Hip? Yes, residents themselves actually understand that. “We could use some jeu,” says a lady. Another sighs: “Sometimes it’s a dormitory town here.” Yet a big question arises, because how is Nieuwegein going to reinvent itself? “By organizing these kinds of cultural events”, De Vries of Cityplaza thinks. “So that people understand that you also have Nieuwegein in addition to Utrecht. And that there is so much to experience there that you want to spend your free time there.”
Nieuwegein a cultural hotspot? This lifelike street art should make the city hipper
