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Guests are Welcome!
Guests are always welcome at any #TilburgInternationalClub event. It’s a great way to get a feel for the club, our members and the types of events you can come to expect as a member. In the past, many of our guests have become members after a full tíc experience!
Many expats feel, even after living in the Netherlands for a longer period of time, never fully welcomed into Dutch society and therefore, never feel an affinity with the culture. A key upside to being a guest of tíc, is getting out to meet locals, learning about the country, better understanding social routines and customs all within a supportive group of individuals and families with like circumstances.
Want to know more about attending a tíc event as a guest? Check out our Guests Welcome page for more details. Have questions or already interested in one of our upcoming events? Just let us know at til.int.club@gmail.com!
We look forward to meeting you!
About tilburg international club
Would you like to know who we are?
🔝 OUR MISSION
tíc is a non-profit volunteer organization that:
- 🔹 Provides social, educational and networking activities for expatriates and internationals living in and around Tilburg
- 🔹 Represents the international community to local governmental bodies; and
- 🔹 Aims to further positive relations among people of different nationalities.
🔝 TIC Fast Facts
- 🔹 tíc hosted an opening reception in March 2008 for international citizens from 29 different countries!
- 🔹 Our official partner is MidPoint Brabant
- 🔹 Our sponsors include Holland Expat Center South (HECS), Tilburg University and P&D Care
- 🔹 Organizations such as Tilburg University and Rhenus Logistics have subsidized their employee’s annual dues!
- 🔹 Members benefit from our relationships with Fontys Dance Academy, Sligro Tilburg and Theaters Tilburg
- 🔹 Currently, our club has over 100 members from 31 different countries!
- 🔹 A variety of tíc activities are held in and around the center of town and many are free of charge to members.
- 🔹 Our association (“Vereniging”) is a family club, so the annual €50 dues covers partners and children participating in club activities.
- 🔹 Guests are welcome to attend two (2) events as a guest to get a better feel for the club and its members before joining!.
🔝 Expats in Brabant
tíc welcomes internationals, living and/or working in the Netherlands, who would like to:
- 🔹 Join other expats for social and educational activities
- 🔹 Expand personal and business networks
- 🔹 Introduce partners and children to new people in a relaxed and fun social atmosphere
- 🔹 Learn more about the Tilburg, Noord Brabant and the Netherlands
🔛 At home in the Netherlands
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. tíc can be an invaluable “home away from home” resource.
#Tilburg #Expat #Membership # Mission #Brabant
The Museumkaart advantage
Not sure what to do with the kids during the summer break? Take them to one of the hundreds of unique, kid-friendly, inspiring and fun museums in the Netherlands!
Did you know that you can gain entrance often at a reduced price or for free with the Museumkaart?
About tilburg international club
Would you like to know who we are?
🔝 OUR MISSION
tíc is a non-profit volunteer organization that:
- 🔹 Provides social, educational and networking activities for expatriates and internationals living in and around Tilburg
- 🔹 Represents the international community to local governmental bodies; and
- 🔹 Aims to further positive relations among people of different nationalities.
Guests are Welcome!
Guests are always welcome at any #TilburgInternationalClub event. It’s a great way to get a feel for the club, our members and the types of events you can come to expect as a member. In the past, many of our guests have become members after a full tíc experience!
Many expats feel, even after living in the Netherlands for a longer period of time, never fully welcomed into Dutch society and therefore, never feel an affinity with the culture. A key upside to being a guest of tíc, is getting out to meet locals, learning about the country, better understanding social routines and customs all within a supportive group of individuals and families with like circumstances.
Want to know more about attending a tíc event as a guest? Check out our Guests Welcome page for more details. Have questions or already interested in one of our upcoming events? Just let us know at til.int.club@gmail.com!
