About Wageningen
- bcconvention2025
- Oct 7, 2024
- 1 min read
Wageningen is a really small student city in the province of Gelderland and is close to two nature areas, called the Utrechtse Heuvelrug and De Veluwe. Wageningen is situated on the river Rhine and was founded as early as the 12th century. In the 19th century the ramparts were unfortunately demolished to make more space for the growing city. Some buildings were destroyed during the Second World War and never rebuilt. There are still some parts of the old city to see though!
The city centre itself is walkable and there are several places where you can rent a bike to explore the surrounding areas. As the city centre is so small, there are only buses for getting there and no public transport within the city centre itself. Within walking distance of the venue and the hotels there are several restaurants and cafés.
Wageningen is home to Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), so a lot of Dutch and international students will be about. Wageningen is also known for being the place where the capitulation was signed marking the end of the Second World War in the Netherlands.
I'd really like to hear more about this place before I arrive. So often I go to a convention in a place like Falkirk or Gothenberg and find out so much about the fascinating place and have so little time to see everything that I want to come back and take a closer look. Is it possible for this blog to have a series of posts from the organising team along the lines of "What Wageningen means to me"? Because I know that in seven months time Wageningen is a place that will have a piece of my heart. Skyring