Maastricht Magic Mingle

Internationals Get-Together

On Thursday December 16th 2010 the International Service Desk of the Maastricht Region, Brainport Development NV and the Maastricht University Knowledge Centre for International Staff organized the:

Maastricht Magic Mingle - Internationals Get-Together

Sueli Brodin wrote on the website maastrichtregion.com:

.......The aim of the evening was to bring together like minded people in an informal setting, and to create a Magic Mingle between international staff and Dutch citizens living and working in the Maastricht Region.

Mr Onno Hoes, the new Mayor of Maastricht, welcomed the large crowd - I was told that more than 400 of us registered for the event - that had flocked at the Vrijthof Theatre and praised the existing local initiatives that contributed to making the international community feel at home in the Maastricht Region. He said that our presence - foreign students, international knowledge workers or professionals - could not be valued enough and brought great benefits to the city of Maastricht and its surrounding area. The audience laughed and gave a round of applause when he wittily concluded: "Rotterdam has a seaport, Amsterdam has an airport, but we, in the Southeast Netherlands, have a brainport!"..........

You can read the whole story on: http://love.maastrichtregion.com/blog/officially-a-limburger.html

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