Sint Jansbrug
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Sint Jansbrug is a student fraternity in the city of Delft
in the Netherlands
, founded in 1947. As of 2005, it has roughly 650 members, and owns two buildings on the "Oude Delft", a street in the centre of Delft. Both buildings are considered official monuments.
The fraternity is considered smaller and therefore more accessible than other student fraternities in Delft, while retaining its traditions and mores
. It offers cheap student dinners for both members and non-members, as well as a coffee and tea cafe called Oele.
On Monday, Wednesday and Friday a meal is just 4.00 euros, the other days it's 3.75 euros. This is because of the fact that on Monday, Wednesday and Friday you'll get soup and service.
Every meal consists of a basic meal (meat or vegetarian), salad and an option to get some more if you would like that.
cafe on the top floor of Sint Jansbrug. On every weekday, both members and non-members can enjoy coffee
/tea
and free cookies. Every Friday, Oele is transformed into a full-featured bar, serving all kinds of delicious beer
s and liquors.
Oele is run by eight second year student members of Sint Jansbrug. Every year a new group of students starts running the attic.
These groups usually meet once a week.
Delft
Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland , the Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam and The Hague....
in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, founded in 1947. As of 2005, it has roughly 650 members, and owns two buildings on the "Oude Delft", a street in the centre of Delft. Both buildings are considered official monuments.
The fraternity is considered smaller and therefore more accessible than other student fraternities in Delft, while retaining its traditions and mores
Mores
Mores, in sociology, are any given society's particular norms, virtues, or values. The word mores is a plurale tantum term borrowed from Latin, which has been used in the English language since the 1890s....
. It offers cheap student dinners for both members and non-members, as well as a coffee and tea cafe called Oele.
Eating
Sint Jansbrug has a 'open eettafel'. This means that everyone can come in and have dinner here. The 'eettafel' is open from 17.30 to 19.30 for everyone who would like a divers and nice meal.On Monday, Wednesday and Friday a meal is just 4.00 euros, the other days it's 3.75 euros. This is because of the fact that on Monday, Wednesday and Friday you'll get soup and service.
Every meal consists of a basic meal (meat or vegetarian), salad and an option to get some more if you would like that.
Oele
Oele is the coffeeCoffee
Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...
cafe on the top floor of Sint Jansbrug. On every weekday, both members and non-members can enjoy coffee
Coffee
Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...
/tea
Tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by adding cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant to hot water. The term also refers to the plant itself. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world...
and free cookies. Every Friday, Oele is transformed into a full-featured bar, serving all kinds of delicious beer
Beer
Beer is the world's most widely consumed andprobably oldest alcoholic beverage; it is the third most popular drink overall, after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of sugars, mainly derived from malted cereal grains, most commonly malted barley and malted wheat...
s and liquors.
Oele is run by eight second year student members of Sint Jansbrug. Every year a new group of students starts running the attic.
Jaarclubs (or year groups)
Every year new members of Sint Jansbrug form so called Jaarclubs (year groups). These groups consist of about 11 to 15 members form the same year. Sint Jansbrug has both men-only and ladies-only yearclubs, but it has also mixed yearclubs.These groups usually meet once a week.