2008 Dutch (NL) Summer Tours
2008 Dutch (NL) Summer Tours
NL-1 organized by the R.C. Hoeksche Waard and Cuijk
from Saturday 28 June until Saturday 12 July.
Age: 17 - 19 year; so at arrival in Holland not younger than 17 and
not older than 19 and be able to swim
Group size: max.19 participants
Programme:
Hoeksche Waard – First week:
The last time we organized a Summertour was in 2004. It was a great success.
The Hoeksche Waard is an island with several villages with a total of 80.000 inhabitants . The Hoeksche Waard lies south of Rotterdam. Even though we are only 20 km from Rotterdam, the Hoeksche Waard is green and peaceful.
Because the Hoeksche Waard is an island (and we live below sea level!), there is a lot of water surrounding us. Part of our program will have to do with water and our struggle against the sea.
Our program will contain a lot of different elements.
Some elements: a visit to the Delta Works, a visit to Rotterdam, sailing with luxury yachts, swimming, etc. Because of these elements it is necessary to be able to swim. There also will be plenty of time for shopping and relaxing.
We hope to meet you!
Cuijk - Second week
Rotarian Cuijk homestay (the first two days, making daytrips to fun parks and a monument) and then five days of sailing experience.
All activities will be assisted by rotarian members or sailing assistants.
The sailing experience start in the northern part of the Netherlands on the sailing ship “Admiraal van Kinsbergen”.
This ship is equipped with all sailing attributes and also a fuel driven motor to help out without wind.
The ship is also equipped with 15 two person sleeping cabinets for the guests.
For breakfast, lunch and dinner there is a convenient kitchen (kombuis) and a luxuoury dining room.
During the sailing experience, along the coast of the lake Ijssel, several cities will be visited for musea and other cultural or educational viewpoints.
There will be organised some visits to cities for fun (shopping and otherwise) at some relaxing moments.
There will be a barbecue and farewell party at the closing of this meeting between international cultures.
Transport - if you travel:
by air -arrival at and departure from Amsterdam/Schiphol Airport;
by train - arrival at Rotterdam Central Station and departure from Arnhem C.S.
by bus - arrival at and departure from Utrecht Central Station.
Rotarians will meet you where you will arrive and bring you from where you will depart.
Inform your Dutch club Y.E.O.
NL-2 organized by the R.C. Berkel and Ter Aar e.o.
from Saturday 28 June until Saturday 12 July.
Age: 17 - 19 year; so at arrival in Holland not younger than 17 and
not older than 19
Group size: max. 20 participants
Programme:
Berkel - First week:
Lochem is a medieval little town in the eastern, rural, part of the Netherlands.
The area is well known for its beautiful landscape, its woods and its many castles. Just 20 kilometers from Lochem one finds the old Hanze-cities Zutphen and Deventer.
Rotary Club Berkel IJssel invites the participants for a week in which they will have many opportunities to enjoy the company of each other. Part of the program offered by the club is a survival/outdoor tour in the woods around Lochem.
Participants will visit the city of Amsterdam where they will visit, amongst other activities, the Anne Frank House.
The creational capacities of the participants will be challenged during a visit to a film studio, where the participants shall be asked to make their own news presentation.
Ter Aar - Second week:
Rotary Club Ter Aar will pick you up in Lochem and transfer you by coach to Ter Aar, in the green heart of Holland, 25 km south of Amsterdam and 30 km north of Rotterdam.
This week you can discover the wetlands, the lakes and the dikes.
There will be trips by boats and by the typical Dutch bike (Good Weather Program), and we also give the opportunity to learn sailng at the IJsselmeer.
We visit The Hague and Rotterdam with a mix of young people, education, history and shopping.
In general you will experience the Dutch atmosphere in history, today and in the future.
At the end off this week there will be a farewell-party.
Transport - if you travel:
by air -arrival at and departure from Amsterdam/Schiphol Airport;
by train - arrival at and departure from Utrecht Central Station.
by bus - arrival at and departure from Utrecht Central Station.
Rotarians will meet you where you will arrive and bring you from where you will depart.
Inform your Dutch club Y.E.O. ‘s.
NL-3 organized by the R.C. R&Z and Tilburg+Gilze-Rijen
from Saturday 28 June until Saturday 12 July.
Age: 17 - 20 year; so at arrival in Holland not younger than 17 and
not older than 20 and be able to bike.
Group size: max. 12 participants
Programme:
Rijnwoude
Zoeterwoude
First week:
You will be the guest of Rotaryclub Rijnwoude. The municipality of Rijnwoude consists of the villages Koudekerk aan den Rijn, Hazerswoude-Rijndijk, Hazerswoude-Dorp and Benthuizen. The theme is Holland Waterland. We will visit the capital Amsterdam and the seat of government, The Hague. We will introduce you to the management of polder water and spend some time boating. Also, we will cycle in the neighbourhood and visit one or more mills.
Tilburg - Second week
Gilze-Rijen - Second week:
Theme: Municipal and regional aspects of the Netherlands.
During this week you will enjoy your stay in Dutch families. You will get to know several social, cultural and entertainment sides of Tilburg and region. You will experience a duality during this week. This means that you will not only visit our famous entertainng park “The Efteling” and several jazz- and rock cafés, museums and theatres etcetera, but also get the opportunity for being back-stage and get to know various people of your own generation who takes initiatives.
