22 Facts About Enschede

In sports and culture, Enschede is perhaps best known for being home to football club FC Twente, one-time Dutch champions, and the University of Twente.

Early history of Enschede is largely unknown, but a settlement existed around the Old Marketplace in early medieval times.

In 1907 the laissez faire mentality was dropped and Enschede was the first city in the Netherlands to draw up an official expansion-plan, incorporating the surrounding municipality of Lonneker.

Enschede was bombed on several occasions, most notably on October 10, 1943, and February 22, 1944.

Enschede became one of the poorest municipalities in the Netherlands and went bankrupt.

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On 13 May 2000, a fireworks storage depot in Enschede exploded, destroying part of the neighborhood of Roombeek and killing 23 people, including 4 firemen.

Enschede has a large Assyrian community, the first Assyrians came to Enschede in the 1970s, primarily from Turkey.

That is why there are today three Syriac Orthodox Churches in Enschede which meets the spiritual needs of the approximately over 10, 000 Assyrians of the city.

When this industry left the area for cheaper production centers in South-East Asia, Enschede became one of the poorest municipalities in the Netherlands.

Enschede is host to many yearly festivals and the Old Market Square is often the venue for events, live music and other activities on the weekend.

Especially during the period of reversal after the World War I, a close German-Dutch cultural cooperation developed in Gronau and Enschede, which became increasingly important from string quartets, salon orchestras and hot dance music bands to symphony orchestras and an operetta company with their own performances.

Enschede has an academy of arts and design combined with a conservatory named ArtEZ.

Enschede is home to one of the three campuses of Saxion University of Applied Sciences, a polytechnical school offering internationally recognized Bachelor's degrees and Master's degrees in a wide range of fields, including engineering, economics, social work, investigations and health care.

Enschede is a terminus station of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen railway lines from the west.

Enschede is situated at the south-east terminus of the Twentekanaal.

Enschede has bus connections to nearby towns and cities, like Hengelo, Oldenzaal and south towards Haaksbergen, Neede and Eibergen.

Previously, Enschede had a combined regional civil airport, Enschede Airport, and Airbase Twenthe of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.

Enschede has the second oldest marathon in Europe, and the oldest marathon in the Netherlands: the Enschede Marathon.

Enschede is the final stage of the Batavierenrace, a footrace relay beginning in Nijmegen, contested mostly by university student teams and claimed to be the largest relay races in the world, with 8000 participants.

Enschede built the second indoor speed skating arena in the country, IJsbaan Twente.

Enschede has the second oldest marathon in Europe, and the oldest marathon in the Netherlands: the Enschede Marathon.

Enschede is the finish place of the Batavierenrace every year.