We look forward to meeting you!
tíc Membership Benefits
Started in March of 2008, the tilburg international club has already hosted many activities to meet the needs and wishes of its international members living in and around the area of Tilburg. Our members join us from around the world, 30 different countries and counting! We try to provide information, activities and events that support and enhance the experiences of our expat member families while living in the Netherlands, whether they are here short-term or indefinitely!
tíc is a non-profit volunteer organization that:
- 🔹 Provides social, educational and networking activities for internationals living in and around Tilburg;
- 🔹 Represents the international community to local governmental bodies; and
- 🔹 Aims to further positive relations among people of different nationalities
As a member of tíc, you will be entitled to participate in a variety of events and activities especially geared toward expats living in Holland. Here are just a few of our diverse activities:
- 🔹 Special topic educational lectures featuring expert guest speakers
- 🔹 Book Club
- 🔹 Day trips to various destinations around the country
- 🔹 Workshops in a fun, social atmosphere
- 🔹 Happy hours at different bars and/or restaurants around town
- 🔹 Annual events including our Welcome to Tilburg event, Holiday Dinner, Christmas Cookie workshop and TICnic (picnic)
- 🔹 Special Interest Groups (SIG): Movie Night, Walking Group
Membership Benefits
Joining the club also means, you have a built-in social, business and cultural network. It is a group in which you will find fun, support, friendship and information about Tilburg, Brabant and the Netherlands. In addition, tíc is proud to offer its members:
- 🔹 networking and socializing opportunities with other internationals,
- 🔹 introducing partners and children to new people in a relaxed and fun social atmosphere,
- 🔹 participating in Book Club and lectures as well as first drinks at the borrels at no cost,
- 🔹 tours and day trips to other cities and attractions offered at a very attractive price,
- 🔹 Access to Sligro (volume shopping store), located at Ringbaan Zuid (must show membership card).
- 🔹 the Touch of Tilburg book produced by the city of Tilburg. This is a compilation of history, local interest, restaurant and entertainment guide and much more!
- 🔹 tíc quarterly newsletter (September through June)
- 🔹 a tíc welcome gift
At home in the Netherlands
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. tíc can be an invaluable “home away from home” resource.
Interested in becoming a member? Download our Membership Form now!
#TilburgInternationalClub #Expat #Membership # Mission #Brabant
tíc has a new logo!
tilburg international club has undergone a make-over thanks to Bas van Steensel of Studio Stoom! Although, we are already using the new logo, most notably on our recently designed tíc bags, our updated identity deserves an official announcement.
Over the past 10 years, tíc has grown in many different ways from its membership base and types of activities to its partnerships and sponsors. And, with the current popularity of image presentation on all of the 
various social media platforms such as Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and many others, it was definitely time to refresh our appearance.
We needed a modern emblem to symbolise the breadth of our membership as well as our overall goals as a club. So, Bas gave us what we asked for in this thoughtfully constructed, contemporary design.
• The “tíc” showcased in our new logo is how we affectionately refer to our club.
• The blue, complimented by the orange circles, embodies the City of Tilburg within the Netherlands.
• The coloured circles exemplify our members made up of individuals from all nationalities.
•. And last, but not least, the shape of the globe signifies the international nature of our organisation.
We thank Bas for his thoughtful consideration of our needs as well as for his time and effort in making this a logo we are proud to display.
Though we have a new look, underneath the make-up and fancy clothes,
tíc is the same, solid organisation dedicated to helping expats
better understand the people and culture of the Netherlands
as well as providing a relaxed social atmosphere for meeting new people.
#international #expatlife #club #Tilburg #branding
We need your EVENT IDEAS!
Every year, the TIC Board 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.
This year we will soon be introducing our “Event Team”. By utilizing a small team, we hope to bring you more exciting and diverse events for you to enjoy.
Our new event team needs your ideas for a fantastic 2018 – 2019 club year!
Do you have some great ideas that would be perfect for our club members? Do you know of some awesome activities that every club member should experience? Do you believe there is a way that our club can give back to the local community? We want to hear from you!
Please take one moment to fill in the form below, we would love to hear from you!!
#tilburg #expatlife #International #club
We need your EVENT IDEAS!
Every year, the TIC Board 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.
This year we will soon be introducing our “Event Team”. By utilizing a small team, we hope to bring you more exciting and diverse events for you to enjoy.
Our new event team needs your ideas for a fantastic 2018 – 2019 club year!
