Our final day was spent at The Hague, or Den Haag in Dutch, the seat of the Dutch government. The Hague is home to the Binnenhof, a complex of buildings that serves as the seat of the States General, the Dutch parliament. The Hague is a lot like Washington, D.C. in the United States, even…

Today, the first item on the itinerary was a visit to DakAkker, the rooftop farm. DakAkker is a 1000 m2 rooftop farm on top of the Schieblock in Rotterdam. On the farm are vegetables, flowers, fruit, bees, and chickens. There are several beehives that pollinate the plants on the rooftop as well as the surrounding…

Today, after an hour private transfer, we arrived at Delta Works. Here we first took a look around the museum and attended a reenactment of the 1953 flood. We experienced the wind and loud noises that those who were in the flood did. Afterwards there was tea and cinnamon rolls to enjoy and then we…

Today was our first full day in Rotterdam, and it was packed with sustainability visits. Our first stop, after taking public transportation, was the floating farm. Here, we attended a lecture about their upbringing as well as their goals and ideas for the farm. There are currently 30 cows on the floating farm, but it…

Today we left the University of Twente to spend the day in Münster, Germany. Enno, our Netherlands tour guide, gave us a walking tour of the city. Since it was a Sunday, the city was pretty bare and many of the shops were closed. In Germany, Sundays are peoples quiet and off days. Most shops…

Today was our last day at the University of Twente. We started the day with a walking sustainability tour of Enschede, where our tour guide told us about the different ways they try to prevent flooding in the Netherlands. Much of the Netherlands is flat land, so when it rains, the water stays still. Enschede,…

To start off the day, we attended a 9 am lecture about wind energy. The professor talked about the different ways that turbines work, as well as some formulas on their sustainable energy. During this lecture, we learned about lift, drag, and power, and the ways in which you calculate them. This was a very…

This morning we started early with a 6:45 am wake up call to get all of our packed luggage downstairs ready to load onto the private transfer to Enschede. After a quick breakfast, we drove the 1 hour from Amsterdam to the University of Twente. The University of Twente, created in 1961, is a public…

Today we started our day by taking the public transportation to Zaandijk Zaanse Schans, a historic neighborhood in Zaandam. The town is best known for its preserved 18th-19th century windmills, traditional timber houses, and artisan workshops. Here we started with a walk through the town up to a ledge with a lookout of the town….