Forrest Walk & Visit Paleis Het Loo Park with Ping

Sun 15 Oct 2023 10:30 – 14:30

Paleis Het Loo Park, Appeldorn

Forrest Walk & Visit Paleis Het Loo Park

Join us for a walk around the forests surrounding the Paleis Het Loo. Ping will guide us, as on many previous walks, through the lovely terrain. Bring your own lunch. You won’t want to miss this early fall outing. 

• When: 15th Oct 
• Where: Apeldoorn, in the palace park of Paleis Het Loo (the palace park is the forest; it is big, so plenty of space to discover)

 The palace was under construction since 2015 and finally opened this year. There is a restaurant/cafe place inside so we can eat/drink inside if people would like to access the palace. If people just want to walk in the palace park/forest, then it’s free. 

If you have a museum card feel free to bring it and they can take a walk inside the palace garden and the palace itself after the walk.

Meeting Point: Bosloo (free parking) at 10:30am

LOCATION

Paleis Het Loo Park, Appeldorn

8^th October. Singelpark Leiden walk. 

The beautiful Singelpark is a circular walk of approx 6.5km, leading along historic sights. 

Explore the hidden nature treasure of Leiden from the eyes of a local alumna! 

FREE event. Bring friends, family and other alumni along this walk & enjoy a cup of a tea on us at the end. 

Duration: around 2 hours, depending on whether we stop for coffee halfway. 

Optional lunch at the end of the walk. The society will sponsor a cup of tea / drink for those attending. What a better way to enjoy a beautiful autumn afternoon! 

Meeting Point: Leiden Central Station, front entrance at 10.30. If you arrive earlier, Dawn will be in the Bagel & Beans café from 10.00, it is opposite the station on the left.

About the park: The Singels were part of the fortifications surrounding the medieval heart of Leiden. The “longest park in the Netherlands” was opened in 2021 but is not completely finished. Improvements continue to be made. The route keeps to the water as much as possible and 5 new bridges have been built, with 2 more still to be built. The park is in Leiden but plenty of green on the route.

Accessibility: Unfortunately, the new bridges are steep with steps, so not suitable for wheelchairs, prams etc. There are alternate routes if necessary.

Information along the way: Dawn is willing to guide and share historical facts etc. Those interested let her know and stick with her. If you would rather walk your own pace, Dawn will have route maps with her.

The Oxford and Cambridge Society of the Netherlands invites its members and their guests to a special culinary event:

 Taste of Italy | Saturday, 23rd September |Amsterdam

The society would like to invite you to an unforgettable culinary journey through the various regions of Italy with our Taste of Italy dinner in Amsterdam with hosts Micaela, who is a host with social dining platform Tasty Talks Tasty Talks.

Through this delicious 3-course dinner we hope to together discover the food from different regions of Italy, going beyond the regular pizzas and pastas. Members may bring up to two guests.

When: Saturday, September 23rd, from 5-8pm
Where: The Villy Rhapsody, 1061CW Amsterdam
Prices: Member EUR 50| Guest of Member EUR 55

Tickets are limited, given venue capacity and booking closes a week in advance of the event. Hence, early booking is recommended! Cancellations with a refund are only possibly up to a week in advance. Past this date only possible ticket swaps may be possible. 

We hope you can join us for this lovely dinner and social food experience in Amsterdam.

About Tasty Talks: Amsterdam based social dining platform that carefully curates cultural food experiences across the city, helping people bond over delicious food from all over the world

About Micaela: Italian living abroad and scientist by profession, with a burning passion for cooking and eating healthy and delicious food. A host with Tasty Talks for over a year, Micaela loves to bring food from her country to the people of Amsterdam

LOCATION

The Villy Rhapsody, Amsterdam, 1061CW

You are invited to a weekend full of events in Brussels, Belgium by:

We would like to invite all alumni and their guests to join us for this weekend full of events, bringing together society members from the Netherlands and Belgium. There will be various events held throughout Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with members having the opportunity to join individual events / days or the whole weekend. The highlight of the weekend will be our dinner on Saturday evening.

This is an deal opportunity for members of Oxbridge NL and the alumni of Cambridge and Oxford in Belgium to meet, explore and have fun in Brussels together.

This is a joint event organised by Oxford and Cambridge Alumni societies in Belgium and the Oxford and Cambridge Society of the Netherlands. This is the provisional description of events and small changes to the event schedule are possible over the next few weeks (all updates will be communicated to attendees where relevant).

Spaces are limited to some events so please sign-up quickly. See the highlights of our weekend schedule below, for more detailed event information and sign-up, click here.  

Public transport Netherlands – Brussels: There is a direct IC connection from Amsterdam CS to Brussels Centraal /Central Station/ Gare Centrale (duration 2h43) running several times a day into the late evening, bookable via NS International. There are also bus options.

Accomodation: For Dutch OxCam visitors, there are plenty of Hotel or AirBnb options available. A few spaces are open to stay at a local Society Member’s home (free of charge) – please send an email to secretary.ocnl@gmail.com if you are interested and we will try to match you, based on availability.

The Organising Committee

Ruth (OxCam NL), Megan / Ben (Oxford BE), Steve / Isabelle (Cambridge BE)