Festival
We are Science Week
- Date
- Tuesday 20 May 2025 - Thursday 22 May 2025
- Location
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Gorlaeus Gebouw
Einsteinweg 55
2333 CC Leiden
As faculty, we believe it is important to have fun together besides work and study. Therefore, during the We are Science Week, grab your chance to take part in fun and relaxing activities on campus!
Meeting place for everyone at FWN
For three days, the Gorlaeus Building and the Gorlaeus garden will be the setting for the We are Science Week. The inner garden will be transformed into a meeting place where you can lounge and play games, such as table tennis and table football, and where you can get tasty snacks and drinks and buy Leiden Science merchandise at various times. In case of bad weather, we will move the programme inside.
See you then!
From 12:00 to 14:00 hrs, CDL is hosting an afternoon of games. There is a wide selection of board and card games, so there is something fun for everyone to play. Come along for a fun and relaxing afternoon of gaming fun!
Get locked in the one and only We are Science escaperoom on 20 May! Will you and your team members manage to escape within 15 minutes? Register your team (with up to five members) quickly, because full = full!
RINO will be there again this year! Using liquid nitrogen, these students make the tastiest ice creams. Thursday 20 May from 12:00 - 14:00 hrs. you will find them in the garden of the Gorlaeus building. Be quick because gone is gone!
Always wanted to play Super Mario Karting on a big screen? You can! Make a pit stop in the atrium at the video wall on Thursday 20 May between 17:00 and 19:00 hrs. to measure your racing skills against the rest of the faculty.
Every day, you can take a break and play one of the games in the Gorlaeus garden with your fellow students or colleagues. The games you can find in the indoor garden are:
- Table tennis
- Table football
- XL Jenga
- Giant 4 in a row
Come and have a drink with your fellow students or colleagues to end your day. The bar in the garden of the Gorlaeus Building will be open both days from 17:00 to 19:00 hrs. The bar is hosted by De Fusie. Will we see you there?
Would you like to walk around in a nice Leiden Science hoodie or drink water from a cool Leiden Science water bottle? Buy your favorite item during the We are Science Week. Our Leiden Science Pop-up Store can be found in the garden of the Gorlaeus Building and is open on Tuesday and Thursday from 12:00-14:00 hrs. And are you still looking for an old year's shirt? Then you are also welcome to pick up a shirt for free on 20 and 22 May.
Fancy a nice freshly made cup of coffee? Monday and Thursday between 11:00 and 14:00 hrs. you can order delicious free americanos, espressos, and cappuccinos from a real barista in the garden of the Gorlaeus Building.
What could be more delightful than an afternoon of tinkering... join Aesculapius from 12:00 to 14:00 hrs for a fun relaxing afternoon and let your creativity run wild with glue/stickers/glitter and so much more.
Purpose of this workshop: to increase participants' sense of safety by learning to respond more effectively to a variety of threatening situations. To this end, at 12:15 hrs there will be practice in various work forms involving physical and mental aspects.
3, 25, 17. Bingo! Come to De Fusie and who knows, maybe you will win the grand prize: a USC summer season ticket worth 62.50 euros! Of course, there are many more fun prizes to be won. And if you have bingo, don't shout too loud; you'll need your voice for the karaoke afterwards!
From 12:00 to 14:00 hrs, relax and let SV Life take care of you. Nothing is too crazy, a mask, nail painting and more. Take a seat and imagine yourself in another world for a while.
Fancy a sweet lunch? Join your colleagues or fellow students for (free) poffertjes in the garden of the Gorlaeus Building between 12:00 - 14:00 hrs.
From 16:30 to 18:30 hrs., Henk Patat will sell chips and snacks (2 euro each) in the garden of the Gorlaeus Building. Are you taking part in the PubQuiz? Then get something to eat in time so you don't miss the first round of the quiz.
While enjoying a drink, compete against students, staff and alumni in several rounds of trivia. Questions are not limited to the subject of (natural) sciences but can be about anything.
Keep an eye on our Instagram during the We Are Science Week. In the stories each day, we post the programme of that day and, during the day, pictures and videos of the activities.
