NRW meetup! December 1, 2009 5:59 AM   Subscribe

Meetup - Northwest Europe. Let's try this again!

So, I'm back in NRW (-ish). Anyone up for a meetup? I'm staying in Heerlen this time, but don't mind heading out to Dusseldorf, Cologne, or perhaps farther. This weekend or next would be best for me. anyone else around?
posted by backseatpilot to MetaFilter Gatherings at 5:59 AM (9 comments total)

To be honest Heerlen is a bit too far for me to go for a beer.
I'm in Utrecht (middle of NL) btw.
posted by jouke at 6:08 AM on December 1, 2009


If you need a reason to go down to Heerlen, jouke, don't forget that Limburg is home to mighty Vaalserberg, Holland's highest mountain. Also, you could try to reestablish Moresnet. It's about time MetaFilter had a nation-state of its own. "Meet-up in Neutral Moresnet" has a certain ring to it, no?
posted by Kattullus at 7:26 AM on December 1, 2009


Oh, we wouldn't be neutral, K.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:54 AM on December 1, 2009


Kat, I guess that if I valued high altitudes I wouldn't be living in NL. Instead I propose meeting up at the lowest point in the Netherlands. Which is in the Zuidplaspolder near Gouda, 6.76 meter below sea level. A beautiful area to go biking btw.
posted by jouke at 8:49 AM on December 1, 2009


Marken might not be as low, but is more dramatic - it's like an anti-island, you can see the ocean all around it higher than the land.

Trippy, those Dutch.
posted by Meatbomb at 9:02 AM on December 1, 2009


Europe has a Northwest?
posted by qvantamon at 9:04 AM on December 1, 2009


MetaFilter: the lowest point in the Netherlands.
posted by Abiezer at 9:17 AM on December 1, 2009


Manchester it is then. :)
posted by Jofus at 10:21 AM on December 1, 2009


Europe has a Northwest?

It's called Iceland.

Right?
posted by Anything at 10:28 AM on December 1, 2009


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