If you are coming to Leeuwarden for an exchange semester this spring, please fill-out this arrival form so FReC knows when to expect you. NOTE: This form is NOT the same as the Stenden Arrival and Reply form, so make sure you send that one to Stenden as well!
We STRONGLY ADVISE YOU to plan your arrival on MONDAY THE 23th OF AUGUST. If you arrive on a different day, we cannot guarantee you that someone from FReC will be there to pick you up and show you to the housing office and your accommodation.
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.
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.
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:
Transfer from Leeuwarden to the boat and back
Boat-transfer (both ways)
2 nights at the camp-farm
2 x breakfast
2 x lunch
2 x dinner
Rent-bycicle for the weekend
Wad-walking tour
Campfire
A memorable weekend
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?!
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.
You’re living in the Dutch province of Friesland, but did you see anything of this unique province during your stay, apart from Leeuwarden and Ameland? …That’s why we are organizing the Friesland Tour, a tour trough the province with various stops where we will show you some nice spots in Friesland. We are planning to go to these places:
·Windmill “De Zwaluw” in Birdaard
·Museum Ruurd Wiersma Hûs in Birdaard
·Terp “Hegebeintum” + information centre in Birdaard
·Open-air museum “De Spitkeet” in Harkema
·Eise Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker
·The mummies of Wiuwert
·Sonnema Beerenburg distillery in Bolsward
The Friesland Tour will take place on Saturday, the 12th of December. The price for this activity will be announced as soon as possible, but since we had to cancel the Utrecht weekend, we will be able to keep it really affordable.
We’re going to rent minivans for the tour, meaning that we need to know the exact number of people coming. When you sign-in on the website, you’ll have to come. If you sign-in without coming, you will have to pay anyway, because renting cars is not exactly cheap.
There is a maximum number of places, so sign-up quick!
On Wednesday the 7th of October the fifth edition of the intercultural Music event International Student Night LIVE will take place in Poppodium Romein. Reboot, Yorn & the Heat Machine and the Pepper and Salt DJ-team guarantee a very variable program where standing still does not belong to the options.
Reboot plays soul- and funk covers wrapped in an energetic show where you cannot stand still. Soul and funk are central elements, but don’t be surprised when suddenly a raw blues pops up. For this event the 6-person band formation will be expanded with Tollak Ollestad, a very talented musician and besides a teacher at the Leeuwarden Music Academy. Ollestad has a fenomenal singing voice, is a gifted keyboardist and guitarist and if that were not enough, he is also one of the greatest harmonica players ever to have walked this earth.
The Heat Machine is a unique rock association emerged from the head of Yorn Overwijk. Their ecstatic pop with a rock ‘n roll soul creates an irresistible urge to dance. This sextet found the ideal line-up in March this year and brings somewhat unusual music in an unusual occupation. Their music is best described as a combination of Queens of the Stone Age rock and the rock ‘n roll of our own Dutch legend Herman Brood.
To ensure that there is no time to recover, The Pepper and Salt DJ-Team offers a varied DJ-set before, after and in between the acts. It’s time to dance!
Everyone brings food from their home country - this can be a starter, main course, dessert or whatever you like! These dinners are a nice way to get to know more about each other’s eating habits.
On Wednesday the 26th of August it’s time for the 4th edition of International Student Night LIVE in Poppodium Romein! This time there will be a performance by the allround cover / partyband Gratis Bier (Free Beer) and the local bluesrock sensation Barry Nice and the Nice Guys. In between the live bands, DJ Ruiz will make the hall vibrate and sweat with his famous ‘drive & groove’. The entrance fee is only 3 euros.Hand-in the coupon from Poppodium Romein Magazine for a 50% discount on the entrance fee!
For all Stenden exchange students it’s included in the FReC introduction programme, so you can come in for free!
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.
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.
Maybe you already heard that in the Netherlands, on 5th of December, 
You’re living in the Dutch province of Friesland, but did you see anything of this unique province during your stay, apart from Leeuwarden and Ameland? …That’s why we are organizing the Friesland Tour, a tour trough the province with various stops where we will show you some nice spots in Friesland. We are planning to go to these places:
Date: September, 10th, 2009
On Wednesday the 26th of August it’s time for the 4th edition of International Student Night LIVE in Poppodium Romein! This time there will be a performance by the allround cover / partyband Gratis Bier (Free Beer) and the local bluesrock sensation Barry Nice and the Nice Guys. In between the live bands, DJ Ruiz will make the hall vibrate and sweat with his famous ‘drive & groove’. The entrance fee is only 3 euros.Hand-in the coupon from Poppodium Romein Magazine for a 50% discount on the entrance fee!