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
Posts with: Sneek
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 South Korea and Spain to the Frisian cows
Leeuwarden is known as the capital of the prosperous, agricultural province Fryslân. A province with nearly 3.000 dairy farms and more than 280.000 dairy cows. Fryslân is the home of the Frisian cow. Fryslân’s economy is sustained by agriculture and tourism. As international students, we have plenty of opportunities to experience the cultural and social life of Leeuwarden but that does not really cover what being a Frisian citizen means. More
11 Fountains: Franeker, Bolsward, IJlst, and Sneek [3]
Each of the 11 cities tells another story, has another history and has other characteristics. To include those aspects, the population of each city were involved to inspire the artists. Therefore, the 11 cities formed a fountain committee to collaborate with the artists. With the help of this collaboration, each fountain tells its own story, which is told in the following. More
Eleven Cities to explore
For all the foreign visitors in 2018, of course Leeuwarden has a lot to offer, but THERE’s MORE! Leeuwarden is the capital of a province called Friesland and a lot of things do happen in region. The province is famous for their eleven cities ice skating tour, which is unfortunately not held that often (Damn you global warming). But for tourists there are alternatives! More
