{"id":6203,"date":"2015-11-05T13:40:38","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T12:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2015\/11\/05\/wijntjes-doen-met-dinnetjes-dat-kan-in-het-eigendom\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:21","slug":"wijntjes-doen-met-dinnetjes-dat-kan-in-het-eigendom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2015\/11\/05\/wijntjes-doen-met-dinnetjes-dat-kan-in-het-eigendom\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine with the girls in Het Eigendom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s possible: a thirsty student who doesn\u2019t want beer. For those students, your critic is spending this evening in a wine bar. Ladies who like a glass of wine with the girls? This one is for you.<\/p>\n

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So it was off to Witte de Withstraat, home to Het Eigendom<\/em>. Apparently it\u2019s a bar which must be so \u2018warm\u2019 that \u2018people immediately feel at home\u2019. At least that\u2019s how Het Eigendom<\/em> describes itself. Another object of pride: the wine menu. The bar offers 135 different types of wine. The most expensive bottle is around 500 euros. Your critic blanches and reads on.<\/p>\n

But ordering is a concern for later. First we need to get in, and that\u2019s not easy. Just over the threshold, we become stranded in front of a human wall. The staff don\u2019t bother to show us to a free spot. Is that disinterest, understaffing or pure professional ignorance? We philosophise while trying to push past all the over thirties.<\/p>\n

Because that\u2019s who the punters are: people in their thirties, forties and even fifties are here in their droves. Perching on a stool at a table, sitting at the bar or standing drinking in individual groups. That changes around midnight. Then mainly forty-year-olds \u2013 married, children, whatever \u2013 suddenly see their opportunity to attach themselves to anything blond. And they do so with gusto, with some bills topping hundreds of euros.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve guessed correctly: your critic soon had to lend out his ladies. However, that did allow your esteemed critic to have a good look at the place. The dimmed light is nice and the walls covered with wine cases are absolutely stunning. It is also remarkable how fast the bar staff operate. A refill <\/em>is completed within seconds, often without even looking. The action is so fast that you might well wonder whether they are picking up the right bottle each time.<\/p>\n

Anyway, these are only irrelevant worries. More notable is the complete lack of student atmosphere. Well not completely: missing items on the bill meant that the evening was still cheap. A hot forty year old couldn\u2019t match that.<\/p>\n

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