As is tradition, every year in the weeks before Christmas, the AIVD (the Dutch secret service) publishes their Christmas Puzzle (website in Dutch) for everyone that feels like puzzling.
Because lots of Thalians enjoy solving puzzles, solving problems and decyphering cryptic hints, they do the puzzle over the holidays.
This year, we've opened up dedicated channels in the Discord for people to discuss challenges and to find people to work together with.
It does not matter if you are just getting started on the puzzle or have already finished some questions.
In the evening of Tuesday the 21st of December there will be an opportunity to find people to collab with, but if you cannot make it, the channels in the Discord will remain available until the puzzle deadline (Jan 18th).
Note for internationals: the puzzle is in Dutch. You can still participate, since for almost all challenges google translating the instructions will be enough, but there may be a few questions which require knowledge of the dutch language.
Link to the AIVD christmas puzzle webpage: https://www.aivd.nl/onderwerpen/aivd-kerstpuzzel/nieuws/2021/12/14/aivd-kerstpuzzel-en-juniorpuzzel-2021-gepubliceerd
Link to the puzzle: https://www.aivd.nl/binaries/aivd_nl/documenten/publicaties/2021/12/14/aivd-kerstpuzzel-2021-opgaven-en-antwoordformulier/AIVD+kerstpuzzel+2021.pdf
Link to the junior edition: https://www.aivd.nl/binaries/aivd_nl/documenten/publicaties/2021/12/14/aivd-juniorkerstpuzzel-2021-opgaven--en-antwoordformulier/AIVD+juniorkerstpuzzel+2021.pdf
