Eurekaweek 2021

From ‘back in full swing’ and ‘dream scenario’ to rising corona numbers and necessary adjustments. A lot remained uncertain until the last moment, but the week – with adjustments – will go ahead on a large scale. Over four thousand students will join Eurekaweek 2021.

Before the week

Corona won’t be able to ambush the Eurekaweek board this year. Three different scenarios were already in the works during the winter. At the beginning of July green light was given for the ‘dream scenario‘. This didn’t last long however,, soon adjustments were being made again. For example, the evening program has changed.

Sunday – International Day

During the International Day on Sunday, foreign students took a stroll around the campus, looking for information about student life in Rotterdam and new friends.

Monday

From the official opening in Ahoy to the rainy lunch in front of the Market Hall. After a round of getting to know Rotterdam, Monday ends again in Ahoy with the first Battle of the Faculties.

Tuesday

The rainy Monday turned into a rainy Tuesday. On campus it has not been this busy in a year and a half. At the information market (not on campus this year, but in the park Oude Plantage) it’s also raining steadily. In the evening the students are sitting dry in Ahoy, if they do not spill during the beer cantus.

Wednesday

Brunch by the pond is this year Brunch by the canal, and it’s at rowing club Skadi.Or Brunch on the Grote Kerkplein in front of the Laurenskerk. Either way, that meal is the basis for the festival day. On the Lloyd Multiplein, known to no one, is Wednesday afternoon the festival (with fixed seating) and in the evening the Guilty Pleasure Party.

Thursday

Thursday is the day of the sports clubs. They can show what they have to offer today. The weather has been stable all week: grey, rainy and anything but summery. It does not discourage the students too much. The day and the week will be closed in the Neptunes Stadium with the Night of the Songs and banging fireworks.

After the Eurekaweek

The Eurekaweek was ‘the best week ever’, we hear several times from first-year students. The week was fun for sure, but did it go safely? We look back at the corona measures during the introduction week.