Tilburg International Club

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tíc is a non-profit association that provides social and educational activities for internationals living in and around Tilburg. Read more About tíc.

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tíc Brochure available

15 November 2019 2:53 pm / Leave a comment

tíc is a non-profit volunteer organization that provides social and educational activities for expatriates and internationals living in and around Tilburg.

tíc helps internationals feel more at home in the Netherlands. We strive to help ease the adjustment process with practical tips, advice and information on daily life in the Netherlands. We offer a relaxed and fun social atmosphere for introducing partners and children to new people and for learning more about the Tilburg, Noord Brabant and the Netherlands.

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#TBT Movie: The Light Between Oceans

14 November 2019 2:55 pm / Leave a comment

light-between-oceans-1Next week we’ll meet up for another Movie Night.  For #ThrowbackThursday, here’s a look back at the Cinecitta movie “The Light Between Oceans”!

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11 November 2016. by Anne van Oorschot. We had our first #TilburgInternationalClub movie evening of the club year at Cinecitta to see the film The Light Between Oceans. This beautiful film is based on the debut novel by M. L. Stedman and tells the story of Tom (Michael Fassbender), a Lighthouse keeper in Western Australia and his wife, Isabel (Alicia Vikander). Tom, a WWI veteran, is damaged by the atrocities he has seen as a soldier and feels his past will prevent him from having a happy future, so accepts the job of lighthouse keeper on a desolate island. He is surprised by the affection of Isobel, a lovely girl who lives on the mainland and they are married and head off to the island where they create a solitary, yet happy life together. (more…)

Reminder! Housing in Tilburg Workshop

12 November 2019 2:02 pm / Leave a comment

Get important information about how to purchase a house in the Netherlands! When can you purchase a property? How can you purchase a property? Should you purchase? Get answers to your questions at this event!

This event is organized by our Partners: Holland Expat Center South and P&D Care.

There is no cost to attend but registration is required, so sign up now!

 

#TilburgInternationalClub #Expats #Workshops #Housing

Book review: Slaughterhouse 5

by Anne van Oorschot

3 Sept 2019. Our first gathering of the Book Club took place on September 4th – very early in the club year and prior to the tíc Welcome Event. That may explain why we were quite a small group, including 1 brand new member. We had all read the book – not hard since we’d had the entire summer and it was quite a short story.

As a young man and a prisoner of war, Kurt Vonnegut witnessed the 1945 US fire-bombing of Dresden in Germany, which reduced the once beautiful city to rubble and claimed the lives of thousands of its citizens. This atrocious act was (more…)

8 November 2019 2:12 pm / Leave a comment

tíc raising awareness for Make-A-Wish Nederland!

7 November 2019 2:09 pm / Leave a comment

tíc has set a goal to support a different charity every year whether by fundraising, event participation or volunteer work.

This past June, tíc chose to support the charity Nacht van de Vluchteling (Night of the Refugees). A small of group of tíc members not only participated in the event by walking a 20 km route, they also raised a total €950 for the foundation!

This year, our members voted on their choice of charity from a list of worthy causes including the Ronald McDonald Huis Middenwest-Brabant (Tilburg), CARE Nederland, WorldGranny, Connect2Us and Moviera (Tilburg).

We are happy to announce that tíc will be supporting Make-A-Wish Nederland this year through combined contributions of time, goods and monetary donations from the Tilburg MeiMarkt.  We’re proud to be working with Make-A-Wish and we look forward to raising awareness for this charity.

 

 

#tilburginternationalclub #expatlife #volunteer #goodcause #makeawishfoundation

tíc’s first Dutch Conversation Meet-up!

6 November 2019 2:35 pm / Leave a comment


by Jessica de Swart

9 Oct. 2019. tíc has officially started its ‘no books/no teacher/no pressure/all levels welcome’ Dutch conversation group. The idea is to discuss a pre-designated topic for the evening to guide the flow of conversation.

On our first get together, we split up into 2 groups and gave Dutch conversation our best efforts while sharing a drink and getting to know each other. The shock of the night was that the person in my group who carried much of the conversation was actually the person who has been in the Netherlands the shortest amount of time! (Shout out to Wendy, carrying on interesting conversation after only 6 weeks here!) Especially after talking with her, we were all inspired to make more effort to use Dutch and plan to have this meet up again. A special thanks to our native speaker member, Marloes, who joined the meet up and chatted with us too! Who says language learning has to be boring or stressful?

