Tilburg International Club

Meet the board: Anne-Lise Artaud

10 December 2019 1:45 pm / Leave a comment

I arrived in the Netherlands in August 2012. It was a sunny day at the train station in Rotterdam. I am French and was supposed to stay for 1 year of study and then go back home. Well, as you might have guessed it already it didn’t go as planned because I am still here!

I just fell in love with the country and its culture. There was something about the Netherlands that made me feel better than in my own country. So, after 1 year of study in Rotterdam, I decided to give it a shot and stay an extra year. I moved to Tilburg in 2013 to study at Tilburg University. I went afterwards to work catching all opportunities, so I could start my career before going back to France. It went so well that I decided to stay and later on to go to Dutch class to integrate better in my new country. There I met other internationals like me, who introduced me to the club. I am so thankful that I was given the opportunity to be part of this club. It really helped me to find my place.

I like challenges, so I went for the event team with my friend Jessica and I can say that it was worth it. Actually the full experience of travelling and establishing myself in another country was worth it.

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tícMovie Night: The Good Liar Review

9 December 2019 2:32 pm / Leave a comment

by Tanya Krupiy

22 Nov 2019. On Friday we went to see a movie ‘The Good Liar.’ The movie took unanticipated turns and kept the audience in suspense. I found the quality of acting very good.

We went to the Havana café for drinks afterwards. It was a very relaxed evening. I had a lot of fun hearing about cross-cultural experiences in different countries. I laughed so much that my mascara started leaking at some point.

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Save the Date! tíc Annual Holiday Dinner

6 December 2019 1:53 pm / Leave a comment

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Day Pass to Sligro

Did you know that with the tíc membership card, you can get a day pass to shop at the Tilburg wholesale store, Sligro?

Sligro is a modern, volume-shopping warehouse that covers 11.000 m² and offers fresh produce, wine, food and food supply items. Typical clients of Sligro are businesses, restaurants and self-employed business owners that buy their supplies in bulk. Sligro also has in-store samples of many of their food items as well as product tasting evenings.

With the tíc membership card shown at the door*, our members can shop like the professionals or just stock up on kitchen favourites!

Check the Sligro website for information about their assortment and opening hours!

*Children under the age of 13 are not permitted to enter.

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5 December 2019 2:54 pm / Leave a comment

Invite: Ugly Sweater Christmas Borrel!

4 December 2019 1:41 pm / Leave a comment

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tíc Walkie Talkies in the Wandelbos!

3 December 2019 2:42 pm / Leave a comment

3 Nov. 2019. Here are a few reviews from our walkers!

“Thanks for organising today’s walk and for the lovely chat & great company…”
– Petra

“Thank you all, it was fun to be and walk together!!”
– Victoria

“Great company and beautiful autumn woodland to brighten up a rainy day”
– Wendy

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Global Climate Strike

2 December 2019 2:03 pm / Leave a comment

by Anne van Oorschot

The date chosen for a Global Climate Strike in The Netherlands was Friday, 27 September 2019 in The Hague. Since I live in Tilburg, my day started with a bike ride to the train station where I started off for The Hague. It was heartening to see I was not alone – trains to The Hague from across the country were crowded with climate strikers carrying signs. (more…)

tic Walkie Talkies in Moerenburg!

29 November 2019 2:46 pm / Leave a comment

12 Oct. 2019. The tíc Walkie Talkies had its second outing in the areas of Enschot and Moerenburg.

We had another 6 km route walking through open fields and around a small lake. The meeting start and end point was at Café Zomerlust where the group enjoyed a delicious lunch afterwards.

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Invitation: Day trip to the Dordrecht Christmas Market

27 November 2019 2:22 pm / Leave a comment

Date: Saturday, 14 December 2019
Time: 11:10 at Tilburg train station (same train stops at Tilburg University at 11:22).
Location: Dordrecht
Register by: 12 December
Member Cost: No cost to join; train ticket and lunch are not arranged by tic
Guests: same as for members.

Christmas time is on its way and tic would like to invite you on an afternoon trip to enjoy one of the largest Christmas Markets the Netherlands. We will go by train to the Christmas market in the beautiful, historical city center of Dordrecht.

Register Now! (more…)

We need your EVENT IDEAS!

22 November 2019 2:53 pm / Leave a comment

The tíc Events Team works hard to plan activities and events that are fun, inspirational and educational for its membership. We strive to create experiences that encourage our members to form social networks while getting to better know the city and country in which they live.

We are now beginning to plan the our 2019 – 2020 club year and our event team wants to hear your fantastic ideas!

Book Review: Becoming

21 November 2019 2:23 pm / Leave a comment

review by Renata Kenda

21 Oct. 2019. It was a rainy autumn evening, when we gathered to discuss our latest book “Becoming” by Michelle Obama. We had a fruitful discussion while enjoying the drinks and tasty nibbles next to a warm fireplace.

All of us joining this book club session liked the book, even those, who were not very in favor of

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#TBT Movie: The Light Between Oceans

14 November 2019 2:55 pm / Leave a comment

Next 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…)

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.

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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?

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