GOING OUT IN THE VILLAGE LEDE
Hanne Van Impe, Jeroen Sterck & Laure Vandermeersch Lede is a little city so we don’t have a lot of places to go out but there are some really nice pubs such as: café Wauters and the Déja Vu. We prefer to go to café Wauters (you can see it on the picture below), because it’s cosier than the Déja Vu.There’s a nice terrace with comfy sofas and nice, colourful lights. We like to order a “bierplank”, those are little snacks, which conclude cheese and salami cubes. We also like a “droge worst”, which is a dry sausage. We, seniors of our school, organise a party this year in January to celebrate our last 100 days of high school. The party wil take place in the youth pub of Lede. The name of the pub is “De Leeuwerik”. A “Leeuwerik” is a small, brown bird. “De Leeuwerik” doesn’t organise many parties but in September there is the famous “Saharafuif”. The Sahara desert party takes place next to the youth pub in a huge tent where there is sand on the ground like in a real desert. There aren’t a lot of parties in our little city, but most of them are organised by youth movements. We have three of them ; scouts, KSA and chiro. Scouts is a youth movements for boys and girls. The most important party that they may organise is the party on New Years Eve. KSA is a youth movement only for boys, but girls are allowed to come to their parties too. They organise for example the party after our proclamation. In Lede, chiro is only for girls, but the boys can come to their parties. There are multiple parties organised by them, but these are more leisurely. Next, Lede has a concert hall called ‘De Volkskring’. Many events take place in this concert hall. First of all, people can go to a concert in ‘De Volkskring.’ Last Saturday, there was a concert from the band ‘Tout va bien’. Secondly, people go to ‘De Volkskring’ to watch some theatre, many plays are performed in this place. Once a year, the students of our high school perform a play in this concert hall. Next, some parties take place in this concert hall. In May, there is a party organised by the youth movement KSA. Subsequently, ‘De Volkskring can also be used as a cinema. Once a year, the students of our school watch a movie in ‘De Volkskring.’ Last but not least there is ‘de kuip’. De kuip is a bar with a dancefloor. The most important party at this bar is on New Years Eve. Most parties that take place in the kuip are organised by the youth movements of Lede. The kuip is a very good place to have fun with friends and to dance until you drop. |
GOING OUT IN THE CITY AALST
When we go out mostly we go out to Aalst. There you have places like ‘The Factory’ and ‘Cirque Mystic’. These are small dancings. You also have a lot of pubs like ‘Safir’, ‘Backstage’, ‘Cosa Nostra’ ,... We like to do it with a whole group of friends. Here in Belgium you are allowed to drink alcohol from the age of 16. We can’t drink liquor, because this is only from the age of 18. The first time we went out, we were fifteen years old. We couldn’t get into dancings, but we already went to a chiro party, 100- days party,... When going out, we don’t always leave immediatly to the city. Sometimes we meet up with some friends at someone's house, where we always drink something together before we go out. After some time, when the party really started we leave for the club. Mostly, around 11 p.m. Once in town, we seldom stay at the same place. There are different dancings in the same area and we usually visit them all. Most people drink beer, but sometimes people drink Martini, Passoa or other cocktails. Beer and soft drinks cost 1.80 euros, but for a cocktail you have to pay minimum 7 euros. How much money you spend depends on what you drink that night. To enter a club or a private party, you have to pay about 5 euros. We have a budget around 20 to 25 euros. We normally wear jeans and blouses (or a sweater) and sneakers (then we can dance better). On New Years Eve or special events we wear a dress with pumps. The music they play in dancings is a mix of different styles like pop, rock, ... We return home at 3 a.m (depending on the group) Currently, the most popular artists in Belgium are: Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Zara Larsson, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis,... |