About Wapate
A global home for people who create.
Wapate makes it easier to find your creative people, wherever you are.
What Wapate means
Find them.
Wapate means find them — find the creatives who light up with you. Like fireflies, one alone is dim; together they glow. No creative should feel alone.
From Bergen to anywhere you create — Wapate helps you find your people, and light up together.
Why Wapate exists
Being creative can feel lonely.
You move to a new city and don't know where the scene is. You have ideas but no one to make them with. You create every day — and still wonder if anyone nearby gets it.
Wapate makes that easier. We believe no creative should feel alone.
What is Wapate?
A global creative network.
Wapate brings together artists, designers, photographers, filmmakers, musicians, architects, writers, creative technologists, and creative entrepreneurs — so you can discover people, join communities, meet in real life, and collaborate across the world.
How it works
Discover. Connect. Meet. Collaborate.
Discover
Find creatives, communities, and events by place and craft — near you or anywhere in the world.
Connect
Reach out, join a tribe, and start conversations with people who share your creative energy.
Meet
Show up in real life — exhibitions, artist talks, photo walks, studio visits — and turn names into faces.
Collaborate
Make work together. Share skills, start projects, and build something neither of you would alone.
Built for creatives
If you create, you belong here.
Wapate is for people who make things — and anyone who wants to create with others.
- Artists
- Designers
- Photographers
- Filmmakers
- Musicians
- Architects
- Writers
- Creative technologists
- Creative entrepreneurs
- Anyone who wants to create with others
Our vision
Creative community should be as easy as finding a place on a map.
Bergen, London, New York, Tokyo, Kampala, Accra — or anywhere you call home. Wapate helps you find your people in the city you're in, and stay connected to creatives across the world.
Our principle
No creative should feel alone.
On your phone
Add Wapate to your Home Screen
Install Wapate like an app — full-screen, with the firefly icon on your phone. No App Store needed.
iPhone (Safari)
- Open wapate.com in Safari
- Tap the Share button
- Choose Add to Home Screen
- Tap Add — look for the firefly icon
Android (Chrome)
- Open wapate.com in Chrome
- Tap the menu (⋮)
- Choose Install app or Add to Home screen
- Confirm — look for the firefly icon
You can also use Add to Home Screen in the site footer when your browser offers it.
Join Wapate
Find your people.
Discover creatives, join communities, meet people and create together.