Party down, it's...Monday?
Upon talking to the native Zwollenaars, I have come to discover an interesting difference between American college life and Dutch college life.
As part of an introductory project upon arriving, we American students spread out into the city and had talks with different clergymen, college students, bar owners, vendors, etc. When chatting with the young owner of a college bar in town, one of the first questions to come up was, naturally, "what do the college students do for fun on the weekends?"
The answer, later affirmed by others, was quite surprising. As it turns out, the weekends are more or less "dead" in Zwolle. In fact, the owner said that Saturday is one of the worst days for business. The best days? Tuesday and Thursday nights - College Night.
The reason is this: all college students go home on the weekends. Even if they're twenty-four years old, they travel up to four hours to be with their family. So, it appears, they "party" during the week. A strange mix of traditional/nontraditional values, if you ask me, and quite contrasting to the U.S.
As part of an introductory project upon arriving, we American students spread out into the city and had talks with different clergymen, college students, bar owners, vendors, etc. When chatting with the young owner of a college bar in town, one of the first questions to come up was, naturally, "what do the college students do for fun on the weekends?"
The answer, later affirmed by others, was quite surprising. As it turns out, the weekends are more or less "dead" in Zwolle. In fact, the owner said that Saturday is one of the worst days for business. The best days? Tuesday and Thursday nights - College Night.
The reason is this: all college students go home on the weekends. Even if they're twenty-four years old, they travel up to four hours to be with their family. So, it appears, they "party" during the week. A strange mix of traditional/nontraditional values, if you ask me, and quite contrasting to the U.S.
posted by Aaron at 2:01 PM
3 Comments:
I hope you were at the bar when you wrote this post, if not, get there-and take that cute boy from Sioux Center with you too.
I cant see the pic, somethings wrong. Could you describe it?
Oops, bad link. I meant to link to Luke's blog. And, yes, I was at the bar before writing that post - $1.50 Heineken's and American music - I love Boy George.
And Jeremy - Don't worry, I'll be back just in time for May 17.
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