Do you have some great ideas that would be perfect for our club members? Do you know of some awesome activities that every club member should experience? Do you believe there is a way that our club can give back to the local community? We want to hear from you!
Please take one moment to fill in the form below, we would love to hear from you!!
#tilburg #expatlife #International #club
Expats enjoy their time with TIC
I am Amit Kumar, and a previous member of TIC along with my wife. We joined TIC at the end of 2016. It was really a very nice experience being a part of TIC. We enjoyed a lot, made a lot of friends. TIC organised lot of activities and group sessions of various kinds.Back at home… sort of
by George Oeser
In 2013, my husband, Rick, and myself got on a plane and flew to the Netherlands. We had no idea what to expect, we had signed a lease for an apartment we had never seen in person and we were moving to a city we didn’t know existed a few months earlier. The one thing we knew for sure is that we didn’t know a single person in #Tilburg. We were excited and frightened in pretty much equal amounts.
Within just a few weeks we had learned (more…)
Donders family says, “so long”
by Melissa Donders
My Dutch husband, my 3 teenage girls and I arrived from Australia to Tilburg in November 2015 to live for one year. Within 2 weeks, I was looking for an English speaking book club and asked at the library, but they didn’t know of any. So I started searching on google and the Tilburg International Club website with all the information about book club, social functions and general help with integration into Dutch life came up.
The first book club I attended was a cold, wet night and as my confidence in driving on the other side of the road had not yet kicked in, I decided to ride my bike. Google maps said a 20 minute ride…..took me 45 minutes battling against the rain and wind. I arrived wet, hot and sweaty to a group of about 15 ladies who were kind enough to catch my breath before allowing me to introduce myself! I believe now, if I had to make the same journey again, 1 year later, I would make that ride in 20 minutes.
Having events at TIC gave me an opportunity to meet some lovely people while trying to navigate my way in a new country. We have enjoyed attending the events as a family and also as a couple or me on my own. TIC gave us a feeling of being included while meeting new, interesting people that we might not have met otherwise.
We are now back in Australia and who knows what the future holds, but if we return to Tilburg I’ll be back at book club!
A new expat’s view
the Ritter family
21 August 2013
by Farrah Ritter
My family and I arrived here in Oisterwijk almost exactly 10 months ago. We have a four-year-old and two-year-old twins and were completely unsure if we were making the biggest mistake of our lives- OR we were going to have the best experience of our lives. It’s hard to tell when you are heading to a country you’ve never lived in before- especially so with your kids!
Time and time again, I cannot say how lucky we have been with finding (more…)
Buddy Program sponsored by Tilburg University
Buddy Program
In the upcoming months, Tilburg University is initiating a new buddy program to help welcome and help newcomers feel at home in Tilburg. The process has been designed to support newcomers in broadening their understanding of the Dutch culture, widening their professional and social network and becoming more familiar with the city of Tilburg. A Buddy program will be a great tool to accelerate the newcomer’s ability to deal with questions, issues and concerns.
A buddy is someone who partners with a newcomer to Tilburg and/or Tilburg University during the initial period of adjustment after arrival. While primarily responsible for offering advice and guidance, the buddy may also offer encouragement and knowledge resources, as they help introduce the newcomer to the social and professional culture of the Netherlands.
The role of a buddy is important, and potentially critical, to the integration and well-being of a newcomer. While the newcomer adapts to a new country, town and work environment, a buddy may be an invaluable resource to helping pave the way to a smoother transition process.
TIC would like to support Tilburg University in their effort to assist newcomers by encouraging members of TIC to become a buddy. To learn more about the buddy program and becoming a buddy, please contact:
Mala at info@DEnLingua.com for more information.
One of our members says “farewell!”
Katie, Alerk and Callie bid us a fond farewell!
So many things have changed in Tilburg since we first arrived 7 years ago, just before the start of the academic year in 2005. The Midi theater closed, opened and closed again. We went from having zero sushi restaurants to more than 5. Pieter Vreedeplein opened. But, the change that had the biggest effect on our lives must have been the start of TIC in 2008. (Ok maybe the birth of our daughter had a bigger effect on us, but more about that later.) I think I was one of the first University employees to sign up for TIC. (more…)
