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Ranomi Kromowidjojo returns to the pool

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Ranomi Kromowidjojo returns to the pool

Ranomi Kromowidjojo returns to swimming. The Olympic champion decided to put an end to her career in January of this year and now she will help young talented competitive swimmers with their future top sports career on behalf of the KNZB (Koninklijke Nederlandse Zwembond, the Royal Dutch Swimming Federation).

“I still regularly go to the pool. For swimming, but also because I enjoy talking to young athletes about their lives, their ambitions and the obstacles they face. During those informal conversations, I noticed that I can help them as an ‘experience expert’,”  Kromowidjojo says on the KNZB site. She swam her last competition at the Short Course World Cup in Abu Dhabi in December 2022, where she won six more medals, but will now help other swimmers. “Thanks to all the years of top sport, I know that you are capable of much more than you think, including by having the right thoughts. I am convinced that these experiences will also help me with my next challenge of inspiring others”.

Guiding talents

According to the KNZB, the advice that Kromowidjojo gives to the swimmers is so useful that a mentor role was in the offing. “Together we have come to the conclusion that it is a shame not to use Ranomi’s top sports lessons more broadly and more structurally”, Sjors Lommerts, top swimming manager at the KNZB, says.

“Ranomi will talk to athletes a few times a year at different training locations and also accompany  our talents to some international tournaments. For the time being, she focuses on coaching competitive swimmers, but I do not rule out that she will also be involved in the future and gets to work with talents from other sports branches of the KNZB”.

Source: Studio040

Translated by: Bob

 

This is the place to be in Eindhoven on Koningsdag

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This is the place to be in Eindhoven on Koningsdag

Koningsdag (The King’s Birthday) is just around the corner and that means many free markets and festivals. There is also plenty to do in Eindhoven. But where should you be and what time does it start? Here’s everything in a nutshell.

No shortage of offerings on Koningsdag. There is plenty to do in the city for young and old. There are parties with different music styles. If you prefer to take it easy, there are plenty of free markets and terraces.

Festival
In Eindhoven, the party starts early. The Royal Dutch Festival will start at 12:00 on Stadhuisplein. Artists such as Mental Theo, Kruzo and Lampegastuh take the stage there.

Do you prefer rock and punk music? Then Royal Hawk at Dynamo is for you. Bands such as The Spades, 69 Charger and Woke are getting their feet off the floor. At Strijp-S this year is the King-S festival. A total of sixty artists will be spread over five squares. The outdoor events are free. A entry ticket is required for the party in the Klokgebouw.

These are not all festivals, however. In Eindhoven there is 1,500 metres of dance floor on King’s Day. The full program can be found here.

Free market

From a terrace to strolling around the stalls. The shops and restaurants on Edisonstraat and Celsiusplein will open their doors from 10:00. There is a Koningsmarkt on Burghplein in Witte Dorp from 10:00 to 16:00. In addition to ggods on rugs and stalls, there are all kinds of activities, such as a TikTok workshop and Monkey Moves.

Traditionally, there is also a free market in Stadswandelpark. There are about a hundred stalls spread throughout the park. There is also a DJ and dance group for the youth. For the little ones there are bouncy castles, artists and face painters.

These are not the only markets in Eindhoven. There are also stalls all day long on Kruisstraat, Woenselse Markt, Wilhelminaplein and Sint Gerardusplein in Stratum.

Food

During the Culinary Festival on 18 Septemberplein you can enjoy different world cuisines. There will be food trucks from Eindhoven and the surrounding area from 11:30 to 00:00. You can also enjoy a bite to eat on Stationsplein and Catharinaplein.

Source: Studio040

Translated by: Bob

 

Renewed Van Gogh museum opens doors

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Renewed Van Gogh museum opens doors

The innovative Van Gogh Village Museum in Nuenen has reopened. The story of the famous painter during the period he lived in Nuenen has a new look. The former Vincentre has been expanded with an exhibition space and a new wing.

The museum was closed for six months because of the renovation. Next Thursday the first visitors can come and take a look. “It has taken a long time, but we are happy that we can open again. The museum has grown 2.5 times in size and because of this we have also been able to expand the collection”, Frank van den Eijnden, director of the Van Gogh Brabant Foundation, explains.

“It’s great to be open again and explain to everyone the Nuenen period of Vincent van Gogh. You actually get to know him as a person and why he made all those paintings”,  Simone van der Heiden, director of the Van Gogh Village Museum, explains.

Potato eaters

The renovation is immediately apparent when you enter. It looks like you’re stepping into the old town hall, but according to Van den Eijnden, it’s really the Van Gogh Village Museum. “The museum can be divided into a number of sections. For example, you first enter his studio in Nuenen where he painted his first works. Then you move on to his masterpiece the ‘Aardappeleters (potato eaters)’. We have arranged it so that you can actually take a seat at the table at which the aardappeleters also sat”.

“Then I haven’t mentioned the light lab we created together with chip machine manufacturer ASML. In the lab, we show visitors how Vincent van Gogh dealt with colours in his work so you can apply this yourself”.

