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PeteNL Says: Wageningen and the surrounding region played a fairly important role in World War 2. A battlefield at nearby Grebbeberg in the early days of the war (May 1940), though only slowing down the German advance on the Netherlands briefly, its role beome more important towards the...
PeteNL Says: What is a Dutch town without a windmill. This one, "De Vlijt", is still working and opens on thursdays to saturdays, offering a selection of homegrinded flour, yeast and also some herbs, all organic by the way.The mill and shop our run by local volunteers, often enough...
PeteNL Says: Doing a student tour of town is not only interesting for those who study here. Some of the university and institute buildings have interesting archtecture, and there are some special parks which were created for study and research reasons, like the "Arboretum", the "tree...
The old citywalls and the parcs surrounding them
Pavlik_NL Says: Wageningen still kept quite some monumental parts of it's old citywalls. Also the canals are still there in some places. This area has now-a-days found a lovely new purpose as being a kind of circular park. Bringing green, peaceful and calm environment it's a must to walk...
Hotel where a new era of peace and freedom began
Pavlik_NL Says: In the town's centre it still stands, though heavely damaged in the last days of the worldwar. Here the allied commanders met with the Nazi-commanders, together with our beloved Prins bernard (then the husband of Princess Juliana, who became queen later, representing the...
Geert18 Says: In May 1945, the German troops in Holland capitulate versus the Canadian General Charles Foulkes. That happend in Hotel De Wereld in Wageningen.You can visit that building
Geert18 Says: The Agricultural University have 2 botanical Gardens (Arboretum). Very interesting to visit them, special for people, who have feelings with the nature. Entree is free
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Like in many other places in The Netherlands, Wageningen has created a cosy environment on it's old market. Many cafes, bars and restaurants have here terraces and they are filled with young and old people that chat, drink and watch people. A Dutch tradition that reaches it's highest point in studenttowns. Well, in that case Wageningen terraces are of course very good filled with students from the agricultural university.
Written Jun 29, 2003
How to get there from Ede-Wageningen
wur_ErikE Says: Wageningen shares it's railway station with Ede (it's called Ede-Wageningen obviously). Upon my first arrival I was a little bit confused on how to travel from there, so I'd guess it would be good to place some information on that. From Ede-W. there are 2 lines going: the 86...
by "national transport" of course!
PeteNL Says: Not only students use 'em - for day to day travel (up to 5-7 km), leisure trips and enjoying the scenery the (non-motorized!) bike is still our favourite means of transport.
Not that well connected to the outside world
Pavlik_NL Says: Wageningen is best to be reached by buss or car (besides biking along the river Rhine which is the most scenic way to get there). There is no trainstation here and getting there this way means to get out in "Ede-Wageningen" and take the bus here.
Pavlik_NL Says: Here's the place to be on the fifth of May. The concerts in Wageningen have "world"famous (within The Netherlands that is - (-: ) artists attending and masses come to listen. Their also the "helicopter-act" that one band has the dubious honour of experiencing. The start in...
Agricultural University (maybe world's famoust )
Pavlik_NL Says: Wageningen has - besides "liberation-town" of The Netherlands also a name in world standard. In Agricultural education everyweher in the world one knows about the Agricultural University of Wageningen (LUW = Landbouw Universiteit Wageningen). Not only the University itself,...
Typical riverside landscape, or....
PeteNL Says: ... the truth behind the dykes, as was the name of an event in the 70s or 80s (?). Anyway, the typical Dutch riverscape is not so natural, though behind the dykes you will find many corners which are "renaturated", given back to nature. After the farmers had created a living...
Wageningen is in NL quite of the beaten track
Pavlik_NL Says: Not many tourists, especially foreign ones will visit Wageningen. quietely laying on the river Rhine it has no mayor attractions and stands in the shade off towns like Arnhem and Utrecht, as well as natural favourits like the national parc "De Hoge Veluwe". However ... if...
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If the frost is strong enough for about a week, which has become rare in recent years, many Dutch will take to the canals, small lakes or (deliberately) flooded fields for their favourite winter sports: skating. The brave even take to the deeper waters, which still have open patches, like this one, next to the Rhine river. So you better take care, if you can't swim...
Equipment: skates, though sometimes a sleigh, some simple boards and a chair (to sit on and to "stabalize" the beginner) can be of help...
Updated Jan 28, 2006
Address: anywhere where there is water
Green town wit a mixture between old and new
Pavlik_NL Says: Maybe because of the Agricultural University, but Wageningen always has kept a very natural, green character. On one hand it's lovely fields on the river Rhine's side, one the other hand the green hills that the towns Northern borders contains off. The highest point is the...
Geert18 Says: And if you come to Wageningen, do not forgot to mail me for a good massage. I give massages to men and women. One massage is 1 hour.
Geert18 Says: Every year, on the 5th of May, celebrates Wageningen the surrender of the German army in 1945 with a geat 5 May Festival. The whole town is till midnight full of music, artists, theater and so on. Every body, also kids, can find activities.
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Wageningen, our university city!
Welcome to Wageningen, town where both of us are/were studying! Aptly named "city of life sciences", it's a small town of 35 000 inhabitants, centred around the university and research institutes. But...
Wageningen, town of freedom and liberation
This date is of big importance to The Netherlands as at that date the Germans capitulated their forces that still occupied the Northern half of the country. Finally, after five years of Nazi-regime we...
A small, great city In Holland
In the centre of Wageningen, there is beautifull Marketplace, with an old Protestant Church. Around the church, there are many pubs and restaurants. In the summertime with terraces. Two times in the...
This is where I live, a university town with some things to do close to the Nederijn river.
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