‘Allow yourself some rest!’

Meditation and yoga; popular ways to calm both your body and your mind. Four Windesheimers show you how they use yoga and meditation to become completely zen. “A wobble cushion as an alternative yoga-snack” Tina Bellemans is an Associate Pr ...

Student Ian built his own calisthenics park

How do you create your own sports park in your parents’ backyard? Windesheim student Ian van der Pal did it. As the youngest certified calisthenics trainer in the Netherlands, he provides personal training and group classes using the ...

Soccer adventure in Greece

Sofie Beene, Windesheim student Education in Primary Schools, has chosen adventure! Since August she has been playing soccer for Seirines Grevenon, a club in the second-highest level of Greek soccer. “They really made me feel welcome.” Do y ...

Students meet in the boxing ring

You’re standing in a brightly lit boxing ring. The crowd is cheering while your opponent is ready to finish you off. So you’ll have to be faster, smarter, and stronger. Renalde and Mees have been training hard these past few wee ...

WIN-Poll(ing): What is a reasonable price for coffee?

WIN-Poll(ing): What is a reasonable price for coffee? “I do drink coffee, but not here at school! I think these prices are way too high. I think it’s a waste of money when I can drink it at home for much less. The fact that coffee cos ...

‘I want to create designs that are distinctive’

A new stadium for Feyenoord, a bridge over the IJ, the Kinderdijk windmills in Rotterdam: you name it, Architecture and Construction Engineering student Maxim van den Boogaard has made a design for it. Third-year student Maxim (19) has know ...

Marlene in Finland: ‘Moomins in every household’

How is life in Finland? Marlene Massons, student at Windesheim, is currently living in Jyväskylä, Finland. She’s blogging for WIN about her experiences studying abroad. The last weeks in Jyväskylä passed so quickly, and soon my Erasmus ...

New caterer brings more variety to the canteens

Catering company Appèl, which will operate Windesheim’s restaurants and coffee bars from January 1, 2026, wants to surprise students and employees with creative and innovative choices. The nationally operating Appèl is taking over all ...

Nynke Lautenbag: ‘Home’

The sun is shining when my roommate asks me to join her on the roof terrace. The wind is cold, but she needs a smoke. There’s a glass of water on the table. What kind of conversation is this going to be? “I have to tell you some ...

En garde!

Preston Stroop, a first-year student at Windesheim, is an épée fencer and travels the world to compete in European and World Championships. “I decided to give it my all.” Fencing is a sport that captures the imagination, but it& ...

Jana in Padua: ‘I started an Italian course’

Jana Feller, a Global Project and Change Management student from Windesheim, will be living and studying in Padua (Italy) this semester.  For WIN, she is reporting on her experiences.‘ ‘Erasmus life’ happens fast. It ...

Laura is a Mina from Zwolle

Student Laura van de Scheur often takes to the streets with the Dolle Mina activist group. Because things need to change, she believes. “There’s too little attention paid to women’s issues in politics.” When Laura, a ...

Peeking Inside: ‘I’m always on time for lectures’

Polish student Maksymilian has been living in a new flexible housing unit on the Windesheim campus for a month now. He likes it, although he can also name some downsides to it. “If I wanted to, I could wake up ten minutes before my first le ...

Bianca in The Netherlands: ‘Cats and slides’

Bianca Stoichita, an exchange student from Romania, is currently studying at Windesheim. She is following the courses Future Cities and Circular Housing. For WIN, she is reporting on her experiences in Zwolle. I bet that ...