RUG open again
The university has been open since 8 o’clock this morning, says the RUG on Twitter. The university warns students and employees to be careful outside.
According to the KNMI, there is still a code orange in effect due to the widespread iciness as a result of sleet. The iciness will probably last until Thursday morning.
Icy
The Department of Public Works advises people in the north to only go out on the roads if it is absolutely necessary. ‘There is still precipitation over the northern half of the Netherlands, and it comes with sleet.’
Although many roads are still icy, public transport in Groningen is working again. Trains are on schedule and the city buses are driving again. Arriva has warned people to expect delays.
Update: Classes and exams from 1 P.M. onward have been cancelled, but university buildings will remain open until 6 p.m. Students and staff are being encouraged to head home early on Wednesday due to predictions of freezing rain.
Snow day
Most students and staff stayed home on Monday and Tuesday due to power issues at the Zernike campus and the majority of university facilities being closed altogether on Tuesday.
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- Due to a power outage, the Linnaeusborg at Zernike was closed on Monday. Photo: Pepijn van den Broeke
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- Due to a power outage, the Linnaeusborg at Zernike was closed on Monday. Photo: Pepijn van den Broeke
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- A porter closes the gates to the Harmony complex on Tuesday at noon. Photo: Traci White
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- The Broerplein was largely empty on Tuesday as the Academy building was closed. Photo: Traci White
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- A student retrieves his bike from the bike racks on the slippery Broerplein on Tuesday. Photo: Traci White
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- A thin sheen of ice covered the cobblestones at the Broerplein on Tuesday. Photo: Traci White
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- A rainbow-painted bike was glazed in a layer of ice near the Broerplein on Tuesday. Photo: Traci White
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- The tower of the Academy building peers out above snowy rooftops in the city centre. Photo: Traci White
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- A lone students sits on the steps of the closed Heymans building, part of the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences. Photo: Traci White
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- A student walks past the closed Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences on Tuesday. Photo: Traci White
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- Empty bike racks stand covered in ice outside the closed Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences. Photo: Traci White
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- A young woman glides down the middle of the Grote Rozenstraat. Photo: Traci White
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- Blades of grass peek through the ice and snow at the UMCG campus on Tuesday. Photo: Traci White
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- The lion statues guarding the entrance to UMCG were covered in snow on Tuesday morning. Photo: Traci White
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- The buildings on the Antonius Deusinglaan were officially closed on Tuesday morning due to ice and snow. Photo: Traci white
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- Dentistry students continued to work in their offices on Tuesday despite the weather. Photo: Traci White
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- A student carefully steers his bike away from the abandoned bike racks at UMCG. Photo: Traci White
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- A students delicately makes her way up the frozen stairs at Antonius Deusinglaan on Tuesday morning. Photo: Traci White
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- UMCG was also covered in ice on Tuesday morning. Photo: Traci White
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- Steam rises over a snowy UMCH campus on Tuesday morning. Photo: Traci White
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- Icicles hang from a lamp post at UMCG on Tuesday. Photo: Traci White
Students across the city found creative ways to entertain themselves thanks to the weather. Student Christian organisation CSFR Groningen organized an impromptu curling match on the icy streets.
Wij zijn ijsvrij, dus spelen we een potje bierkratcurling..
Posted by CSFR Groningen – Yir’at ‘Adonay on Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Ice skating team G.S.S.V. Tjas also took advantage of the wintry conditions for speed skating in the city.
Schaatswedstrijd op straatDe ijzel zorgt voor oponthoud maar ook voor bijzondere momenten. Zo hield studentenschaatsvereniging G.S.S.V. Tjas vandaag een kortebaanwedstrijd op straat!
Posted by OOG Radio & Televisie on Tuesday, January 5, 2016
The Noorderplantsoen area was also covered by sledding students, many of whom skated to the popular park on the slippery sidewalks.
Groningen: as cold as ice
Posted by Universiteitskrant Groningen on Tuesday, January 5, 2016
