Feest op SSR Uni often involves hard work, cramming and putting in the hours in the library. But a good party is also part of the deal. You can have a great time seven days a week in Wageningen.
Monday
- Monday is members’ night at the student societies. It’s pretty quiet in the rest of the town.
Tuesday
- The Bunker, the Dijkgraaf flats pub, often has parties on Tuesdays. Enjoy it while you can, because it looks like the flat pubs will be closing down before too long.
- The Doctor café’s pub quiz is another popular Tuesday event. Starts at 19:30. Be on time.
Wednesday
- Wednesday is often party time in Woeste Hoeve, the Hoevestein flats pub. This flat pub will probably also have to close down this year.
Thursday
- The traditional student party day, with an open party at one of the main societies (Unitas, Ceres, SSR-W and KSV Franciscus) every Thursday.
- You can also often have a good time at Nji-Sri on Thursdays.
Friday
- The International Club often organizes parties on Fridays and Saturdays with (obvs) an international theme, from salsa evenings and Brazilian parties to tech house and St Patrick’s Day celebrations.
- The Bunker (see Tuesday) sometimes throws parties on a Friday too, with different DJ groups from Wageningen!
Saturday
- See International Club (Friday).
- Every first Saturday of the month, it is party time at SHOUT, Wageningen’s LGBTQ+ society (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and more).
- There are some good cafés in Wageningen for you to get to know, such as:
– De Vlaamsche Reus (ask for the beer bible)
– Het Rad van Wageningen (with its own brewery)
– Café Onder de Linden (great outdoor area)
– De Zaaier (popular student pub)
– Loburg (often has live music!)
And finally, students themselves know best what works for them: the best parties are often the ones put on in student houses.
Cheap nights out
A beer at a student society often costs only 1.10 euros, which is a lot less than ordinary cafés. The pubs in the blocks of flats (Woeste Hoeve in Hoevestein and the Bunker in Dijkgraaf) are also budget-friendly.
Live
Popupop organizes musical evenings with live performers or electronic music at various locations and festivals. In café Loburg, for example, or the Rhine port. Popupop.nl
Quiet is the New Loud evenings in the library has singer-songwriters regularly for you to enjoy. Or see indie acts during the monthly InDiePub (locations change). Popcultuur-wageningen.nl
Jamming, dining or tekno-knitting
There are weekly activities at Superette, from art workshops to improv theatre to techno-knitting: knitting while enjoying techno music. Meals are served on Fridays in exchange for a donation – desuperette.nl
Dance
The Grasshoppers teach Swing Dance and organize a social almost every Sunday in the Punt Centraal Wonen or in the Algemene Barak on Droevendaal. grasshopperswageningen.nl
There is salsa dancing during the SundaySalsa in Loburg every second Sunday of the month, as well as every second Monday of the month in community center de Nude. lafriquedancecompany.nl en facebook.com/SundaySalsa.Wageningen
Lunch
Free performance with your lunch? Every two weeks at Impulse, you can enjoy a lunch concert ranging from classical to jazz to pop. Check Impulse’s calendar via wur.nl.
Open stage
Every month in the city centre library: open stage for poetry, stories, music or dance. Everything is permitted as long as it takes no more than eight minutes. www.bblthk.nl
