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But then again you are from Nijmegen!  You almost have to be interested in history!
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Stabiz: actually I was born in Nuenen. You may have heard of that village, since Vincent van Gogh lived there for a few years. Perhaps better known is that Nuenen was featured in an episode of Band of Brothers. In the episode, the Airborne boys get the brunt of a German counter attack, that included heavy armour. At the end of the show, Winters and his men watch the bombing of Eindhoven from afar. Eindhoven is of course another city of Market Garden fame... I only moved to Nijmegen when I started studying history here.
Currently, the Nijmegen summer festivals are held here. It's just wonderful to walk past the ruins of Frederick Barbarossa's 12th century chapel and up to the balustrade of the Valkhof (the remains of the city's castle and former residence of Charlemagne) to look at THAT bridge, brightly lighting up the night with its yellow lamps.
There is some good history to be found in Nijmegen...
Kind regards,
Eichenlaub