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16:00 04.05-07.05 2017
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Dutch Days

Culture. Business. Networking.

Dutch Days in Cluj is the biggest event dedicated to celebrating the relation between Romania and the Netherlands. The activities which will take place between 4-7 May 2017 relate both to the cultural and to the business sector. The four days include photo and old Dutch books exhibitions, book launchings, symphonic concert, open-air concert, lectures, roundtables and a food and drinks festival. Amongst the special guests of Dutch Days we mention H.E. Stella Ronner-Grubačić, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Romania, H.E. Coen Stork, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Romania between 1988 – 1993 and poet Mircea Dinescu.

THURSDAY, 4th of May 2017

16:00 – 17:00
”Amsterdamming” Photo Exhibition
With the participation of Andra Ștefan, photographer
Where: Dutch Cultural and Academic Centre Cluj
11 Moților street

17:00 – 18:00
Cocktail
Where: Dutch Cultural and Academic Centre Cluj
11 Moților street, Cluj-Napoca

FRIDAY, 5th of May 2017

14:30
Opening of Dutch Town
With the participation of H.E. Ms. Stella Ronner-Grubačić, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Romania
Where: Piața Muzeului, Cluj-Napoca

14:00 – 15:00 (parallel event)
Spotlight: Literature as a cultural bridge – with Jan Willem Bos
Where: Faculty of Letters, Babeș-Bolyai University
31 Horea street, Cluj-Napoca

15:30 – 16:00
Opening of the Old Dutch Books Exhibition
With the participation of H.E. Ms. Stella Ronner-Grubačić, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Romania
Where: Central University Library ”Lucian Blaga”
2 Clinicilor street, Cluj-Napoca

17:00 – 18:00
Spotlight: Romania then and now from a Dutch perspective
With the participation of H.E. Ms. Stella Ronner-Grubačić, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Romania and of H.E. Mr. Coen Stork, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Romania between 1988 – 1994
Where: Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University
85 Minerilor street, Cluj-Napoca

19:00 – 20:45
Symphonic concert performed by Dutch conductor Jasper de Waal
Where: Cluj Philharmonic
3 Mihail Kogălniceanu street, Cluj-Napoca

SATURDAY, 6th of May 2017

12:00 – 16:00
Spotlight: Dutch Innovation – success stories of Dutch investors in Romania
Where: Invest Cafe
7, Republicii street, Cluj-Napoca

17:00 – 19:00
Spotlight: Romanian-Dutch relations under communism
Book launching
With the participation of H.E. Mr. Coen Stork, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Romania between 1988 – 1994 and poet Mircea Dinescu
Where: Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania
21 Memorandumului street, Cluj-Napoca

20:00 – 22:00
Open-air concert
With the participation of White Elephant, Dutch band
Where: Piața Muzeului, Cluj-Napoca

22:00
Party
With the participation of DJ Stefan Henriques Ventura Franco
Where: Le General
18 Bulevardul Eroilor, first floor, Cluj Napoca

SUNDAY, 7th of May 2017

12:00 – 14:00
Floral workshop
Trainer: Dewi Renshoff, Dutch floral artist
Where: Piata Muzeului, Cluj Napoca

19:00 – 22:00
Closing Cocktail
Where: Cluj Casino
Central Parc, Cluj-Napoca