 🇪🇸 Seville
- 🇪🇸 Valencia
- 🇪🇸 Barcelona
- 🇫🇷 Montpellier
- 🇫🇷 Marseille
- 🇫🇷 Nice
- 🇮🇹 Genoa
- 🇮🇹 Milan
- 🇮🇹 Florence
- 🇮🇹 Rome
- 🇮🇹 Naples
- 🇮🇹 Catania
- 🇲🇹 Valletta ⛴️ Ferry Catania → Valletta
- 🇮🇹 Bari ⛴️ Ferry Valletta → Bari
- 🇬🇷 Patras ⛴️ Ferry Bari → Patras
- 🇬🇷 Athens
- 🇬🇷 Thessaloniki
- 🇧🇬 Sofia
- 🇷🇴 Bucharest
- 🇷🇴 Sibiu
- 🇷🇴 Timișoara
- 🇭🇺 Budapest
- 🇭🇷 Zagreb
- 🇸🇮 Ljubljana
- 🇦🇹 Gänserndorf (Finish)
⛴️ = ferry leg · 58 stops · 7 ferry crossings · 26 countries
Europe – Inner Route
After a break to recover, the journey continues – inward, right across the heart of Europe. Also around 15 months planned. Still a rough plan – stops and route may still change.
The Journey on YouTube
A slice of the journey,
every week.
The whole journey – outer route and inner route alike – is captured week by week and shared on YouTube. Be there, even when you're not on the spot: at every stop, every oven, every encounter.
The first episodes arrive when the journey begins. Subscribe so you don't miss any.
Tech partner
The eyes
of the journey.
Bringing a slice of the journey to you from every stop takes the right gear – and it comes from the media agency Medialive. They equip "Pizza for the World" with everything: cameras, drones and accessories, and the hardware it all needs. So every encounter can be captured and shared.
Get involved
There's room for everyone
at the round table.
This journey thrives on people who join in – whether you bring me to you, follow along online or simply say hello. Every way is welcome.
Am I passing your way?
Whether you're a private individual, a club, a school or an institution – anyone along the route who'd like to contribute something good is invited. I'll come by, bake fresh pizza (free), and your story becomes part of the journey – with the reach that comes with it.
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Every contribution keeps the oven burning and brings the next stop closer. Thank you for being part of it.
Pizza for free. Fueled by you.
From the oven, straight to the heart.