This weekend in Eindhoven…. Yvette’s tips.
It’s a new weekend but where do you need to go? A great weekend to be in Eindhoven as there is a lot to do! My tips:
Saturday: Nachtcollege
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Saturday: Dance the Day Away
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Saturday: Winterclash afterparty
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Sunday: Haône Boere Bloas Festijn
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The parade planned for Saturday in Lampegat (Eindhoven) has been cancelled. This was the decision made by the Eindhoven Carnaval Federation (FEC) after discussions with emergency services, the City Council and other parties involved.
The parade has been cancelled due to the poor weather conditions predicted for this weekend. The main culprit being strong winds.
The organisation made the decision to prevent accidents.”There is a big chance Carnaval trucks might be blown over by the strong winds,” comments an FEC spokesperson.
“Based on the current [weather] forecast, this is the only correct choice. To delay the decision would not serve the parade participants’ interests.” It is currently unknown if the parade will proceed on a different date.
The weather
On Saturday, strong winds with average speeds of between 29 and 49 km/h are expected. The winds could reach a speed of up to 75 km/h. This is cause for alarm regarding the planned Carnaval parade. Strong winds are also predicted on Sunday.
Mayor Jorritsma supports the Federation’s decision, saying “It is a brave decision on the part of the FEC and emergency services. I fully support it; safety comes first.” He also expressed empathy for the disappointment of volunteers and others involved.
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Translator: Ame Harris
Editor: Melinda Walraven
CLO organises a ‘lightfestivity’ on November 24 at Wijkcentrum ‘t Slot at Kastelenplein 166, Eindhoven.
Its a multi cultural gathering to celebrate light, before the dark days before the end of year. Its a varied program with live music, and nice food and drinks. To increase the collaboration, 3 important local organisations are participating: OVAA, Kleurrijke STAD and Welzijn New Beginning.
Admission is 7,50 and includes a welcoming drink and some tapas. Here you find more contact details.
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The Eindhoven Museum attracted a record number of visitors last year.
The prehistoric village and the exhibitions of the Eindhoven Museum are doing better and better. Last year, the museum received no less than 2,700 visitors more than in 2018, almost 73,000 – a record number.
“We are very happy with this growth. In 2018, we really picked up steam and we have been able to continue to do so. Especially during events and school holidays, visitors flocked in”, a proud Director, Ward Rennen, says.
In addition to regular exhibitions, the museum also brings exhibits to the city. ‘Museum through the city’ was at various locations in Eindhoven, such as Park Hilaria and the station square. “It’s good to see we can interest more people in the history of Eindhoven by literally bringing the collection to the city and its inhabitants”, Rennen says.
Rennen recently presented the Eindhoven Museum’s plans for the future. A renewed concept with interactive installations in and around the existing location.
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Translator: Bob
Editor: Melinda Walraven
The Dutch Technology Festival will kick off on Wednesday in the Klokgebouw building. For a whole week, all kinds of activities will be organised to enthuse young people in particular about a career in technology.
There will also be a lot of networking between companies, government institutions and knowledge institutes from the technology sector. According to the organisation, the festival has become the stage for promoting technology.
During the kick-off at Strijp-S, speakers from Brainport Development and ASML, among others, will be present. They will discuss the importance of promoting technology, also to be able to attract enough professionals and engineers in the future. This is of great importance to the high-tech region of Eindhoven.
Night of the Nerds
In the coming week, children and young people can take a look at various tech companies in the region. In addition, they can do tests and set to work on technical assignments. For example, Night of the Nerds is being held at Strijp-S. There, children learn how to programme music, test new games or build their own racing car.
Corona
In recent years, the event was on hiatus due to the corona pandemic. In 2019, the week attracted more than 40,000 visitors.
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Translated by: Bob
Along the route of the Glow light festival, a small organ appears with a projection on the walls of the city behind it. The work is not called ‘Shadow Organ’ for nothing and tells the story of the negative and positive side effects that the corona pandemic has brought with it.
The Shadow Organ is an art installation by artist collective Love for the City and is one of the nominees for this year’s GLOW Talent Awards. The artwork is the last part of a triptych, the first part of which was made in 2020. The corona pandemic is the common thread in the triptych. This year, the focus is on stories about how the pandemic has gotten under people’s skin.
Because even by the end of 2022, the pandemic is not as far away as it sometimes seems. Moreover, many people still struggle with feelings and thoughts that have not been expressed, according to the collective. The artwork must give Eindhoven residents the space to express those thoughts and feelings. By having conversations with residents of the city, the artists have created an image of all the different feelings that live around corona.
That feeling was then visualized by translating the essence of the stories into small templates. The Shadow Organ shines a light on these patterns, so that the stories can be seen on the walls of Eindhoven. In this way, the stories should provide a moment to have a conversation about this topic. “Our artwork should function as a conversation starter. For example, it gives Glow visitors the opportunity to express their feelings.” Isis Boot – Artist of Love for the City.
Before designing the artwork, the makers of the Shadow Organ talked to children, young people and seniors about the lonely and nasty corona period for many – while others experienced the incidentals, such as lockdowns, as pleasant.