You will get acquainted with the inns and outs of the local society by visiting several social, cultural and economic institutions and acquire knowledge about the way they are organised and their programming.
A great deal of the Netherlands consists of water and our identity is very much related with it. So you will spend some time on the water. After this week we are quite sure that you will be able to go through life as a good ambassador for the Netherlands and its population.
Transport - if you travel:
by air -arrival at and departure from Amsterdam/Schiphol Airport;
by train - arrival at The Hague Central Station and departure from Tilburg C.S.
by bus - arrival at and departure from Utrecht Central Station
Rotarians will meet you where you will arrive and bring you from where you will depart.
Inform your Dutch club Y.E.O. ‘s.
NL-4 organized by the R.C. Deurne-Asteren-Someren
and Winterswijk
from Saturday 05 July until Saturday 19 July.
Age: 17 - 20 year; so at arrival in Holland not younger than 17 and
not older than 20
Group size: max. 18 participants
Programme:
Deurne - First week:
Theme: Meeting the south of Holland.
In your first week you will visit the province of North-Brabant in the southern part of Holland. This part of Holland is well-known for the amusement park the Efteling, soccer club PSV and the Philips company in Eindhoven, Bavaria beer, the capital Den Bosch and carnival, but most of all for its hospitality.
You will explore the province by car, by boat or in the typical Dutch way: by bike. You will not only visit small villages in the countryside but also bigger cities.
Your host families live in the towns of Deurne, Asten and Someren. In their homes you will experience the Dutch habits and traditions.
You will enjoy a week full of culture, nature, sports and fun. You will meet a lot of new friends from all over the world. Friends you will be able to enjoy for one more week when you move on to the east of Holland in the second week.
Winterswijk – Second week:
Both Doetinchem and Winterswijk are situated in one of Holland’s most beautiful provinces on the east of the country on the German border.
Rural yes, but with lots of things to do such as a bike tour along 8 beautiful castles, rowing your canoe or boat on the river Oude-IJssel, a visit to the Open Air Museum in Arnhem and much more.
You will be staying with a host family during the whole week with another guest of your age who is also taking part in the programme. You will have every opportunity to get to know our lovely countryside, the many leisure opportunities, the families you will be staying with and our small, old cities.
Transport - if you travel:
by air -arrival at and departure from Amsterdam/Schiphol Airport;
by train - arrival at Eindhoven Central Station and departure from Arnhem Central Station.
by bus - arrival at and departure from Utrecht Central Station or arrival at Arnhem Central Station and departure from Eindhoven Central Station - if possible for you!
Rotarians will meet you where you will arrive and bring you from where you will depart.
Inform your Dutch club Y.E.O. ‘s
NL-5 organized by the R.C. Groningen-Oost+ Hoogezand-Sappemeer+ Appingedam-Delfzijl and Culemborg
from Saturday 28 June until Saturday 12 July.
Age: 17 - 20 year; so at arrival in Holland not younger than 17 and not older
than 20 and be able to bike
Group size: max.16 participants
Programme:
Groningen - First week:
We plan to offer you a program with culture in it as well as sports and play!
After arrival there will be a get together in the evening with the rest of your group.
You will go by bike from one address to the next in order to get your dinner, followed by a party
We will make a Wadden-Sea hiking tour: by boat to the island of Schiermonnikoog and during low tide you can walk on the bottom of the sea. It is fascinating! A professional guide will lead you.
In the afternoof we will enjoy the island, swimming, sunbathing, cycling and shopping and finish offn with a party evening.
We also go for beachvolleyball, archery golf or wall climbing or snowboarding inside a hall.
We will visit Giethoorn “the Venice of the North” and go there by boat (so called punters) through the village. In the evening we do a “pub tour”.
And see the city of Groningen with climbing the Martini tower (100 meters high), shopping in the city and after that sailing on a lake nearby,we will have a barbeque in the evening.
We will finish these two weeks with a farewell party and then: “goodbye to the host families” and departure for bus-station, train-station or airport.
Culemborg - Second week:
Theme : water and culture
We will pick you up at Utrecht Central Station (CS) and bring you to Culemborg, an old city situated in the middle of The Netherlands
The program will let you enjoy your stay with the host family, your fellow participants and Rotary Club Culemborg.
It will bring you knowledge of the Dutch Culture and you will learn about our Water Management Expertise, for 60% of The Netherlands is below sea level!
You will discover the polders, dikes, dunes and rivers.
There will be trips to Amsterdam, where you will enjoy by boat the world famous canals surrounded by historical buildings and to Rotterdam, the main harbor of the world.
There will be time for pleasure and relaxation in and around the water and you will get the opportunity to practice riding bikes, which are so typical for our country.
We live in a district where fruit culture is very important. Therefore we will visit the local fruit-auction and a very advanced paprika-farm.
At the end of the week there will be a swinging farewell -party.
Transport - if you travel:
by air - arrival at Amsterdam/Schiphol airport - take there a train to Groningen C.S. (Central Station)
by train - arrival at Groningen Central Station and departure from Utrecht C.S.
by bus - arrival either at Utrecht C.S. or Amsterdam C.S. and take from there a direct train to Groningen Central Station and departure is from Utrecht C.S.
Rotarians will meet you where you will arrive and bring you from where you will depart.
Inform your Dutch club Y.E.O. ‘s.