Brainport

Through international cooperation in a brand new museum, the Van Gogh Village Museum aims to attract not only people from Nuenen, but from the entire region. “ASML has contacts all over the world and can share the story of Van Gogh globally. This also contributes to familiarity”, Van den Eijnden said.

Van der Heiden: “Vincent van Gogh is an icon in the region and is known throughout the world. There is no place on earth where you can see so much of him. In that we are truly unique. The cooperation with ASML shows that we can strengthen each other here in the region in order to add something to this region that we can be proud of”.

Queen Máxima will festively open the museum in a month’s time.

Source: Studio040

Translated by: Bob

Experience ‘Koningsdag’ with Studio040 and Glow FM

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Experience ‘Koningsdag’ with Studio040 and Glow FM

On Koningsdag (king’s day), April 27, all of Eindhoven will be coloured orange! And Studio040 and Glow FM will not let that pass unnoticed. Koningsdag040 can be followed live all day on both radio and television.

At 7:00 DJ Geoffrey Smulders will kick off the warm-up for Koningsdag on both Glow FM and Studio040, followed by the pre-party by various DJs.

Tour along the parties

From 11:00, the live show on television will start from Glow FM’s radio studio. The DJs alternate music with content stories and atmospheric reports by camera teams. They traverse the entire city. From the big parties on Stadhuisplein, Stratumseind and Ketelhuisplein to neighbourhood events and various free markets.

Until late at night

The live show will last until 23:00. Experience Koningsdag with us on Studio040 and Glow FM! Studio040 = King!

Source: Studio040

Translated by: Bob

Queen to open renovated Van Gogh museum

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Queen to open renovated Van Gogh museum

Formerly known as the Vincentre, the Van Gogh Village Museum in Nuenen will officially reopen next month, after extensive renovations, by Queen Máxima. 

The museum is dedicated to the Nuenen period of the world-famous Brabant master painter. The exhibition highlights the development Van Gogh went through in Nuenen on the basis of his studies and sketches. Temporary exhibitions will also be organized in the museum in the future.

New museum

The renovated museum has a modern design, but with many references to the history and old village life. In addition, a new department will be added to the renovated museum: Vincent’s Light Lab. In collaboration with ASML, the light lab investigates how Van Gogh experimented with light and colour. There are also opportunities for young visitors to experiment with light and color themselves.

Máxima has already visited the region twice in the past six months. In November she visited VDL, earlier this year she visited Eindhoven designers.

May 16 is the official opening of the museum, but the doors will open a month earlier. The renovated museum will open its doors to visitors on April 20.

 

Source: Studio040

For Eindhoven News: Lila Mehrez

Tamil New Year in Eindhoven: ‘It creates connection’

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Tamil New Year in Eindhoven: ‘It creates connection’

Dancing, singing and eating. There will be an extensive New Year’s celebration for the Indian Tamil community in Eindhoven on Saturday. This time in the Muziekgebouw.

The day, organized by Eyal Foundation, is filled with various performances, including skits, classical dance and a band. There are a total of 24 acts, from both children and adults. In addition to the performances, dinner will be provided with various Indian dishes such as bonda, rasam and idiyappam sodhi. “Tamil New Year is very popular among the Indian Tamil community here in the city,” said Beena Arunraj, founder of Eyal Eindhoven Foundation. “Over 700 people are expected to come.”

Gathering

During Tamil New Year, the Indian Tamil community celebrates their culture and heritage. In addition, it is a way to get to know others and get together with a large group. “During Indian weddings, you meet between 500 and 1,000 people in one day. They don’t have these weddings here. They miss the togetherness.”

Important

“For the Indian community here in Eindhoven, Tamil New Year is more important than other celebrations. Eyal Tamil New Year is not only about the day itself, but also about what precedes it. Starting in February, groups start practicing their act. Every week they meet once and from mid-March they meet twice a week. People come together and children can play with each other. It creates connection ”

Eyal Foundation Eindhoven

Eyal Eindhoven Foundation is an organization that forms the collective identity of Indian Tamils in the region. With 30 volunteers, Eyal provides a few events every year. Tamil New Year is the largest of these.

The Tamils are a people group in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Myanmar, Fiji, South Africa, Cameroon and other African countries. They speak their own language: Tamil.

 

Source: Studio040

For Eindhoven News: Lila Mehrez

First ever wombat cub in Netherlands born in Best

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First ever wombat cub in Netherlands born in Best

At BestZOO zoo in Best, a young wombat showed itself for the first time on Monday by peeking out of its mother’s pouch. This makes the mysterious animal the first wombat born in the Netherlands. “Very unique”, Jos Nooren, the owner of BestZOO, said.

An observant visitor to BestZOO took a fascinating picture. A small furry animal pushes aside the mother’s pouch with its paw and peeks out. “This wombat shows itself clearly and a bit longer for the first time, but we have no idea when the animal was born”, Nooren explains. “The animal could be four, five or even six months old”.

The Australian marsupial is unique for several reasons. For one, it is the only animal with square turds, this has to do that the animal squeezes the nutrients out to the last bit. A young is tiny at birth, about two centimetres tall. After birth, the animal remains in its mother’s pouch for six to seven months.

