Between 12 noon and 4 pm, the campus will be transformed into a bustling Europe Day market, packed with surprising activities, inspiring projects and nice encounters.
Why Europadag (Europe Day)?
Europadag is celebrated each year as a moment to reflect on peace, cooperation, and the shared values that connect us across the European Union. It’s a day to highlight just how present Europe is in our everyday lives—and in the opportunities it creates for young people. That’s exactly why, this year, we’re marking Europe Day with an inspiring program in Leeuwarden.
Europadag participants
- 8D Games – introduces visitors to a serious game about energy choices and local energy communities.
- Bakery Sweets Center & HVHL – present sustainable and local delicacies.
- BDF – showcases European Erasmus+ projects and explains their impact.
- Blackwhiskercult – gives demonstrations of sustainable printing techniques such as screen printing and linocut.
- CEW – presents water technology projects and European innovations.
- CIV Water – shares knowledge about water technology and collaboration.
- Droneview – lets visitors experience Leeuwarden through virtual reality.
- EuropaPact Fryslân – presents European projects that have been realised in Fryslân
- Fairtrade – uses an interactive game to show how fair trade works in Europe.
- Firda – presents European projects in the field of education.
- Fries Museum – tells the European story behind the Redbad project.
- Future Fuels
- Gemeente Leeuwarden Bodem – provides information on soil and sustainability.
- Gemeente Leeuwarden Energiecoaches – offer an energy escape room,
- Gemeente Leeuwarden Praamvaart – organizes traditional boat tours through the city centre.
- Korenbloem Schaafsma – presents local products such as sûkerbôle (sugar bread) and dúmkes (traditional cookies).
- Learning Hub Friesland
- Life on Marzj – offers an augmented reality experience in which art comes to life.
- Mevrouw Bloem
- Mythemakers – presents a historical role-playing game developed with European partners.
- NHL Stenden European Studies – Reiner Duvenga, lecturer/researcher, engages in conversations about European values.
- NHL Stenden Studentenproject – showcases portraits of residents of Leeuwarden.
- Omrin – demonstrates how circular innovation works through virtual reality.
- Pieter Zijlstra – tells about Europe as well as the region.
- Provincie Fryslân – presents projects on aqua thermal energy and water heat.
- RUG Campus Fryslân – informs visitors about European degree programmes. They will also host the lecture “Is safety the new sustainability?” on May 7 (registration available online).
- Slieker Film – screens the film Deaf.
- SpaceBuzz – lets visitors experience Earth through the eyes of an astronaut.
- City Walk - discover Leeuwarden and its European traces (register here).
- Stoereloer – organizes a creative workshop for free experimentation.
- Syntar – demonstrates robotics, including a robot dog.
- Urbact – shows how young people can help shape their living environment.
- Wetsus – provides water experiments and demonstrations on innovative water technology.
- Wetterskip Fryslân – shares insights on water and the “blue diamond” during the canal tour.
- Yn Business
- Limis
- Cycle-Up – demonstrates how materials can be reused in a circular way.
Will you be joining us?
Whether you’re interested in technology, sustainability, culture, or simply want to enjoy a pleasant afternoon, at the Europe Day Market you’ll discover in a fun and interactive way how Europe works right on your doorstep.
