18 May Final Event Rotterdam

May 26, 2009

The 18 May event in Rotterdam was a big success! The Enviu crew arranged a nice location with a circuit, stage and tents. Stef van Dongen, the director of Enviu, the 4 Dutch teams, the President- General of VROM and Wubbo Ockels held inspiring speeches to the many visitors and the press.
At the end of the day a mini- race was organized in which the 4 Dutch teams raced each other for 10 laps. Wubbo Ockels gave the start signal and the auto rickshaws were off to go!  The winner of this thrilling tuktuk-chase was Hanzehogeschool Groningen! Congratulations!

Now the focus will be on the final events in India; let’s make it an even bigger success!

For more pictures of the final event, go to:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/enviu/sets/72157618773485398/  

Media

The press was all over us that day and we received a lot of media coverage. Below we listed some examples. Unfortunately everything is in Dutch!

Television:

- NOS journaal 20:00 & 22:00, 18-05-2009 (Link: http://player.omroep.nl/?aflID=9543384)

- FD.tv (http://rapidshare.com/files/235909526/090519_schone_tuktuks.flv.html)

- GeenStijlTV http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/506341/923a2058/kim_gespot_op_tuktuk_race.html

Newspapers:

- Financieel Dagblad, saturday 16-5-2009 (Link:
http://www.fd.nl/artikel/11617947/indiase-taxi-s-zonder-rook-stank-achttien-euro)

- Metro tuesday 19-5-2009, page 13 (Link:
http://metropoint.metro.lu/20090519_Rotterdam.pdf)

- Spits! Tuesday 19-5-2009, page 5 (Link:
http://digi.spitsnet.nl/2009-05-19/1024/magazine.html)

- De Havenloods Noord, wednesday 20-5-2009, frontpage (Link:
http://www.deweekkrant.nl/files/pdfarchief/HNO/20090520/HNO_HNOO-1-01_090520_1.pdf)

- De Telegraaf, Tuesday 19-5-2009, page 9

Radio:

- Radio Rijnmond Programm: Rijnmond Nu

Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/quarkness/sets/72157618342105059/

High-tec photography: http://www.360fotos.nl/tuktuk.html