Peep

Like other burrowing marsupials, the pouch sits more to the rear so the cub is not buried in sand while the mother digs in the ground. It is waiting for the animal to show itself one day. This happened on Easter Monday in Best. “We had already seen the little animal itself peek out of the pouch cautiously once. We did not want to announce this right away, because then we would have to disappoint many visitors who would not see the cub. After all, young wombats rarely show themselves”, Nooren confessed.

On Monday, the first visitors saw the wombat. Still, it remains a mysterious animal, according to its owner. “Very little is known about the species”. That’s not surprising. Zoo owner Nooren had a first for the Netherlands when he brought wombats from Australia to Best two years ago. That didn’t go easily. The Australian government had to approve the arrival and stay of the critters, in every detail.

wombat in Best Zoo
Photo credit: Unsplash/Meg Jerrard

Waiting

“In the world only a limited number of zoos have the animal. So births are also rare in captivity. What will happen to the young wombat now remains to be seen. “When the mother has enough milk, the pouch becomes too heavy and then the animal will come out. For now it remains to be seen when this will happen”.

Source: Studio040

Translated by: Bob

Police orchestra celebrates 75th anniversary with concert

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Police orchestra celebrates 75th anniversary with concert

The Politie Harmonie Oost-Brabant (police orchestra East Brabant) will be celebrating its 75th anniversary this year with an anniversary concert, featuring various musical guests. Among others, girl group OG3NE, Dutch soprano Maaike Hupperetz and the dancers of the Eindhoven-based Step by Step will be performing.

In collaboration with several soloists, including Liselotte Schellings, OG3NE and Maaike Hupperetz, the orchestra will take the stage on Sunday. Prior to the concert and during the intermission, the Nationale Politie Orkest (national police orchestra)’s Steel Band will play in the foyer. The Eindhoven dance school Step by Step will also be featured. The police orchestra wants to look back at its history with the concert.

Company Orchestra 
With nearly fifty musicians, they are the corporate orchestra of the Politie Eenheid Oost Brabant (police unit East Brabant). The police orchestra performs four times a year in front of an audience. They also provide music during official occasions such as anniversaries, openings and police events.

Charities
The proceeds of the concert will go to three charities: the Stichting WensAmbulance Brabant (foundation wish ambulance Brabant), KNGF Geleidehond (Netherlands royal guide dog fund) and the Stichting Sociaalfonds Politie Eenheid (foundation social fund police unity East Brabant).

So on Sunday, 16 April, the orchestra will play at the Muziekgebouw in Eindhoven.

Source: Studio040

Translated by: Bob

Eindhoven residents can commemorate Holocaust victims

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Eindhoven residents can commemorate Holocaust victims

Eindhoven residents can make a temporary monument for Holocaust victims of the city from Monday 17 April. The memorial project ‘Names and Numbers’ will be kicked off at the CKE on that day.

A wooden board can be picked up at the CKE on which name plates can be made for one of the 362 victims of the Holocaust from the city. This way, the murdered fellow citizens are brought back home symbolicaly, which is the idea of ​​the organisation.

On September 3, the name plates will be placed on a large map of Eindhoven. The map will be located on the Lodewijk Napoleonplein in the Vonderkwartier. Many Jews who were deported lived in this district during the war.

Other projects

The memorial project ‘Names and Numbers’ was conceived by artist Ida van der Lee from Amsterdam. Since 2012 onwards, they’ve annually laid out a map on the Kastanjeplein in East Amsterdam on which the name plates are placed of all Jewish victims of ’40-’45 from that neighbourhood. The Verhalis Foundation organizes these commemorations in Brabant, together with Erfgoed Brabant.

In 2024, the provincial commemoration will take place in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Then the nameplates from all Brabant cities will be placed together on a map of North Brabant.

 

Source: Studio040

For Eindhoven News: Lila Mehrez

 

 

Fabric market as old as Eindhoven

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Fabric market as old as Eindhoven

The fabric market on Tuesday is a household name in Eindhoven and the surrounding area. Longer than many people think: the market has existed for almost eight 800 years, making it as old as the city of Eindhoven itself.

“I came here with my mother as a young girl”, an older lady, who walks around the stalls of the Tuesday market in a good mood, says. But that the market is so old that her great-great-great-grandmother could have walked around here too – she hadn’t expected that.

City rights

According to historians, the market started in 1235, the year that Eindhoven received city rights. “In addition to city rights, Eindhoven also received market rights. That meant that residents were allowed to hold a market, and that farmers in the area were obliged to sell their goods there”, amateur historian of Van Abbe Foundation member, Bauke Hüsken, says. “At that time there was already a road from Den Bosch to Maastricht and one to Cologne. Eindhoven was at the crossroads. People came to the market there”, Jan Spoorenberg, a former archive employee in the region, explains.

Centuries ago, wool, flax and linen were the commodity on the market. “And we don’t know for sure, but that fabric market has been on Tuesdays for a long time”, Hüsken says.

In 2032 the city will be 800 years old. A party at the fabric market would not be out of place. “That’s a pretty good idea”, Spoorenberg notes.

Source: Studio040

Translated by: Bob

Here you can find an overview of markets in Eindhoven.

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