The university in Namur is a large concrete building in the middle of town. Despite the building material it is not a very ugly building â?? in fact its bare concrete finish (inside and out) has a very retro feel to it. Usually I do not have any such feelings towards concrete.
The meeting room was at the dept. of informatics in the Alan Turing room â?? I do like when peoples names are used for rooms, even if this could be considered a dubious honor. Alan Turing is a bright room with a high ceiling, blue carpet and windows on three walls. No big surprise here. What is more than a bit unusual are three rings mounted in the ceiling intended for climbing…
Apparently the rings are not used by abseiling computer scientists (as I had hoped) but are rather there to be used by the window cleaners. Once again reality spoils a really good theory.