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Visit the EU in two days as it launches its first Euro Village

FROM May 27 to 28, the Capital Commons Park in Pasig City will be converted into a Euro Village where everyone can savor the ultimate adventure of the senses European style. Admission is free and open to the public from 4 p.m. to 12 midnight.

The Euro Village offers an exciting and dynamic sample of European Union culture, arts, music, food and gastronomy, products, crafts, languages, sports.

Find the best novelties from Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Hungary, the Netherlands, Austria, Romania, Poland and Finland. In solidarity with Ukraine in these dire hours, Euro Village will also feature Ukrainian participation.

“The essence of the Euro Village is to make these vibrant and diverse cultures accessible to Filipinos and to open up markets and trade opportunities,” said Dr. Ana Isabel Sánchez Ruiz, deputy head of the delegation of the European Union to the Philippines. The Euro Village project is in celebration of the anniversary of the founding of the European Union on May 9.

And for those yearning to learn a European language but who have not yet had the time to try, the Euro Village cultural and language center will bring French, German, Italian and Spanish lessons in a snap, thanks to the collaboration of Alliance Française de Manille, Goethe Institut, Instituto Cervantes Manila and the Philippine-Italian Association.

Those who are interested in European music or would like to jam with artists, the Euro Village will have guest performers from Romania, Ukraine and a serenade from the Manila String Machine, who will be rendering European songs and pieces.

For more details, visit the FB page: https://facebook.com/EuroVillagePH. A digital passport is also in store for you in your journey through the borderless Euro Village.

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