Jeroen Denaeghel

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Dutch
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Who is Jeroen Denaeghel?

Jeroen landed in the world of media after taking part in the very first edition of Big Brother. Not long after, he was working behind the camera as director of De Planckaerts, Goedele Liekens and Panorama. He is a journalist and TV producer, founded the cycling magazine Bahamontes and writes for HUMO and Eos. He is also a bio-engineer and travelled around the world looking for dangerous animals and exotic birds. In 2010, he wrote a book about his world trip: Op zoek naar het beest (looking for the beast).

The speaker is a gifted storyteller and his natural flair is able to fascinate audiences. He uses his typically humorous, no-nonsense style to take people on a journey into his two favourite biotopes: nature and the world of cycling.

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    Bahamontes forever

    Journalist Jeroen Denaeghel founded cycling magazine Bahamontes in 2013. This allowed him to interview many cycling legends. In Bahamontes forever, Jeroen manages to reveal a side of our cycling greats that few people have ever seen; what kind of people they really were and which secrets helped them to achieve their success.

    Like the ladies’ bike used by Johan Museeuw and the miserly side of Raymond Poulidor. Or the hunting activities of Duclos-Lassalle, to the water bottle of Tom Steels. And why everyone is afraid of Jeannie Longo.

    Dreaming of the Cetti’s warbler

    Jeroen uses fascinating anecdotes and interesting snippets to take you on a birding adventure. How his father first introduced him to birdwatching. How he spent nights with a tape recorder in an attempt to remember different bird calls. Why the hawfinch is so important to him. And why he curses the Cetti’s warbler. Do you know why NASA hates woodpeckers and how the yellowhammer helped to determine Beethoven’s career? You will learn this and more during this illustrative lecture.

We recently invited Jeroen for an evening lecture on Op zoek naar het beest. He spoke with great enthusiasm about his travels and people were hanging on his every word. He occasionally used sensational factoids to add a bit of context, but that only added to the entertainment value (and he never tried to pass rumours off as the truth). The fun anecdotes in between also livened up the presentation and made it an enjoyable experience.
Of course, I shouldn't forget the images: photos by Celine van Cauwenberghe were displayed on a large screen, and helped to illustrate the lecture perfectly. Let's say we did find a lot of beasts (as well as mesmerising landscapes and strange people).
After the lecture, Jeroen spent plenty of time offering deeper insight into some of the passages, answering questions and even showing new photos.
And all this resulted in a fun and captivating evening; I think we can even say that Jeroen enjoyed himself too!

Jürgen Nakielski

Willebroek library

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