This year, EFBA is kicking off summer with a special two-day session. It’s a perfect warm-up for children to meet their counselors and fellow campers, get familiar with their new surroundings, help decorate the rooms, and jump straight into fun, hands-on activities. A gentle start… and a great beginning to an unforgettable summer

Story of the Week: 

Paris, October 2025. Inside the Louvre’s legendary Galerie d’Apollon, an unbelievable heist has just occurred: within minutes, the French Crown Jewels vanished. The culprits were arrested soon after… yet they refuse to say who masterminded the operation—or where the jewels are now hidden. Months later, the case has gone cold. That’s when a team of young detectives is brought in. Their mission will take them through Paris and across regions of France as they follow a trail of clues that grows stranger by the hour. Will they outsmart the mastermind behind the heist… and recover the jewels before they disappear forever? 

Culture Concept: On October 19, 2025, eight historic French Crown Jewels were stolen from the Louvre’s Galerie d’Apollon. These pieces once belonged to queens and empresses such as Marie-Amélie, Hortense de Beauharnais, and Eugénie de Montijo. Adorned with thousands of diamonds, sapphires, and emeralds, they hold immense historical and cultural significance. As of today, they remain missing, and their disappearance continues to fascinate the public.

Story of the Week : 

One morning, Spirou sits down with one of his comic books. Flipping back the cover, he notices something amiss on the page: an entire house has disappeared from the village of Champignac. On the next page, the café is missing too. Spirou grabs more comics… and realizes with bewilderment that buildings have vanished, one after the other, from every story.

And then comes the biggest shock: Spip—his loyal squirrel—has disappeared from every scene. Something is happening inside the comic-book world. Someone… or something… is pillaging his universe.

To understand what’s going on, Spirou calls on a team of young investigators to help him recover the missing elements, uncover who (or what!) is behind this, and try to bring back Spip and the village of Champignac before they disappear forever!

Culture Concept: Spirou & Fantasio is a classic Franco-Belgian comic series created in 1938 by publisher Jean Dupuis. Illustrated over the decades by artists such as Robert Velter, Franquin, and Tome & Janry, it follows the adventures of Spirou—recognizable in his red bellboy jacket—his friend Fantasio, and their squirrel Spip. Popular across French-speaking Europe, the series is beloved for its humor, lively storytelling, and iconic characters.

Story of the Week: 

Every year, the Triwizard Tournament brings together three major European schools of magic: Hogwarts, Durmstrang, and Beauxbatons. In 2026, the competition is set to take place at the Château de Bourgougnague in southwestern France. Madame Olympe Maxime, headmistress of Beauxbatons, recruits Fleur Delacour and her team to challenge the famous Hogwarts delegation led by Harry Potter. Who will claim the Triwizard Cup?

Cultural Concept: Beauxbatons Academy of Magic appears in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as one of Europe’s three wizarding schools. Bourgougnague, located in France’s Lot-et-Garonne region, is a real village.

Story of the Week: 

One morning, a strange light appears in the sky, and it gently descends until it lands… right in the middle of an EFBA summer camp. Two small extraterrestrials emerge. They are charmingly clumsy, curious, and friendly. They introduce themselves as “protectors of the universe,” and claim that their mission is to help the planets regain balance.

After studying Earth, they realized our planet is in trouble—pollution, weakened oceans, endangered animals, and a scrambled climate. But there is hope: the aliens explain that Earth can be restored… if action is taken within five days.

They need a team capable of uncovering the planet’s secrets quickly. Will the campers manage to help save Earth before the extraterrestrials leave in their spaceship?

Story of the Week: 

Brittany, 14th century. For months, a mysterious fleet with black sails has been haunting the Atlantic coast. Leading it is Jeanne de Belleville, a noblewoman who became a legendary pirate after a grave injustice struck her family.

Before her death, Jeanne entrusted a precious treasure to her descendants. Two centuries later, her great-great-grandson, Mathurin de Belleville—who emigrated to Newfoundland to work as a fisherman—kep a closely guarded secret: he brought Jeanne’s treasure with him. With help from the indigenous Beothuk people, he hid the chest for centuries deep within Newfoundland’s vast, wild landscapes.

In 2026, a researcher browsing a dusty old book finds a parchment written by Mathurin. It contains clues to the treasure’s location. Immediately, a team of young explorers is called to follow the trail and solve the mystery. Let the quest begin!

Cultural Concept: Jeanne de Belleville was a Breton noblewoman who became one of history’s earliest known female pirates. After her husband was unjustly executed by the King of France, she led a small fleet to defend coastal communities against corrupt aristocrats.

The Beothuk were an Indigenous people of Newfoundland who lived on the island for millennia. Their population tragically disappeared in the 19th century due to disease and the dispossession of their territory following European settlement.

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Early 20th-century Switzerland. Ella Maillart, a legendary explorer from the Alps, has been lacking her usual spark: a strange illness has her feeling uncharacteristically fatigued. One day, in an old library, she discovers a mysterious book claiming that a special potion can restore her strength—but only if she gathers its ingredients herself: sea buckthorn berries from the Swiss Alps, Deglet Nour dates from the oases of Algeria, and precious vanilla from Tahiti.

Determined to regain her vitality, she sets off on a long journey with a group of young explorers by her side. Together, they’ll search for the ingredients and attempt to recreate the legendary potion.

Cultural Concept: Ella Maillart (1903–1997) was an extraordinary Swiss explorer, writer, athlete, and photographer. Her travels through Central Asia, China, and India in the 1930s–40s introduced European audiences to regions and cultures to which they had no exposure. Her curiosity, courage, and independence continue to inspire generations of travelers and adventurers.

Story of the Week: 

Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, the celebrated 19th-century illusionist and father of modern magic, has set himself an ambitious goal: to create the most extraordinary magic show ever imagined. To pull it all off, he leaves his workshop and travels the world in search of ancient secrets, surprising illusions, ingenious mechanisms, artistic techniques, and hidden skills.

He recruits a group of young apprentice magicians to accompany him. Together, they’ll decode puzzles, understand illusions, invent tricks, and gather every piece needed to build the world’s greatest magic show. Will they manage to put together the masterpiece Robert-Houdin has dreamed of?

Cultural Concept: Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805–1871) revolutionized the art of magic through his inventions, automata, and theatrical innovations. Trained as a watchmaker, he brought precision and creativity to illusion. His work inspired generations—most famously Harry Houdini, who chose his stage name in homage to him.

Story of the Week: 

At the Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts in Lausanne, something astonishing has happened overnight. The paintings of Moroccan artist Chaïbia Talal–normally bursting with vibrant reds, blues, yellows, and greens–are nearly colorless. The flowers have gone gray, the birds have lost their bright feathers, and the figures seem to have faded from their vibrant world.

No one knows why. Visitors are alarmed, the guards are baffled. Then a tiny clue appears: a minuscule trace of paint at the foot of one canvas, as if the colors themselves had washed off.

To solve the mystery, a team of young investigators is called in. Put on your detective hat and grab your artist’s paintbrush. This is the start of a creative, colorful adventure!

Cultural Concept: Chaïbia Talal (1929–2004) is one of Morocco’s most celebrated artists and a major figure of naïve art. Self-taught, she became known in the 1960s for her luminous, joyful paintings filled with flowers, women, birds, and radiant patterns. Her poetic, spontaneous style celebrates imagination and freedom. Her work is exhibited in major museums across Morocco and Europe, including France and Switzerland.