You can expect a high quality level of cultural facilities in a city with a population of around 210,000. In the last fifteen years the city has made big investments in improving and extending the existing facilities. The result: a brand-new music center, a new ‘middenzaal' for the city's theater (‘Stadsschouwburg'), and a new podium for specific kinds of pop music. But of course you can also make your own music or (learn to) act.

PopEi has developed from a place where you could rent rehearsal space to a full service provider for musicians of all genres. Popei advises them about all kinds of things like recording contracts and other kinds of contracts, insurance, bookkeeping, taxes etc. More information? www.popei.nl (in Dutch).