„Kultuur ken dat oek in de frituur?“ This is a very critical work, in a metaphorical sense it means that culture and art is a not or even very low paid field of work and that it is often not possible to earn enough money to live from it. Maybe this work should let people start thinking about society and the way we are behave with money? The black and white part of the graffiti in the background is made with the technique of a stencil. (At the back of the Westerkerk)
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YourPost’s DNA: Karolina Dasenkovaite from Lithuania
Hello! My name is Karolina; however, I like when people refer to me as Caroline. I do not know why, maybe it sounds better? People always ask me that. I am 21 years old media student from a small yet incredibly beautiful country in the Baltic states – Lithuania. More
Street art in Leeuwarden [3]
This is a very ironic one! The big white circle with the black point in the middle symbolises an eye. However, the other small circles are the signs for the language for blind people. But blind people cannot read the graffiti because the signs are not engraved in the wall and conversely, normally people cannot read the braille. The graffiti work is made by „Ljvant“ or also named „L.J. van Tuinen“ or „LJ van T“, an autonome artist. Many photos of his art works and some information can be found online.
A business out of waste tomatoes
Have you ever wondered, what happens with tomatoes, which are not red or perfectly shaped enough to be put in the supermarket? The Enactus group Leeuwarden did and they started a business in cooperation with a local farmer to reduce food waste. I met with Barbara Bricalli from Enactus and she explained me how it works. More
Through the eyes of… Aline Barbosa from Brazil: Houseboats and quiet parties
Hallo allemaal. My name is Aline Barbosa, I’m Brazilian, 30 years old and I moved to the Netherlands for Love. I knew a couple of things about Holland. In Brazil we learned about the Dutch in school. How they also tried to build a colony in Brazil, but were expelled by Portuguese and British in 1637. More
Through the eyes of… Evren Baba from Turkey: Bottles and bags
Go back where you come from! Well, of course that wasn’t the attitude of the Frisian people to the people coming from outside! But, to the bottles they bought from supermarkets. More
Street art in Leeuwarden [2]
The graffiti of the joker is a leftover of the former coffeeshop „Flower Power“. The face of the Joker seems a bit sneaky and that should symbolise the use and effect of smoking weed. Sadly, there is no artist written but I heard this work of art was made by a woman. You can find it at Ipe Brouwersteeg.
Street art in Leeuwarden [1]
This work of graffiti, made by Harke Broersma, is very visibly located in the centre of Leeuwarden. You can find the artwork in the Oude Doelesteeg. The graffiti is a reproduction of a detail of the painting “Een gunstig uitkijkpunt” from the Dutch 19th century painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema, who was born in Dronrijp, Fryslân, and went to school in Leeuwarden. He was an influential academic realism painter. In the work is also the webpage www.mooileeuwarden.nl mentioned, a site with information about cultural happenings and places in Leeuwarden.
A personal story: Street art in Leeuwarden – Intro
I came to Leeuwarden about two months ago and noticed the many very beautiful graffiti and street art works around. Therefore I wanted to get deeper into the topic. More
Through the eyes of… Tomás O’Reilly Gallardo from Spain: The irony and excessive kindness
I arrived in Leeuwarden on January 26th. Prior to my Erasmus application, I had never heard of the city or even Friesland for that matter, so I didn’t really know what to expect. I read in forums that students here had a wonderful time, but I was unsure whether this tiny northern Dutch city would suit me, what would the people be like and a thousand other questions that were flying through my head. It was already dark when I set foot outside the station and the first thing I saw was a whole set of party-like lights and decoration. It was indeed the first of many times I was going to hear the words “Cultural Capital of Europe”. More
Broodje Bewust: The cafe that is always one step ahead
The fact that the Netherlands is below the sea level ishardly any news and neither is the fact that we are currently struggling with a huge climate threat. Having the earth and the future in mind, there have been different trends that can be followed in order to think and act sustainable. Not only, from a human perspective, but also from a local company perspective. More
People of Leeuwarden [3]: Vadim Angan
“The hardest part of emigrating to the Netherlands was the fact that I had to leave my family, friends and all the other things that I liked about my country – Moldova.” More
Inwoners van Liwadden [3]: Peter Fiolet, AKA dragqueen Trixxxi Icing
‘Citizens of Liwadden’ (‘Inwoners van Liwadden’) is a series of video portraits of remarkable citizens from Leeuwarden. In part 3, Peter Fiolet, AKA drag queen Trixxxi Icing…
People of Leeuwarden [1]: Patrick Ricao
We are happy to introduce to you our first story about an emerging musician living in Friesland. Patrick Ricao is a singer/songwriter whom I met around three years ago. More
Show your Arts on 20x18cm
Gallery Westerkade organises the exhibition ‘Artist show your Arts on 20×18 in 2018’. In this exhibition more than 500 block panels of the format of 20x18cm, made by more than 350 artists from many different fields, are displayed. More
Citizens of Liwadden [2]: Ricky van Daalen
‘Citizens of Liwadden’ (‘Inwoners van Liwadden’) is a series of video portraits of remarkable citizens from Leeuwarden. In part 2 Ricky van Daalen, probably Liwaddens most famous folk singer, because of his famous song ‘Genot’, tells about his career and drives..
Stone books and beer out of bread at the Green Alert Market
In today’s times, you will always come across the topic of sustainability and climate change. However, it is necessary to be aware and informed about the ongoing negative changes in our environment and how we are able to prevent them or slow them down. More
Elfstedentocht, the Tour of the tours, the dream of the dreams
A winter time is here again and every Frisian wishes only the same – let Eleven cities tour (Elfstedentocht) come to alive. For the ones who don’t know, Elfstedentocht is ice skating race about 200 km long. Through canals, rivers and lakes of 11 Frisian towns take part various participants. There are ones who want to just enjoy the race as the leisure time activity and the ones who really want to participate in this legendary race. Usually they are 16 thousand people but the finish line pass only one percent of them. More
From Portugal and Finland to an animal ambulance in Leeuwarden
As part of their student experience in Leeuwarden, Emmi (21, from Finland) and Leonor (20, from Portugal) went on a full day of work with the Animal Ambulance that takes control of animals in distress that require emergency medical care. More
Annemaaike Bakker from De Stormruiter: „I never sat on a horse before“
Annemaaike Bakker plays the female lead character in the production “de Stormruiter”, based on a novel by Theodor Storm. “De Stormruiter”, is presented to the audience from September until October 2018 in the WTC Expo in Leeuwarden, which is especially created for Cultural Capital 2018 Leeuwarden-Fryslân. The story themes are the fight against water and the formation of the Friesian Horse. I had the opportunity to get Annemaaike on the phone and talked with her about her life and her love for the theatre. More
