USEFUL LINKS and other Hengelo, Netherlands General Tips

Favorite Thing: USEFUL LINKS:
Hengelo.nl
074 page
Tubantia Hengelo page
Hengelo Complete
Hengelo Sinterklaas City
Local Hengelo Radio
Metropool Events
Hengelo weekly
City map
Hengelo pictures
Go Hengelo
Hengelo in the future

Suburb-pages:
Hengelose Es
City Center
Hengelo Noord (inactive)
Hasseler Es
Groot Driene (inactive)
Berflo Es (inactive)
Wilderinkshoek (inactive)
Woolde (Inactive)
Slangenbeek (Inactive)


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Favorite Thing: Troughout the center there are signs at 4 meter high poles (to prevent vandalism).
So look up, if you are looking for something.


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Favorite Thing: The Hengelo Hospital is called Streekziekenhuis Midden-Twente (SMT).
Address: Geerdinksweg 141 - 7555 DL Hengelo Ov
Telephone: +31-20-2905905; Emergency (EHBO): 112


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Favorite Thing: Here's another location where the demolition team came along: Beursstraat/Enschedesestraat. A part of the Telecom building has gone.
A car park has been build here and the library is moved from the Town Hall to this location.


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Favorite Thing: The policeforce is moved to a new location. It is just a few hundred meters from the previous spot at the Marskant.

The new BLUE building replaces the former RABO bank offices.

The prison cells were tested by volunteers.


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Favorite Thing: Thare are just a few high appartment buildings in Hengelo and the skyline is still dominated by 3 towers: Brinktoren, City Hall Tower and the churchtower of the St. Lambertus Basilic.

The first two are on the picture.


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Favorite Thing: The Brinktower wind vane has the form of a little boy making a long nose. It's the visualisation of the so called "Hengeler Weend". This term is difficult to translate; "hot air" comes close.

Furthermore The Brinktower was known for its high-tech digital clock with thousands of LEDs. From the beginning there was trouble. Even in the design phase the right colour of the LEDs was an issue and when constructed and placed, it turned out the recommended colour by the supplier would have given a better readout. Than technical failures followed, giving different readouts on the four sides up to complete failure of parts of the display. Rain water got in and the "who is responsable" question arose. After much debat the top was taken off in 2007 and all there is left is an open frame work (another historical piece of "Hengeler Weend").

On the City Hall tower there is an even bigger wind vane with the name "Levensgang" (the circle of life).
East: Child playing with a ball
South: Mother with child
West: Old man
North: The dead


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Favorite Thing: The St. Lambertus Basilic was build in 1890, but the catholic community was already 100 years older. Services started in a barn-church around 1800.

The big building withstood many World War II bombardments and was lucky to servive un unexploded shell that crashed through the roof.

Inside the Celebration Altar is the central heart in the church. Three more altars are present: the Hogh Altar by Friedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg and the Maria Altar and the Family Altar.

The three stain glass main windows form a connection fron the Old to the New Testament.


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