This month is another cozy time to go out on the town. The holidays are already approaching, as is St. Nicholas! Encourage all athletes during two running races in the (inner) city and enjoy a wonderful concert in the Grote Kerk.
There's all kinds of things on the UITagenda again this month!
Many returning participants at DrechtStadLoop
The DrechtStadLoop is celebrating its third anniversary! For 15 years the running race has been on the UITagenda. If you participate, you can choose from five and ten kilometers or the half marathon. For the youngest there is the puppy run and for the older children there is a youth run of two kilometers. Are you with a company team? Then join in too! Most of the registration fee goes to charity: the baby unit of the Albert Schweitzer Hospital. Partly because of this contribution, parents with a premature baby can see their newborn baby at home via a webcam. Nice, isn't it? Many participants and spectators come back every year, it promises to be another fun (sports) day!
Candlelight brings intimate music concerts
Contributing to the city's cultural scene in a special way: that is what the atmospheric Candlelight Concerts in the Grote Kerk stand for. The concerts have already been held in more than a hundred cities around the world and they are now in Dordrecht! Enjoy a tribute to Hans Zimmer on November 11 and 24. The Candlelight Concerts are a series of intimate, original music concerts created by Fever, the organization behind the concerts, to make classical music more accessible. All in a beautiful piece of the city's cultural heritage. Thousands of candles illuminate the Grote Kerk in October and November, for a beautiful atmosphere.
Welcome St. Nicholas!
On Saturday, November 18, in the city's beautiful harbor setting, is the start of the coziest children's party of the year. That is when Sinterklaas will arrive in Dordrecht, at noon to be precise! Of course there will be a party on the boat with the pleasant Sinterklaas music and all the Pieten. Once the Saint and his entourage are ashore, he will start his route through the city center.
Of course, after his arrival and parade in the city center, the Saint traditionally visits Shopping Center Crabbehof. Here the Pietenband is ready to make it one big party! Will you come and welcome Saint Nicholas? We'll see you then!
