Goffertpark
The Goffertpark or Stadspark de Goffert is an urban park in the Dutch city of Nijmegen. It is sometimes used as an outdoor concert venue and is also the site of the Goffertstadion, the stadium that is home to football club N.E.C.
| Goffertpark | |
|---|---|
 Monument ter herinnering aan het werkverschaffingsproject. | |
| Type | Stadspark |
| Location | Nijmegen |
| Area | 83 ha |
| Opening | 1939 |
History
In the 1930s, the city of Nijmegen began developing sixty-five hectares of woodland and heathland into a park with a sports field, a stadium, a teahouse, and a zoo. The new Goffertpark was opened to the public on 8 July 1939.
The plans for the Goffertpark were part of the General Expansion of Nijmegen, prepared by planning early thirties A. Siebers. This expansion included a network of ring roads and radials, following the canals around the old town. Districts should be provided with green strips, parks and playgrounds. In the southwest of the city would be around the old farm Goffert The Volkspark come for a great recreational and sporting activities. Elsewhere in the Netherlands when these parks were built, such as the Hague and Amsterdam Forest Zuiderpark. On the insistence of Mayor J. A.H. Steinweg took the Empire in the context of the construction costs of unemployment relief Goffertpark itself. From the spring of 1935 there were over 160 unemployed people to work for a fee of 35 cents per hour. Although the construction of the park made use of the natural slope of the land, 600,000 cubic metres of sand were moved. For as many people into work, but this did not happen with excavators with shovels and wheelbarrows. By far the hardest job was digging the six-metre-deep pit for the stadium, which is nicknamed "the bloedkuul".
Present status
The park is inscribed as a municipal monument.
N.E.C. moved to the stadium in 1939; the stadium accommodates athletics and cycling as well. In 1999, sixty years after the opening, the park and stadium were thoroughly refurbished and modernized.
Artists, including AC/DC, Aerosmith, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Bon Jovi (2×), Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Coldplay (2×), Deftones, Guns N' Roses (3×), Kings of Leon (2×), KISS, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Eminem, Metallica, Mudvayne, Mumford and Sons, Phil Collins, Muse (2×), Pearl Jam (2×), Pink Floyd, Rammstein (2x), Robbie Williams, R.E.M., Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers (3×), The Rolling Stones (2×), U2, Van Halen, and Velvet Revolver have performed at the Goffertpark as a concert venue.
See also
External links
- www.nijmegen.nl - Nijmegen city official website.