Editing Enschede (section)

== Culture ==
{{Wide image|Enschede, Innercity, Bus&Railwaystation, Panorama.jpg|1200px|Panorama of Enschede}}

=== Museum ===
[[File:Enschede - 2021 - Rijksmuseum Twenthe.jpg|thumb|220x220px|[[Rijksmuseum Twenthe]]]]
There are several museums in Enschede, among them the [[Rijksmuseum Twenthe]] for art. A museum of natural history and a museum dedicated to the history of the [[textiles]] industry, both closed in January 2007, have merged, and have reopened in April 2008 in new premises on a new location under the name [http://www.twentsewelle.nl TwentseWelle] (Source/Well of Twente). The new location is situated in [[Roombeek]], where a fireworks disaster took place in 2000. The new museum is located partly in a renovated old textile factory, in reference to Enschede's textile history, and partly in an adjourning new building, designed by the Amsterdam-based firm SeARCH (project architect: Bjarne Mastenbroek). Besides museums there are also several art spaces, the most prominent being [[Villa de Bank]] and TETEM. The latter focuses on art and technology, and aims to be accessible for a wide public.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tetem – Uit in Enschede (in Dutch)|url=https://www.uitinenschede.nl/locaties/tetem|access-date=12 August 2018|archive-date=12 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812114954/https://www.uitinenschede.nl/locaties/tetem|url-status=live}}</ref>
Enschede is also home of The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra.

[[De Museumfabriek]] (formerly TwensteWelle) is a museum in the [[Roombeek]] district that arose from a merger of three institutions: Natuurmuseum Enschede, [[Van Deinse Instituut]] and Fabriekcomplex Jannink. In this museum, the cultural-historical heritage of [[Twente]] is linked to the natural-historical heritage, a unique combination for the Netherlands. The museum was opened in April 2008 by the then [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Queen Beatrix]].

=== Music and theater ===
[[File:Atak.jpg|thumb|Former building of Atak Poppodium|293x293px]]
The German-Dutch relationship is characteristic of music culture, which arose through cooperation in the border region and the dominant [[textile industry]] in the 19th and 20th centuries. Especially during the period of reversal after the [[World War I]], a close German-Dutch cultural cooperation developed in [[Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia|Gronau]] and Enschede, which became increasingly important from string quartets, salon orchestras and hot dance music bands to symphony orchestras and an operetta company ("Enschedesch Opera en Operette Gezelschap") with their own performances. At the same time, jazz also found enthusiastic supporters from 1920 onwards.

The three major concert stages for classical music in Enschede – the Muziekcentrum, the Twentse Schouwburg and the Grote Kerk – have been operating under the name Podium Twente since September 2002 and since September 2011 under the name Wilminktheater en Muziekcentrum Enschede. There is a varied offer of concerts, theater, youth and youth performances and the like to visit.

In November 2008 the Nationaal Muziekkwartier opened its doors in Enschede. A new large theatre, pop stage Atak, the ArtEZ Conservatory, the Orkest van het Oosten (now the Dutch Symphony Orchestra), the Twente Music School, the Nationale Reisopera (now the Nederlandse Reisopera) and Podium Twente (now Wilminktheater en Muziekcentrum Enschede) have settled in this dominant building opposite the Central Station in Enschede. There will be a new large square, the Willem Wilminkplein.

In December 2012, the [[Serious Request]] action from national radio station [[3FM]] took place in Enschede, which collected more than 12.2&nbsp;million euros (almost US$16.2&nbsp;million).