Swatch Club Xmas Event Rotterdam 2016
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01 to 04-DEC-2016, Rotterdam and
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The traditional Swatch The Club Xmas
Event 2016 took place in early December 2016. About 110 club
members from all around the world (including the last survivor of the
Titanic!) participated at the event. The event itself
started on Friday afternoon but quite a few event participants met
already on thursday evening for a dinner in the city of
Rotterdam. After a visit to Squiggly in the afternoon, I walked
from the nhow Rotterdam
**** event hotel to the restaurant.
xmas time also in the local public garden
on the right: Jeroen, the (in)famous Dr. Swatch from Squiggly
on the left: Ton Cleijne (former head of Swatch Club at the beginning of the 00s, eg. during the Paris 2000 club event)
A ship crane passing by
Swatch ads everywhere!
The nhow hotel has become a landmark of the town of Rotterdam, amazing!
Cheers, Jeroen!
Click here to read part 2 ("Welcome
Desk and a visit to Kunsthal Rotterdam") of my Rotterdam Xmas event
report.
xmas time also in the local public garden
Ellen and Hetto had chosen a very
nice restaurant for the evening dinner: Mangiare
(great Italian food). Thanks a lot for the perfect and
smooth organization. Lots of happy faces (about 35) on a loooong
table.
on the right: Jeroen, the (in)famous Dr. Swatch from Squiggly
on the left: Ton Cleijne (former head of Swatch Club at the beginning of the 00s, eg. during the Paris 2000 club event)
On Friday morning, it was time for
more pre-event activities. But first, it was time to enjoy
the breathtaking view from the hotel room on the 14th floor....
It was a cold but sunny December day,
so I took the opportunity for a short walk into the nearby
city. The Erasmus
Bridge directly near the hotel opened the southernmost
span of the bridge directly in front of me. This bascule
bridge is the largest and heaviest in Western Europe and has the
largest panel of its type in the world. Very interesting and
a rare sight!
A ship crane passing by
Swatch ads everywhere!
A very quiet Swatch store in the
center of the city (ok, it was still early in the morning).
It would be totally different two days later....
Some nice street art on the way back
to the hotel.
The nhow hotel has become a landmark of the town of Rotterdam, amazing!
Back at the hotel at around
noon. The hotel had now been decorated in true Xmas Event
style....
Hans (thank you!) had organized a
lunch at a very nice restaurant (Café
Rotterdam) next to the hotel. More club members
from all around the world had arrived in the meantime (about 50)
so it already felt like the start of the event....
Cheers, Jeroen!