Editing Enschede (section)

=== 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).