South of heaven

Posted by Bogdan on Feb 19, 2012 in All, Attractions, Out of Groningen, Prospective students, Student life, Weekend activities | Comments Off

Wikipedia states about the Dutch carnival the follows:

“Carnival in the Netherlands is also called “Vastenavond” or “Vastelaovend(j)”, and is most celebrated in Catholic regions, mainly the southern provinces North Brabant and Limburg. Dutch Carnival is officially celebrated on the Sunday through Tuesday preceding Ash Wednesday. Although traditions vary from town to town, some common characteristics of Dutch Carnival include a parade, a “prince” plus cortège (“Council of 11″), a farmer’s wedding (boerenbruiloft), and eating herring (haring happen) on Ash Wednesday.

One variant of Dutch Carnival is known as the Rijnlandsche Carnival, which can be seen in the province of Limburg. The province’s capital of Maastricht holds a street Carnival featuring elaborate costumes that resemble some South American and Venetian influences. Intentionally amateurish marching bands (‘Zaate Hermeniekes’ or ‘Drunken Marching Bands’) traditionally perform on the streets.

The oldest-known Dutch Carnival festivities date from 1385 in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. They are depicted in several paintings by 15th-century painter Jheronimus Bosch. During the three days of the Carnival, ‘s-Hertogenbosch changes its name to “Oeteldonk”, which means “Frog Hill.” This name changing tradition is common in and around North Brabant.”

This year the destination for the carnival was Den Bosh (‘s-Hertogenbosch). The weather this year was not very carnival-friendly, but the streets were still filled with funny looking people. It was like Queen’s day in February.

Dress code: madness.

Here are some pictures from the event.

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Welcoming party

Posted by admin on Oct 15, 2011 in All, Current students, Exchange in Uppsala, Student Associations, Study abroad | 0 comments

Soon after my arrival there was a welcoming party organised for the exchange students by the student association of the department of Business. It was great to meet some fellow students!

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Going out in Groningen

Posted by admin on Jun 25, 2010 in All, Food/Drinks/Fun, Student life | 0 comments

Groningen is a city full of students, notably in the many night activities which are offered nearly every day of the week. In the following there will be proposed several bars, and discotheques which are fun going to. Starting with the bars, the selection is huge. Most of the night live is happening directly in the city centre, with the “Poelestraat” and the “Peperstraat” being the main locations.

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The truth and only the truth about EBF camp 2008

Posted by admin on Oct 8, 2008 in All, Food/Drinks/Fun, Out of Groningen, Prospective students, Student Associations, Student life, Weekend activities | 0 comments

Party, Party, Party and lots of beer! This would be a good and short summary about the EBF-weekend, but I was told a bit too short. Well we were about 350 students, including about 30 internationals, of course mainly German. Being German myself, I thought it was kind of awkward, studying in the Netherlands but going back to Borkum, Germany to get to know all the other students from the faculty.

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