Book Club INVITE: The 100 Secret Senses

4 November 2019 2:02 pm / Leave a comment

Date: Monday, 2 Dec 2019
Time: 19:30 (7:30 pm)
Register by: 29 Nov 2019 (registration form below)
Member Cost: Free!
Guests: €5,00 pp (READ about how this can be pro-rated towards your membership fee)
Location: To Be Announced!

For our upcoming Book Club, we had 3 choices for our next read – a very diverse list of books from which it was hard to choose. We ended up with a slight majority for…

The 100 Secret Senses by Amy Tan 

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tíc Needs your help!

For the last 2 years, one of our major priorities has been to create a stronger online awareness of our club, events, goals and attractive membership benefits through Twitter. Twitter is one of the best social media platforms to find out what people think about our club and build our club “brand”. We would love the help of a dedicated “tweeter” for our club!

You can help us by doing any of the following:

  • tweeting 3 – 5 times a week
  • commenting on tweets
  • re-posting tweets
  • coordinating themes with our other social media platforms
  • share helpful links and tips with our followers

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4 November 2019 12:42 pm / Leave a comment

Subscribe to our quarterly eNewsletter!

1 November 2019 2:59 pm / Leave a comment

Want to get all the latest news in just one quarterly e-mail?

Subscribe to our TIC e-newsletter to receive your updates!

 

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Invite! Housing in Tilburg Workshop

31 October 2019 2:40 pm / Leave a comment

Get important information about how to purchase a house in the Netherlands! When can you purchase a property? How can you purchase a property? Should you purchase? Get answers to your questions at this event!

This event is organized by our Partners: Holland Expat Center South and P&D Care.

There is no cost to attend but registration is required, so sign up now!

 

#TilburgInternationalClub #Expats #Workshops #Housing

Invite: Worstenbrood (Sausage roll) Workshop!

30 October 2019 2:57 pm / Leave a comment

Date: Tuesday, 26 Nov 2019
Time: 18:30 – 21:00 (6:30 pm) (90 mins standing while baking)
Register by: 21 Nov 2019 (registration form below)
Members: €20 p.p. (Normal price €30 p.p.)
Guests: €30 p.p. (READ about how €5,00 can be pro-rated towards your membership fee)
Location: de smaeck van Brabant, Kerkstraat 8, 5056 AC Berkel-Enschot

You are welcome to join tíc for a Brabant’s worstenbroodjes/ sausage roll/ Pigs-in-a-blanket workshop in the very beautiful Brabant’s bakery, de smaeck van Brabant.

Worstenbroodjes are a local delicacy of Brabant in which Tilburg is located. They are great for the cold winter nights!

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tic Walking Group gets its start!

29 October 2019 2:39 pm / Leave a comment

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by Mala Raman

6 Oct. 2019. By popular demand from our members for more sporty activities, tíc has started with the newly formed walking group – the ‘tíc Walkie Talkies’. (more…)

President’s message – Oct 2019

28 October 2019 2:22 pm / Leave a comment

I don’t know about you, but sometimes it seems life is so busy and goes so fast that if you don’t slow down, you’ll miss it!  I made a commitment to myself to take a step back and start enjoying more of the things I love doing. And one of those things is being the president of tic!  With such a busy work schedule, I found myself passing on some of the fun activities the event team has been putting together. This club season, I decided to have more fun with my fellow club members while also taking more initiative to get the club increased exposure in the community. (more…)

#FBF: Maisdoohof (Corn Maze) Run!

25 October 2019 2:50 pm / Leave a comment

Running through the mazeIn keeping with the Fall spirit, for #FlashBackFriday, let’s take a look back at our run through a local corn maze!

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22 Sept 2013. by Patricia Gonzalez. It was a cool, cloudy Saturday afternoon – the kind you get when autumn follows fast on the heels of summer as if determined to obliterate memories of 30-degree days. A fifteen-minute drive from Reeshof brought us to the Dutch countryside where the roads were lined with trees and every few hundred meters, farmhouses dotted the landscape.

Our little group gathered at a maisdoolhof (corn maze) in Dongen to go on a speurtocht (trailhunt). The instructions were simple: walk through the cornfield looking for letters and pictures. The letters, when combined, form a message. Sounds easy? Not quite. Once in the maze, (more…)

Review tícMovie Night – Blinded by the Light

23 October 2019 2:04 pm / Leave a comment

27 September 2019. by Dietrich Haas.  For September’s tíc movie night, we were all “Blinded by the Light” at Cinecitta.

Without spoiling too much for those who still want to watch this film about the impact of “The Boss” Bruce Springsteen’s music has on a Pakistani teenager living in England, I give it two thumbs up!

