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Watershed Festival

is a music festival that takes place annually since 1995 in the second weekend of June in the Wantijpark in Dordrecht, the pop festival Wantijpop on Saturday and the world music festival Rainbow Park on Sunday.There is also street theater, acrobatics and dance.In total, occur about fifty bands / acts and there are between 30,000 and 35,000 visitors.The organization is owned by Popprojecten Foundation, a foundation work of the poporganisatie Popunie engaged in the promotion of pop culture.The festival focuses on young people and immigrants audience.1995 was the year Dordrecht cultural capital of South Holland and which Popprojecten Wantijpop and world music "in Colorful Freedom" organized.The tour was Samsonic-live from year to 2004 a permanent part of the festival. Since 1998, a two-day festival with a children's educational.In 2000 Rainbow Park nominated for "Festival of the Year by the Association of Dutch Pop Music and Festivals (VNP).Since 2002, after-parties and pre-parties since 2004 - both are types of dance parties since 2006 under the name Watershed Festival Club Nights grouped by regional artists and more familiar names. In June 2006, and on January 7 a Watershed Festival held in the indoor venue Bibelot.A philanthropic culture market emphasizes the city links to Dordrecht in Bamenda (Cameroon), Emalahleni (South Africa) and Varna (Bulgaria).

Dance Tour Event

is a free dance event annually in several Dutch cities are organized.Dance Tour is organized by Events BOD commissioned by Foundation for Dance Tour, usually on a Sunday or public holiday. Around the Dance Tour events are various youth projects organized as a DJ contest in the city under regional talent.The winner of this contest will win a place at Dance Tour.Dance Tour was first held in 2001 at the Queen Spuiboulevard in Dordrecht under then name to Boulevard of Dance.In 2004 the name was changed to Dancetour because from that moment the event in several towns.In 2004, these three cities and has over the years expanded to ten in 2008.

Dordrecht Museum

is one of the oldest museums in the Netherlands.The collection comprises more than 400 years Dutch art, from masters from the Golden Age of art of today.A collection is always growing and is the starting point for a varied exhibitions and activities.Other big names in the Dordrecht Museum paintings are represented by, among others, the brothers Abraham and Jacob Strij, Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, Jacob Maris and Jan Toorop.The Dordrecht Museum has the largest collection of paintings in the world of Ary Scheffer, the Dordrecht painter born in the period of Romanticism was career in Paris.Ary Scheffer was one of the most popular and best-paid artists of his time.In mid 2007 the museum closed its doors temporarily for a major renovation and expansion designed by architect Dirk Jan Postel of Kraaijvanger Urbis. The interior is Merkx + Girod. The present courtyard was built, allowing a substantial expansion of the exhibition space could be realized. By moving the entrance to the center of the building on the garden wall, where it used to be sat was greatly improved pedestrian route through the building. The museum was also completely renovated. The construction costs were approximately 25 million euros. On November 27, 2010 the museum opened its doors again for visiting.

Van Gijn House

is a two historic buildings on the New Haven Dordrecht established museum building with the former home of the namesake, Simon van Gijn.The museum is designed so that it looks as if time has stood still and the visitor can see what life was one hundred years and more ago.In 2004 the Prince Bernhard Culture Fund of the Museum Prize awarded to the museum. The jury was particularly impressed by the understated way in which management and staff several years ago, the museum have refurbished.The entrance to the museum is now left with the adjacent building.After entry, the following objects on display Porcelain plates and dishes, apart from China and Japan also Dutch pottery with images of the Orange-Nassau.Antique clocks, Paintings and Flemish tapestries and Silver.The corridor on the first floor, Van Gijn time to all parts of his collection exhibit.Besides the two bedrooms, a library and a study overlooking the New Port. Both rooms are decorated around 1886 in the Dutch Renaissance style.This floor also houses the gold leather room complete with a 17th-century interior from another house Dordrecht.On the second floor are several rooms that are arranged as exhibition spaces, were originally two bedrooms for the staff here.Now is a space for the exhibition of prints.Another room houses a collection of silver and glass.

St. Boniface Church

is a church on Wine in Dordrecht.The hall church dates from 1823-1826 and was designed in neoclassical style by architect P. City Plukhooy. The church has a wooden tower on the façade. The interior consists of columns with composite capitals and wooden barrel vaults. The altar and pulpit dating from 1827.The venue Bibelot is located in the church.

GN Construction Stadium

is the stadium of the Dutch Jupiler League soccer team FC Dordrecht in the Krommedijk 210 to Dordrecht.Previously, the stadium of DFC.On September 25, 1998, after three years planning, drawing and rebuilding, the GN Construction stadium in use.The stadium currently has a capacity of 4100 covered seats, and there are in the North Stand is uncovered pitches. Previously, the 9000 capacity place.The stadium was then called Krommedijk Stadium, as the stadium is still called by many.This name has been changed with the reopening of the stadium in 1999.It is named after the sponsor CN Building, because of the money that is received.In 2006 the club has shown two possible sites for a new stadium.The one along the A16 in combination with a hotel Van der Valk, the other near the bridge Papendrecht.The old stadium would have to make plans for housing.

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