A souper with two guys form the province: Helmut Thoele (Senior Urban Planner Provincie Zuid-Holland and Joks Janssen (Quartermaster Knowledge & Research at Provincie Noord-Brabant). Helmut and Joks have a very enthusiastic and convincing talk about the usefulness of the province in relation to spatial planning. Rotterdam The Hague Metropolitan region and urban and rural developments in the Noord Brabant are successful concepts. We have to be more proud of this spatial developments. Let's lift the disabled planning services at the municipal now. The regions, cities and rural areas are in better hands at a regional planning service. Here are more intelligent people and there thinking is more integrated. This only know something too few people.

In Rotterdam, many restaurants are closed on Mondays. Fortunately restaurant Lux is again open seven days a week for a good Italian meal.

Daan Bakker (Daf-architecten), Jeroen de Willigen (DeZwarteHond), Jasper de Haan (architect) and I invite each month a number of colleagues to eat, drink and discuss about our profession, the city of Rotterdam and related matters.