For years, we have supported several local charities. And we are proud of that. Not only do we support the Texel youth (in the pupils' tournament, for example), but also the Texel gliding club and more.
The De Vakantiebank Foundation aims to offer people with incomes around the welfare assistance level a carefree week’s vacation at a beautiful and recreational location in the Netherlands. This allows them to take a break from their home situation and recharge their batteries.
The gliding club Texel was founded in 1965 by a bunch of enthusiastic people who wanted to glide. Together, purses were drawn and gliders and a winch were bought. Over time, enthusiasm and the fleet grew. Would you like to go on a trip with the Texel Gliding Club and see the beautiful island from the air? Then you can take advantage of a fantastic offer through Texelvakanties: exclusively for guests €75.
Roparun is a relay race from Hamburg and Paris to Rotterdam (about 530 km). Through team-based sporting performance, they raise money for charity. Roparun Texel has been established since 2011. The Texel team annually puts its heart and soul into making cancer patients and their loved ones' lives more enjoyable and bearable.
Texel Culinair is the culinary festival on Texel. Every year in the second weekend of September, chefs from around 25 Texel eateries gather in the centre of De Koog to present their dishes. Mostly dishes made from local products. Tasting on sien Tessels, in other words. Will we see you there?
De Koog may be mainly known as the tourist heart of Texel, but the club is now also well on the map outside the country's borders when it comes to football. This is mainly thanks to the annual international F-pupils tournament. Represented with clubs such as PSV, Ajax, Feyenoord, RC Genk and Schalke 04. And the advantage of playing football on Texel: you can add a holiday day or week to it.
The traditional festive Texel Haringparty is an enjoyable afternoon every year when we celebrate the beautiful life on Texel. It is also mainly about raising money to support island initiatives. Such as the Texel Veterans.
Team quiz Texel consists of a large number of questions to be answered in teams during one evening on 10 February 2024.
The teams may choose their own location and tools for this, as long as they answer the questions as well as possible and on time, because at the end of the evening all answers will be handed back to the organisation! The teams that answered the questions best will receive a nice sum of money during the big results evening on 2 March, which they may spend on a charity of their choice...
The magazine of the Historische Vereniging Texel (HVT) is published four times a year. The Historische Vereniging Texel (HVT) is an association with over 1,000 members.
Sompop is an annual festival in De Waal that takes place in July. The venue is transformed into a large festival site with four different stages, each with its own atmosphere and sound. It’s a festival for all ages. The festival offers a wide range of music genres, from rock to dance.
The TuTu Foundation’s mission is to help parents with terminal illnesses create tangible, lasting memories with and for their children. We do this by fulfilling personalized wishes and by connecting families with all the wonderful existing initiatives. In this way, we help create memories today for the future. Because the future is now.
The Ronde om Texel is the world’s largest catamaran race. It is an annual sailing competition in which hundreds of catamarans, crewed by both amateurs and top international sailors, sail a course of approximately 100 km around the island.
The event starts and ends at Paal 17.
The Food Bank on Texel supports residents who are struggling to make ends meet by providing weekly food packages. The organization is run entirely by volunteers and collaborates with various businesses on the island.
V.V. Omlandia is an amateur soccer club based in Ten Boer, in the municipality of Groningen. It was founded in 1951 and has approximately 400 members.
The event starts and ends at Paal 17.
SV De Koog is an amateur soccer club on Texel. The club is located in the village of De Koog on Boodtlaan. The club was founded in 1947. The most notable match of the year is the island derby against V.V. Texel'94 from Den Burg.
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