Organising Community and the alternative side of Utrecht
WIJK UIT is an alternative introduction week to Utrecht, giving young people, students and residents a chance to get acquainted with the underexposed alternative, underground, activist, artistic side of our city. WIJK UIT works as a platform through self-organisation: By building an active community that values social responsibility we connect, inspire, and grow resilience against ‘normalised’ oppressive cultures, such as individualism, peer pressure and exclusion.
We’ll be diving into how we organized the WIJK UIT week last year in August, how this idea started and who we collaborated with to make it happen as an Utrecht based community, and how as a collective we actively work on ‘UITWIJKEN’ as our method.
Tickets for free via: https://www.nicehere.nl/event-details/nice-here-with-wijkuit
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What’s ‘nice here, with #…”
Nice cities are created by nice people. After all, it’s never nice alone – it’s only nice here, with #other people.
Introducing our monthly hang out: nice here, with hosted one Thursday of the month in the heart of Utrecht – the Huis van Actief Burgerschap in the Bibliotheek Neude. This event is an informal, welcoming space to exchange bold ideas and explore new ways to make our cities… well, nice! 🌍
Whether you’re a city lover, a placemaker, or someone shaping the future of how we live and connect, this is where you belong. We’re inviting the nice people who are transforming cities in creative, critical, and fun ways.
From the housing crisis, to designing livable communities, to urban greenery, and all the challenges in between.
No edition is like the other. Each month, we come together to dive into a different topic to spark new conversations and connections. It starts with a conversation, and ends with tangible collective action!
Through real Utrecht examples and discussion, we’ll dive into how urban design, community-driven initiatives, and long-term thinking can turn dense city districts into places where people connect, thrive, and feel at home.
And of course, there is no good hangout without food and drinks! So we start each edition by sharing a dinner from a local, sustainable caterer.
Check out the upcoming editions here on our website or on our socials. Got a topic you want to explore during the hang-out? Drop us a mail!
