One of my favourite things about Groningen is the numerous options that it offers for sporting activities. Spinning, pole-dancing, swimming, jogging, pilates, zumba… the list is endless. You can have the choice of joining a gym or enrol at a sports centre

Some of you may be familiar with the ‘Whodunnit’ video clips on the internet. Indeed, it is very easy to miss things that you are not looking for. About five weeks into my stay here in Groningen, I was in the bus one morning when I noticed something in the water. It was a...

December has been a busy month. Activities organized by the university as well as festive events in and out of town have kept me on my feet, literally. By the 10th, the city of Groningen was already on a ‘festive mode’. I decided to try something different and went up the...

My first academic trip courtesy of Hanze University was at the VW plant in Emden, Germany. I had never in my wildest dreams thought I would one day see how cars are assembled, let alone cars of a prestigious brand like VW. The closest I had gotten to seeing this process was by watching the TV...

  You better watch out, you better not cry You better not pout, I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town   I sang this song numerous times as a child. I always wondered which town Santa Claus was coming to, because he...