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Upcoming Events

  • tícMovie Night 22 November 2019 Cinecitta, Willem II Straat 29, 5038 BA Tilburg, Netherlands
  • Worstenbrood Workshop 26 November 2019
  • Book Club: The 100 Secret Senses 2 December 2019
  • Tic event Jess 5 December 2019 at 8:30 pm – 11:00 pm Rentmeesterhof 26n5046 MZ Tilburg, Brabant-SeptentrionalnPays-Bas

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Dear all! You are welcome to join tíc for a "Brabant’s worstenbroodjes"/ "Sausage roll" / "Pigs-in-a-blanket" workshop in the very beautiful Brabant’s bakery, de smaeck van Brabant. 🌭 🔸🔶🔸 Worstenbroodjes are a local delicacy of Brabant in which Tilburg is located. They are great for the cold winter nights. 🔸🔶🔸 The workshop will include the following: ▪️Tea, coffee or a fizzy drink (no alcohol) ▪️Detailed, hands-on explanation for making perfect Brabant’s worstenbroodjes ▪️Appelflap while waiting for the sausage rolls to bake ▪️10 worstenbroodjes to take home! *** 📅Date: Tuesday 26th November ⌚️Time: 18:30 - 21:00 (6:30 - 9:00 p.m.) (90 min. standing while baking) 📍Location: de smaeck van Brabant, Kerkstraat 8, 5056 AC Berkel-Enschot ❗️Register by: 21 November - link on our bio 💶Members: €20 per person (Normal price is €30 euro per person) 💶Guest: €30 per person (READ about how €5,00 can be pro-rated towards your membership fee) *** There are only 12 spaces!! First come first served. *** Disclaimer: If you cancel after the RSVP date and your place remains unfilled you will be required to pay the full amount *** Best Regards, The tíc event team #tilburger #tilburgismooi #tilburginternational #tilburginternationalclub #workshop #worstenbroodjes
This Saturday the Halloween Pumpkin Carving party is happening between 12:00 - 15:00 pm and we would love to see you there! 🎃 There will be a little tutorial on how to participate in this Halloween tradition and then the party will get rolling as we hang out, enjoying Halloween themed cupcakes🧁, and let our creativeness flow! Details are in the event on Facebook and below, and don't forget, this event is for all ages and guests are welcome (see guest price). 👻👻 Please register asap so that we know how many pumpkins to buy Date: Saturday, 26 Oct 2019 Time: 12:00 - 15:00 pm (12:00 - 3:00 pm) Location: Beneluxlaan 74, 5042 WS Tilburg ('t Sant) Register: On our website by 23 Oct 2019 (link on our bio) Member Cost: €6 pp, free for kids Guests: €10 pp, free for kids (READ about how this can be pro-rated towards your membership fee)
Ready for our book discussion of tonight! 📑 #Repost @yolonda_nl_usa • • • • • • Tilburg, Netherlands Book Club with @tilburg_international_club #becoming #michelleobama #expatlife #internationals #keepreading #womenempowerment
#Repost @tilburg_international_club • • • • • • Dear tic members and guests: . The chilly rain ☔ is here and so begins the season of all things autumn 🍂, pumpkin🎃, and Halloween 👻. We invite you to come carve Halloween jack-o-lanterns with us. Show off your artistic talent or simply enjoy a warm drink and good company during this sweater weather season ☕. . Pumpkin carving is enjoyed by people of all ages- adults and kids alike. The carving tools are specially rounded, so no sharp edges for little hands 👌🏻👌🏽👌🏿. And for the tiniest kids, we also have a pumpkin coloring activity 🎨. . We’ll bring the pumpkins and carving tools, all you have to do is show up. If pumpkin carving is new for you, we’ll show you how it’s done. . 📅Date: Saturday, 26 Oct 2019 🕛Time: 12:00-15:00 pm (12 - 3:00 pm) 📍Location:  Beneluxlaan 74, 5042 WS Tilburg (Community Center 't Zant) 📧Register: via email by 22 Oct 2019 💲Member Cost: €6 pp, free for kids 💲💲Guests: €10 pp, free for kids (READ about how this can be pro-rated towards your membership fee) . With Spooky Regards, tic Events Team . #expat #expatlife #dutchculture #holland #netherlands #visitnetherlands #visitholland #thenetherlands . . . . . . . . . . . #multicultural #tilburginternationalclub #tilburginternational #tilburg #tilburgdrinkt #tilburgismooi #visittilburg #ditistilburg #brabant #noordbrabant #visitbrabant #tilburgcom #inbrabant #halloween #pumpkincarving

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