Goffertpark

The Goffertpark, or Stadspark de Goffert, is an urban park in the Dutch city of Nijmegen. It is also the site of the Goffertstadion, the stadium that is home to the football club N.E.C. and is sometimes used as an outdoor concert venue.

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Goffertpark
Goffertpark in Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Type	Stadspark
Location	Nijmegen
Area	83 ha
Opening	1939

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In the 1930s, the municipality of Nijmegen began developing sixty-five hectares of woodland and heathland into a park with a sports field, a stadium, a teahouse, and a zoo.

The design for the park was created by J.H. Schmidt and D. Monshouwer. It was one of many Dutch projects implemented as part of job creation efforts during the economic crisis at the time, which had high unemployment. Because it was a job creation project, no machines were allowed—everything had to be done by hand. The park was completed just before World War II, in 1939, and was officially opened on July 8 of that year by Prince Bernhard.

The Volkspark, a recreational and sporting destination, is located southwest of the city near the old Goffert Farm. Similar parks were built in other parts of the Netherlands, such as Zuiderpark in The Hague and Amsterdam Forest. However, in the case of Goffertpark, Mayor J. A.H. Steinweg insisted on constructing it as part of the unemployment relief program to manage construction costs.

Work started in the spring of 1935 with one-hundred-sixty unemployed individuals employed to work in the park, earning a fee of 35 cents per hour.

Despite utilising the land's natural slope, approximately 600,000 cubic meters of sand had to be excavated. Most of the work was done manually with shovels and wheelbarrows, with the most challenging task being digging a six-meter-deep pit for the stadium, famously known as "the bloedkuul" (the blood pit).

Present status

The Goffertpark is designated as a municipal monument.

In 1939, N.E.C. relocated to the stadium, which also serves as a venue for athletics and cycling. Sixty years after its opening, in 1999, the park and stadium underwent comprehensive refurbishment and modernization.

Renowned artists, including AC/DC, Aerosmith, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Bon Jovi (twice), Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Coldplay (twice), Deftones, Guns N' Roses (three times), Kings of Leon (twice), KISS, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Eminem, Metallica, Mudvayne, Mumford and Sons, Phil Collins, Muse (twice), Pearl Jam (twice), Pink Floyd, Rammstein (twice), Robbie Williams, R.E.M., Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers (three times), The Rolling Stones (twice), U2, Van Halen, and Velvet Revolver have performed at the Goffertpark as part of its concert series.

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