Designer Isis Boot highlights one of the most striking stories she has heard in these conversations. “During one of the lockdowns, a grocery delivery person had more time to visit his addresses. This allowed him to have a chat with people who needed that extra. His story is told in the artwork through a series of cars that be projected onto the wall.”
In addition, GLOW visitors can cut and paste a template for their own story and add it to the series of the artwork. That’s how the Shadow Organ is always in motion, that’s the idea. “During the corona time we learned to look at our time differently. It isolated us from the world, but also brought us closer together,” visitor GLOW.
Love for the City started the triptych back in 2020 with the artwork “Separated not isolated”. They had several Eindhoven residents make models of their own living rooms during lockdown for that artwork. Together, these models formed a hotel of stories in isolation. It had to provide a connection between city residents during the lonely time.
Last year, the artist collective created a work of art under the motto “The City of Light Laughs”, an installation in which laughter, from smiling to roaring laughter, was exhibited, because laughter ‘is a virus that can be spread’, according to the collective. Here, too, connection was the goal.
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Since 2013, residents from all over the Netherlands have been meeting each other at De Buurtcamping (The Neighbourhood Campsite). Through this initiative some eight hundred thousand meetings were realised last year, at 53 Neighbourhood Campsites. This year there is also a Neighbourhood Campsite in Eindhoven for the first time.
The Jacob van Oppenheimer Park will be transformed into an actual campsite for three days. The campsite is inhabited by all the people who live in the area. This makes the Buurtcamping an inclusive meeting place for everyone. One-third of the pitches are reserved for people who live on a minimum income.
Just like on a regular campsite, you are outside a lot at the Buurtcamping and everyone is equal. Go to the toilet with a toilet roll under your arm, do the dishes together with the neighbour and borrow toothpaste. By setting up the campsite together or participating in one of the activities, residents get to know each other better during their stay at the buurtcamping.
“The main objective of the campsite”, say campsite managers ‘De Strijp’, “is to allow people to come out of their bubble: rich and poor, with or without education, with a Dutch or non-Dutch background, everyone meets each other at the campsite! We also offer a holiday for families who otherwise wouldn’t be able to go on holiday”.
The neighbourhood campsite in Eindhoven focuses on Drents Dorp, Lievendaal and ‘t Ven. “In other words, all neighbourhoods bordering on the Jacob Oppenheimer Park. Of course, other enthusiastic residents of Strijp are also welcome.”
Neighbourhood campsite ‘De Strijp’ is open from Friday 25 to Sunday 27 August. You can register as a volunteer or reserve a pitch here.
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Translated by: Seetha
Marijn van den Elsen, third-year student at Summa College in Eindhoven, may call herself the best MBO (secondary vocational education) student in the Netherlands in her field. She won gold during Skills Heroes, a competition in which more than a thousand MBO students participate.
The student coming from Limburg is beaming from ear to ear. She had not expected first place. “I am super happy! I thought it was already an honour that I was entered by the school, but I had not taken a gold medal into account. The other participants were also super good”.
Passion
Marijn explains why she enjoys doing it so much. “I find it so beautiful to sew and to make things. Much more fun than designing. Especially if the end result looks good, that’s always nice”.
Future
She is now in her third year at Summa College in Eindhoven. What she wants to do after that? “I would like to continue my studies. So another step up within this field. After that, I might want to work in the world of haute couture or theatre, as a costumer”.
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Translated by: Bob
This weekend in and around Eindhoven…. Yvette’s tips.
It’s almost weekend but where do you need to go? A great weekend to be in Eindhoven as there is a lot to do! My tips:
Friday: Disco ice skating
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Saturday: Makersclub
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Sunday: Marathon Eindhoven
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Thursday to Sunday: Last weekend Lichtjesroute
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About Yvette, who is doing this for Eindhoven News:
“I’m the manager of the biggest expat Facebook group in Eindhoven – Expats in Eindhoven. A group dedicated to help expats have a great time in Eindhoven, get to meet new people and answer their questions. Further I work as graphic designer for my own company STUDIO YDID. In my free time I like to go running, race cycling, go out with friends and family or listen to the band Queen. If you want to know more – feel free to mail me at info@studio-ydid.nl.”
Every year there is a low-stimulus afternoon at Park Hilaria in Eindhoven: the sound is turned down and the lights are dimmed. It is intended for people with disabilities, autism, epilepsy or the elderly. “I like this” says a visitor.
“This is really nice, for children with a mental disability who suffer from the bright flickering lights and the hard noises”, a visitor says. She is not there specifically for the low-stimulus funfair, but she does think it is a good idea. She knows people who cannot come on a normal funfair evening. “My son has epilepsy. In the evening with all those lights, it really has an effect on the epilepsy. I know it can cause an attack”.
“I think it is great!”, says Eva. She is at the Eindhoven funfair on Monday especially because of the low-stimulus afternoon. “I think the low-stimulus afternoon at the funfair is super cool. That people who cannot handle stimuli can also just go to the funfair”, she shouts enthusiastically.
Many people who are at Park Hilaria on Monday afternoon did not come specifically for the low-stimulus afternoon. “We actually come here every afternoon, just to eat an oliebol (oil ball)”, an older woman says. “I did notice that the noise is a bit less now. But there are also a lot of people who are a bit deaf, like me. So the other days with the loud noise are better for me”, she laughs.
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Translated by: Bob
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