A Weekly Home
The Tuesday Lounge remained the place people could return to: to talk, play, listen, meet someone new, or simply spend time without needing a special reason.
We Turned Two 🎂
Two years ago, Study & Chill began as an idea, an almost-empty room, and the hope that student life could feel warmer, easier to enter, and more alive.
The first year proved people would come. The second year showed what that community could become.
What the Second Year Became
This year was not one single event. It was a collection of weekly rituals, ambitious trips, creative experiments, campus traditions, new collaborations, and small moments that made it easier for people to find their way in.
Across Cities and Borders
Zaandam and Amsterdam, Bruges and Brussels, Goslar and the Harz, Paris, and Disneyland showed how far a student-led community could travel together.
Students Became Creators
Podcast production, sewing, photography, music, magic, performance, and creative workshops made the Lounge a place where students did more than attend. They started things.
Beyond the Lounge Room
STAY2GROW, Students Meet Economy, Seeds of Science, and Klingerhuf connected the community with new places, institutions, partners, and possibilities beyond campus.
A Few Moments We Will Carry With Us
These are only a few highlights. The full Lounge story cannot be summarised on one page, and many of its most important moments were never part of an official programme.
25 October 2025
Zaandam + Amsterdam
The beginning of a larger international trip chapter: new cities, a full coach, and a community learning how to travel together.
29–30 November 2025
Goslar Harz Heritage Weekend
The first overnight weekend and an important step from attending events together to sharing a complete journey.
13–14 December 2025
Paris: La Finale du Semestre
A semester finale that turned an ambitious plan into one of the strongest shared memories of the year.
4 June 2026
Disneyland Paris Day Escape
A full day built around wonder, chaos, movement, and the feeling that a student community could make something this large happen.
8 June 2026
Klingerhuf: The First Chapter
A new kind of project bringing students, nature, movement, local collaboration, and shared responsibility into one experience.
21 July 2026
Seeds of Science
A European premiere at Astra Theater and another step toward connecting student life with cultural spaces beyond the campus.
The Ordinary Tuesdays Mattered Too
Not every important moment needed a coach, a stage, or a programme. Sometimes it was one ordinary Tuesday: someone arriving alone, joining a table, picking up a guitar, watching a magic trick, or staying longer than they originally planned.
On 7 July, the Tuesday Lounge, Magic in Your Hands, and a Guitar Hangout all shared the same evening. That may be one of the clearest pictures of what the Lounge had become: not one activity, but a space where several small communities could exist together.
Events Archive
Chillers can return to past events, feel the nostalgia, or discover the Lounge history if they joined later. More highlights and pictures can be found on Instagram .
July 2026
- 02.07.2026 — Behind the Shot
- 06.07.2026 — Introduction to Podcast Production
- 07.07.2026 — Magic in Your Hands
- 21.07.2026 — Seeds of Science
June 2026
- 22.06.2026 — Introduction to Podcast Production
- 21.06.2026 — Swim Day in Xanten
- 15.06.2026 — Introduction to Podcast Production
- 08.06.2026 — Klingerhuf: The First Chapter
- 04.06.2026 — Disneyland Paris Day Escape
May 2026
- 13.05.2026 — Students Meet Economy
- 11.05.2026 — Introduction to Podcast Production
April 2026
- 21.04.2026 — DiversityParcours
- 17.04.2026 — TeamSport E-Karting
March 2026
- 29.03.2026 — Japanese Park Visit
- 27.03.2026 — Freshers' Day
- 15.03.2025 — Grefrath Ice Skating
December 2025
- 20.12.2025 — Aachen Day Out
- 13–14.12.2025 — Paris: La Finale du Semestre
- 12.12.2025 — Christmas Party 2025
- 07.12.2025 — Grefrath Ice Skating
November 2025
- 29–30.11.2025 — Goslar Harz Heritage Weekend
- 26.11.2025 — Pizza Night
- 08.11.2025 — Brussels Day Trip: Bruges + Brussels
- 01.11.2025 — Halloween Party 2025
October 2025
- 29.10.2025 — Expressive Faces
- 29.10.2025 — STAY2GROW Kickoff Event in Kamp-Lintfort
- 25.10.2025 — Amsterdam Day Trip: Zaandam + Amsterdam
September 2025
- 26.09.2025 — Semester Opening Party
- 24.09.2025 — Baby Sommer & Gaste Concert
- 16.09.2025 — Career Day Düsseldorf 2025
- 05–13.09.2025 — Warsteiner International Balloon Festival 2025
- 05–09.09.2025 — Moerser Kirmes 2025
August 2025
- 20–24.08.2025 — SAIL Amsterdam 2025
- 12.08.2025 — Perseid Meteor
- 12.08.2025 — Sewing 101 Workshop
- 08–09.08.2025 — Olgas Rock Festival
What Year Two Taught Us
Rituals create belonging.
Big events create memories. Familiar spaces give people somewhere to return to.
Small groups can change the whole culture.
A guitar circle, a workshop table, or five people starting something can make belonging visible to the next fifty.
Students should be trusted to create.
The community became stronger when people could bring an idea, gather others, and shape a part of the Lounge themselves.
Growth only matters when new people can enter.
The Lounge should keep becoming larger without becoming harder to join.
Happy Second Birthday to the Community We Are Still Becoming
This year was built every time someone invited another person in, shared an idea, stayed to help, brought a skill, joined a trip, or simply returned the following week.
Thank you to everyone who helped turn Study & Chill from a room into a living part of student culture.
The full story is still being written.