One of the FReC highlights of the semester is our trip to one of the 5 beautiful Dutch islands – Ameland! We will leave on Friday in the afternoon and return Sunday afternoon. This trip involves a campfire on the beach, an island tour by bike, walking on the bottom of the sea and, of course, party! Join the trip and find out the beauty and fun of the Wadden islands.
We go in May, when the sun is back! From 20st to the 22nd. Please sign up before May 8th!
In just a few days you will come to meet us in the beautiful country of the Netherlands!!!
We are excited to meet you and want to give you a little insight into the planning of the introduction week (24th to 29th of January).
Next year, our first activity will be a little trip to Den Haag!
FROM: Saturday, January 8th, 2011.
TO: Sunday, January 9th, 2011.
SIGN UP BEFORE: December 17th 23h59.
Den Haag (en: The Hague) (old: ‘s Gravenhage) is the second biggest city in The Netherlands. It’s the political capital of the Netherlands. So.. you wanna check it out?
The plan is to check out the city on saturday, party at night, and go back on sunday.
Sounds like a plan?
Subscription closes at Friday December 17th.
One of the FReC highlights of the semester is our trip to one of the 5 beautiful Dutch islands – Ameland. We will leave on Friday in the afternoon and return Sunday afternoon. This trip involves a campfire on the beach, an island tour by bike, walking on the bottom of the sea and, of course, party! Join the trip and find out the beauty and fun of the Wadden islands.
DATE: FRI 22th. OCT. – SUN 24th. OCT. 2010
Every FReC-student is allowed to bring one introducee to the island. If you want to bring a friend, please send us an email before registering your introducee.
Included:
All you’ll have to pay for your self are the (alcoholic) beverages you want to drink on the Island.Talking about value-for-money right?!
Registrations close on October 10th.
Koninginnedag or Queen’s Day is a national holiday in the Netherlands on 30 April or on 29 April if the 30th is a Sunday. Queen’s Day celebrates the birthday of the Queen of the Netherlands and is supposed to be a day of national unity and “togetherness” (Dutch: saamhorigheid). The tradition started on 31 August 1885, on the birthday of Princess Wilhelmina, later Queen Wilhelmina. Since 1949, after the ascension of Queen Juliana, Queen’s Day is Queen Juliana’s birthday on 30 April. Although Queen Beatrix’s birthday is on 31 January, she officially celebrates her birthday on 30 April.Queen’s Day is known for its “freemarket” (Dutch: vrijmarkt) all over the country, where everybody is allowed to sell things in the streets. Other activities during Queen’s Day are children’s games, individual musical performances, and music concerts. The night before Queen’s Day is celebrated too in some cities, and this is called Queen’s Night (Dutch: Koninginnenacht). The largest celebration of Queen’s Day is in Amsterdam, Queen’s Night in The Hague and Queen’s Dance (Dutch: Koninginnedans) in Rotterdam. During the celebrations as reference to the colours of the House of Orange-Nassau, people dress in the colour orange, which is sometimes called “orange craze” (Dutch: oranjegekte). (Source: Wikipedia)
FReC-tradition on Queen’s Day is to make a daytrip to Amsterdam, where we’ll celebrate the whole day in order to return to Leeuwarden with the (second-)last train.
On Saturday 6th February we’ll have a little “Welcome Exchange Students Party” in Hestia Student Lounge. All you have to do is let us know if you’re planning to come and bring your own booze!
Maybe you already heard that in the Netherlands, on 5th of December, Sinterklaas comes and brings presents to all the people.
Because Sinterklaas is a really busy man, he won’t manage to also get all the presents for the international students, that’s why we are organizing a Sinterklaas party on friday, 4th of December.
Everbody has to buy a present for 5 €, an unisex one because you don’t know who is getting your present in the end. We are going to play a funny game where the presents will be shared. So, it is important that everybody who comes brings a present, otherwise people will end up without a present!
The location of the Sinterklaas party will be Hestia, the house next to school.
The Sinterklaas celebration will start at 19:30. We want to ask you to come on time en we also expect you to come when you sign in.
If you want to drink alcohol on this evening we ask you to bring your own booze.
The deadline for signing in is Wednesday, 2nd of December.
