Events

    • Sharing Days How do we all live happily ever after? Blue zones (and the last 1000 days)

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      Why do people live longer and happier in certain places around the world? This lecture will focus on the phenomenon of blue zones.

    • Sharing Days - Join the debate on the future of democracy

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      How resilient is our democracy? During this interactive session, our UU scholars and UU Alumni with an expertise in the field will discuss democratic processes and how you can contribute to them on a daily basis. Think and talk with us about ways to shape the future of democracy.

    • Sharing Days: Interview with Niki Korteweg by Utrecht Union

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      Utrecht Union students will talk to Niki Korteweg: science journalist with solid roots in neurobiology and a keen eye for the latest developments. The conversation will include coping with stress and burnout, but will also cover her career as a science journalist.

    • Sharing Days: Documentary 'Talking stones' on Utrecht street poetry

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      Documentary maker Suzanne van Leendert collected personal stories from Utrechters about poems on walls . The result is Sprekende stenen (2024), a beautiful film that not only gives a nice picture of the many poems, but also of the amazing diversity of inhabitants and personal stories. After the film screening, there will be a Q&A with creator Suzanne.

    • Sharing Days: University museum: scientist for 1 day! 

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      The University Museum Utrecht is the museum for everyone who is curious. Do your own research and find out what's in the mystery box, design prototypes at Doctor It Out, investigate whether fossils are real or fake and take part in all kinds of small investigations.

    • Sharing Days: Picnicking in UMU's hidden garden

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      During Sharing Days, come picnic in the Old Hortus: the hidden garden of the University Museum.

    • Sharing Days: Street poetry walk

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      We'll take you past facades, pavements and bollards. Who put them there? Why? What do we know about the poet? We will tell you more about the phenomenon of 'street poetry' in a broader sense. And why does it exist? Walk along and discover Utrecht.

    • Sharing Days: Street poetry cycle tour

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      Did you know that more than 200 street poems can be found in Utrecht? Discover all the language on facades, pavements, posts and more. In an interactive way, you will learn more about the phenomenon of 'street poetry' and see Utrecht from a new perspective.

    • Sharing Days: Yoga with your (grand)child (8+)

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      Stand like a tree and lay down like a cobra. Discover with your (grand)child who can keep his balance best. In this special yoga class will be in the garden of the Utrecht University Museum.

    • Sharing Days: De Oude Hortus - botanical drawing

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      Come botanical drawing in the greenhouse and see plants up close! Together with artist and horticulturist Laura Groeneveld, you will bring the special plants of the Old Hortus to life on paper. Discover the artist in yourself!
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