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Expats enjoy their time with TIC

16 February 2018 00:16 / Leave a comment

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.
There are lot of opportunities to do something and meet with new people and friends. Moreover, everybody was open to new ideas and discussion. From the day trips to some city, to exploring the famous museums, watching movies together, to going for a picnic to book discussion to crashing at Borrels in some pubs etc. they have lot to do.
There were a lot of opportunities to meet people from different countries and get to know their culture and heritage. Moreover, TIC arranged a lot of events which helped get to know and adopt the Dutch culture.
I would definitely recommend to joining TIC.

Back at home… sort of

9 December 2016 15:54 / Leave a comment

gnrnashvilleby 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”

29 November 2016 10:59 / 2 Comments on Donders family says, “so long”

dondersby 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!

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