Join our editorial team!
Hope Among the Ruins is the theme of Explore the North 2025. And amid a delightful mess of paper, ink, typewriters, potato stamps, and other creative tools, we’re building our very own newspaper in the Stadshart! A place where stories, poems, drawings, interviews, and all kinds of creative expressions come together.
Each day, a new editorial team takes shape, made up of writers, illustrators, visitors, artists, neighbors, friends, and family. Together we create this newspaper, helping one another to craft stories, illustrations, and columns. Everyone has something to share, including you! So come and join our editorial team!
The newspaper will appear and grow day by day on the wall next to our grand staircase, so that by the end of the Stadshart period, festival visitors will walk upward through a tunnel of hope. Hope is everywhere, you just have to go exploring.
The Editors
Nov 6: Jaimy Hindriks & Ellemieke Meijers
Nov 7: Preston Losack & Maarten Dikken
Nov 8: Aïsha Stalman & Niels Lunter
Nov 9: Olaf Visser & Hannes Schievink
Nov 13: Jamila Faber & TBA
Nov 14: Anna Lillioja & Fleur Stoltenborgh
Nov 15: Cis Hilligehekken & Diede Visser
Nov 16: Students of the Weekend School
Nov 20: TBA
About the Stadshart
From November 5 to 23, Podium Explore transforms into the Stadshart. Every afternoon, a different local scene or community hosts a DIY session under the name Studio Stadshart. One day you can solder guitar pedals, the next you’ll learn how to make your own sourdough starter. And in the evening, unwind with bands, talks, and performances!
Is there food?
Yes. Pop-up restaurant De Voedselbar serves lunch, dinner, and all-day snacks. The Stadshart is basically your favorite café, just one where there’s always something cool to do or see. It’s also the perfect place to connect with creative scenes, neighbors, friends, and communities from the region. Open daily from 12:00 to 00:00!