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14. November 2024
Europe/International14. November 2024

Christmas parcels for children in Ukraine

Bocholt helps Verkhniodniprovsk

Under the motto "Bocholt hilft Werchniodniprowsk - wir helfen mit!", the city of Bocholt is launching a Christmas campaign for children in Ukraine together with the Rotary Club Bocholt, the Bocholt Volunteer Agency and the "Helfende Hände" group of the St. Josef parish. Gifts in a shoebox are intended to bring Christmas joy to children in the city of Verkhniodniprovsk, with which Bocholt has maintained a...
13. November 2024
Europe/International13. November 2024

Commemoration of "Rotterdam forced labourers in Suderwick"

"Razzia of Rotterdam" marks the 80th anniversary

250 pairs of men's shoes stand in pairs in front of St Michael's Church. They symbolise the accommodation of 250 forced labourers from Rotterdam in Suderwick 80 years ago. A cross-border memorial service for the deported men and boys from Rotterdam has now taken place for the first time. The service was accompanied by music from the "Vision" choir, which works across borders in Suderwick and Dinxperlo. Hildegard...
08. November 2024
Europe/International08. November 2024

Young Englishmen and women visit Bocholt

Pupils from Haslingden High School in the twin town of Rossendale experience eventful days in Bocholt // Cooperation with Mariengymnasium

The school partnership between Haslingden High School and Mariengymnasium is gathering pace. Pupils from Haslingden High School in the twin town of Rossendale have now spent some eventful days in Bocholt.

24. October 2024
Europe/International24. October 2024

Business delegation from Ukrainian city of Verkhniodniprovsk visits Bocholt

Bocholt companies, IHK and Westphalian University of Applied Sciences introduce themselves

A delegation from the Ukrainian city of Verkhniodniprovsk has now visited Bocholt. The focus was on exploring possible future cooperation with local companies.

23. October 2024
Europe/International23. October 2024

"Town twinning project choir" makes a guest appearance in France

Days full of music and good encounters in the French twin town of Aurillac // Concert tour sponsored by the Franco-German Citizens' Fund

From 11 to 16 October, the Bocholt "twinning project choir" travelled to Aurillac, the French twin town. 45 participants took part in the trip, including Deputy Mayor Gudrun Koppers and Sonja Wießmeier from EUROPE DIRECT Bocholt. A peace concert under the motto "Praise of Friendship" and the joint singing of the European anthem were emotional highlights.

Europe/International23. October 2024

"Friends of Bocholt" visit German twin town

Deputy Mayor Kroesen welcomes 21-member group from England: "Cultivating and nurturing friendships"

Bocholt was delighted to welcome guests from the English twin town of Rossendale on the weekend of the fair.

04. October 2024
Europe/International04. October 2024

"SeptemberKunst" was a complete success

Finissage of the cross-border art exhibition at "LernWerk" Bocholt

This year's cross-border exhibition "SeptemberKunst" in the neighbouring Dutch municipality of Aalten and in Bocholt was a complete success: more than 40 artists from Germany and the Netherlands exhibited their paintings, sculptures and graphics in the foyer of the "LernWerk" Bocholt.

24. September 2024
Europe/International24. September 2024

"SeptemberArt 2024" at LernWerk Bocholt

Cross-border exhibition opens on Friday // Finissage on Sunday // Free admission

"SeptemberKunst 2024" - the cross-border art exhibition can be seen free of charge in the foyer of the LernWerk Bocholt, Industriestraße 1, next weekend. 40 artists from Bocholt and the surrounding area as well as the neighbouring Netherlands will be exhibiting their works there over three days. The LernWerk will be open from Friday, 27 September to Sunday, 29 September from 11 am to 5 pm. A finissage on Sunday...
Europe/International24. September 2024

Bocholt mourns the loss of Stasys Cirpus

Pioneer of the town twinning between Bocholt and Akmene (Lithuania) dies at the age of 97

Stasys Cirpus, who initiated the town twinning between Bocholt and Akmene (Lithuania), has died at the age of 97. Bocholt's mayor Thomas Kerkhoff has expressed his condolences to the bereaved and, on behalf of the city of Bocholt, honours the deceased's decades of commitment to deepening German-Lithuanian relations.

13. September 2024
Europe/International13. September 2024

Cross-border art project "Freiheitsstrom - Vrijheidsstroom" starts

Artists from Germany and the Netherlands form tandems

"80 years of peace and freedom" - this was the motto under which artists from Germany and the Netherlands met last weekend at the GrenzBlickAtelier Bocholt-Suderwick. The occasion is next year's major art project in Bocholt and the Dutch municipality of Doetinchem under the motto "Stream of Freedom - Vrijheidsstroom". This will involve 16 artists from the border region creating works of art in eight German-Dutch...