Last night, Mariënburgplein transformed in a way we don’t often experience. Young people from all across Nijmegen came together for Glow Up, the youth festival that brought real light into the late-November darkness, both literally and figuratively. It felt like a world of its own: laser beams drifting through the air, paint glowing into life, and conversations sparking between people who hadn’t met five minutes earlier. At the opening, something special took center stage. Our own Claudia...

Last week, during the Meet & Eat at the Student Church in Nijmegen, Arthur shared his experience from an international youth project in Puglia, Italy. The project brought together young people from across Europe to explore a topic that feels more urgent than ever: fake news and the impact of misinformation on our societies. Arthur spoke about what he learned there, not as abstract theory, but through real conversations and encounters. He explained how misinformation can arise, how quickly it...

From 10 to 14 November we travelled to Gaziantep, Türkiye, to take part in the Erasmus+ project Youth Social Participant in Postnormal Times. Bildung Nijmegen joined this programme together with young people and youth workers from France, Italy, Lithuania, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Syria, Jordan and Türkiye. It was a truly diverse gathering in which different cultures, histories and personal stories came together. That diversity shaped the heart of the week, because every conversation...