Culture Shock

How do international students experience their time in Groningen? Can you become more Dutch by doing an ‘inburgerings’course?  Come and do the test! Culture Shock is a diverse evening in the old Sugar Factory with short lectures, an ‘inburgerings’-battle and improv comedy by Stranger Things Have Happened and a party afterwards. 

 

Lots of bikes, steep stairs, tiny rooms with big windows and ‘hagelslag’; just to name a few typical Dutch things. The Dutch are weird with their mayonnaise on fries and unidentified deep fried stuff out of a snack-wall.  What has become ‘typical Dutch’ over the last centuries? And is there something wrong about that? When you are confronted with other cultures, you start to see your own culture’s customs in a different way. International students might be shocked about the Dutch customs when they come to Groningen. They also have to deal with their fellow internationals. Stereotypes enough: Spanish are loud, Germans are über organized, Italians are always late, French are stuck-up, and so on. How do these prejudices influence our behavior and communication with each other?