It seems as though the worst of the Covid storm is over, and all sorts of things are suddenly allowed again. Is your brain not used to this wealth of options anymore, and is all that choice stressing you out? Don’t worry, we’ll help you decide!
Live music
Getting to attend some classes on campus is silver but enjoying live music together with a drink in your hand is gold. Popupop has already got a full summer schedule, offering a wide variety of options from Roosmarijn’s melodious pop in the church on the market square, accompanied by a dancer, to Yīn Yīn’s psychedelic rock in the Junus Park. But after all this time, does it really matter exactly who is playing?
Farming
Would you like to know more about growing vegetables or keeping goats, and are you also interested in seeing what a Dutch farm looks like close-up? Sign up for the Farm Experience internship. You’ll learn all about sustainable farming, but not just from lectures and workshops. You are going to experience it for yourself. You stay on the farm of your choice for two weeks to experience how it works in practice. And you even get three ECTS points for it. Only in Wageningen.
https://www.boerengroep.nl/research-education/fei/
Tropical heat
You never know with a Dutch summer. If the weather’s disappointing, or if it can never be too hot for you, go to the sauna! SpaVeluwe is next to the station in Lunteren, you can get there in no time (40 minutes by public transport or an hour’s bike ride for the sportier sauna-lovers). As well as working up a healthy sweat, you can spend endless hours in the outdoor jacuzzi, and have a massage or a nice lunch. Not so keen on naked bodies? Every Saturday you can come dressed.
Enjoy the football (or not)
Gathering around a big screen to watch the European Cup is not likely to be on offer yet. At least, not at a café or pub. But that doesn’t affect what you and your housemates do! So live it up, paint your living room orange, put up a projector and go for it. Do keep the party small, because no one wants a Covid explosion just before everyone is inoculated. And if you hate football, this is your chance to chill in the floodplains undisturbed, do your shopping stress-free, or plan your own sports hour at the Bongerd. Enjoy!
Canoe for kilometres
Fed up with all those people around you already? Rent a canoe! You start in Veenendaal and from there you can canoe right through the Binnenveld along the ancient Grift canal. It’s guaranteed to be very green and tranquil: all you will see is a few people fishing and some sheep. It’s quite a long way, nine kilometres to Rhenen, so turn around in good time if you haven’t had much practice. Or you can opt to hand in your canoe at the end of the Grift in Rhenen, but that costs a bit extra.
https://kanoverhuurveenendaal.nl/
ISOW weekend
After one and a half lonely years shut up in your room, do you feel the need for new (international) contacts? ISOW is organizing an Epic v Pandemic weekend from 2 to 4 July, with all sorts of activities to help you make new friends at top speed. Dance workshops, a pub quiz, the ISOW Olympics… You don’t have to be a member of ISOW to join in, but it does make it cheaper. All the activities have been planned to be Covid-proof, so get ready for a live, 3D experience with real people. How we have missed that…
https://www.isow-wageningen.com/
