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Brace yourself winter is here!

Posted by on Feb 9, 2012 in All, Attractions | Comments Off

The first snow for 2012 fell and unlike last year everything was covered with a pure white blanket. Unfortunately, most of the FEB`s students, being in the middle of the exam period, couldn`t enjoy it and had to rackĀ  their brain and stay concentrated in order to come with the crucial solution how to pass their exams successfully or worse make their way through the snow towards the exam halls hoping that their lucky star hasn`t gone on a vacation to rejoice in the snow.

No doubt, the most lucky ones were the children, who took their ice skates and head towards the frozen lakes, made snowmen or were a brave warriors in a snowfight. Looking at them you could not help thinking that the weather was trying to compensate for the warm Christmas, giving its best to paint everything in white.

 

 

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The first snow

Posted by on Nov 28, 2010 in All, Attractions, Facilities, Holidays | 0 comments

Some say: “Finally”, others are rather disappointed that the summer is now definitely and officially over. This event brought the first snow to Groningen. Suddenly, everything was white when waking up on a Friday morning. Having talked to various people, the opinions about the first snow differ widely. Some students (especially international students) who haven’t seen snow in their life were really excited and you could see happy faces all over the place.

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