{"id":158170,"date":"2023-08-24T16:35:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T14:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=158170"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:56","slug":"my-guide-kissed-someone-from-your-group-too-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2023\/08\/24\/my-guide-kissed-someone-from-your-group-too-right\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018My guide kissed someone from your group too, right?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the Eurekaweek events draw to a close, the party for first-years is carrying on in the city. After the cantus, Rotterdam bars are full of first-year students on the prowl. “Do you have a boyfriend? Not anymore after tonight\u2026”<\/p>\n

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At Caf\u00e9 De Beurs on the Kruiskade, people are already spilling out onto the sidewalk at midnight. On the first ESN Tuesday of the academic year, the bass blasts out across the outdoor terrace. People are bumming cigarettes off each other left, right and centre while the first attempts at picking someone up are being made. Someone is lighting up a joint. ESN Rotterdam\u2019s weekly open party is mainly attended by international students, so you can hear French, Portuguese and Russian all over the place.<\/p>\n

\u2018Everyone wants to dance\u2019<\/h2>

Katrin, a first-year master\u2019s student from Germany, speaks highly of the nightlife crowd: \u201cPeople here are much nicer than where I studied. Everyone wants to dance with you.\u201d Even the Russian student Ana, who is in a Eurekaweek group with Katrin, is enthusiastic: \u201cCompared to Russia, going out in Rotterdam is way better. There are more international students, people are nicer and more outgoing \u2013 it\u2019s just more fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Katrin and Anna like the crowd at Caf\u00e9 De Beurs.<\/span><\/p>

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Both students are happy with Caf\u00e9 De Beurs. \u201cThe music is fantastic, if it wasn\u2019t so crowded, I would give this bar a ten!\u201d, Ana sums up. At the last minute, she tries to hit on the reporter: \u201cBy the way, you\u2019re really attractive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Subtle<\/h2>

It soon becomes clear that the new students are not just looking for new friends. A first-year student from Chile tries to impress two French students with his finest French. All he can manage is \u2018Oui, tr\u00e8s bien<\/em>\u2019, so he switches to English and very subtly asks one of them: \u201cDo you have a boyfriend?\u201d After hearing a \u2018yes\u2019, he replies less subtly: \u201cNot anymore after tonight\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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At one o\u2019clock, the Apr\u00e8s Skihut on the Stadhuisplein is bustling as usual, but not with first-year students. Maybe the new students haven\u2019t found their way to this party hub yet, or maybe there are enough fun parties going on that they can do without the Skihut.<\/p>\n

Hoping for more<\/h2>

On the Skihut outdoor terrace, four first-years are recovering for a minute. The internationals are in shock. \u201cWe had to pay for the toilet!\u201d, says Dominik from Germany. \u201cIt was really traumatic\u201d, adds Tommaso from Italy, \u201cand I didn\u2019t even go to the toilet. I was just waiting for Dominik and I still had to pay!\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet the students are still planning to go to the Erasmus Night Out party at Villa Thalia this week and are also keen to drop by MUNCH. They are hoping for good music and nice people. One of the young men sits with his arm around one of the women the entire time. Probably hoping for something else too.<\/p>\n

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Dominik and Tommaso with their friends at the Skihut.<\/span><\/p>

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Bon appetit<\/h2>

On the outdoor terrace of De Vrienden Live in de Oude Haven, things have already heated up. Several couples stand around outside kissing.\u00a0 In all the excitement, one particularly passionate couple saw the young woman hoisted into the air as they kiss. Inside, the place is packed, the DJs are throwing a great party and the bar staff are brandishing flaming ice fountains. Everyone is dancing and singing, but suddenly the music stops. \u201cThose two over there really have their tongues down each other\u2019s throats\u201d, the DJ yells. \u201cBon appetit!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Anna has snagged a guide.<\/span><\/p>

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Anna stands in front of caf\u00e9 De Vrienden. This first-year student has snagged a Eurekaweek guide, but luckily someone from another group. \u201cSo, that\u2019s allowed then\u201d, says the guide in question. \u201cMy guide kissed someone from your group too, right?\u201d, Anna asks. \u201cYeah, two in fact, so they\u2019re more like exchange students!\u201d, the guide jokes.<\/p>\n\n\t

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