As an ultimate frisbee player and a member of the Netherlands Frisbee Association, around this time of year on any given weekend I'm playing a tournament somewhere. In theory it is an excellent chance to see all the different parts of the country. In practice I see alot of universities, highways, train stations, and fields of all kinds.

So when I tell you that I was in the city of Nijmegen last weekend please forgive me for not having really experienced the center of the city. Though I can tell you it looks lovely as you cross the famous bridge into town (long, long ago they had the longest bridge in Europe). Incidentally that's also the bridge that was heavily fought for during WWII, as part of the infamous "Operation Market Garden". I also can't tell you how great the archeology museum is, complete with all its Roman artifacts, as Nijmegen was one of the first cities in the Netherlands, more than 2000 years ago.

I did however spend lots of time at some of the University buildings which are mindblowingly modern. Super cool architecture and plenty of smiling students everywhere. Damn good frisbee players too as they traunced our team from Amsterdam.

If all this doesn't convince you to visit Nijmegen then I'll just mention two more things that could appeal to special people out there: 1 - They have a bike museum. 2 - Eddie van Halen is from Nijmegen. I rest my case, take the train from Amsterdam Central Station and you'll be there in about an hour.