Why is Wageningen famous in the Netherlands?
Egg drop challenge op een basisschool in Wageningen
A2 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Picked for people who know a little
Wageningen is a small Dutch city in Gelderland with an outsized scientific footprint: it’s home to Wageningen University & Research (WUR), consistently ranked the world’s top university for agricultural and food sciences. Roughly half the city’s population is students or researchers, and Wageningen is also where the Dutch agritech industry incubates, where insect-protein companies like Protix started, and where the Dutch food-system reform debates happen. Wageningen is additionally the bevrijdingsstad: the WWII surrender of German forces in the Netherlands was signed there in May 1945.
In this clip, a primary school in Wageningen runs an annual egg drop challenge: “Hoe verpak je een rauw ei zo goed mogelijk zodat als hij valt niet kapot gaat?”
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- ▸In Dutch agritech and food-system journalism (Wageningen University, Resource, De Volkskrant)
- ▸In Dutch primary-school STEM content and pedagogy (Het Klokhuis, Schooltv, De Universiteit van Nederland)
- ▸In Dutch WWII commemoration and Bevrijdingsdag coverage (NOS, Anne Frank House, Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam)
- ▸In Dutch sustainability and food-tech writing (NRC, Foodlog, De Correspondent)