{"id":35815,"date":"2026-03-12T17:14:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alliancerotterdam.nl\/evennement\/apero-fish-dating\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:09","slug":"apero-fish-dating","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"http:\/\/www.alliancerotterdam.nl\/en\/event\/apero-fish-dating\/","title":{"rendered":"Ap\u00e9ro &amp; Fish dating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Alliance Fran\u00e7aise Rotterdam invites you to its ap\u00e9ro on <strong>Wednesday, April 1st!<\/strong> \ud83d\udc1f<\/p>\n<p>Come spend an evening in a friendly atmosphere over a glass of wine, have fun, and meet new people.<\/p>\n<p>The concept is simple: <strong>team up with other participants to come up with the best jokes of the night!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc90We\u2019ll also be welcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/melissa_lesjolieschoses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">M\u00e9lissa<\/a>, who will be there to present her perfumes.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcda French-language books will also be on sale, take this opportunity to expand your library.<\/p>\n<p>Registration for this event is free, but if you\u2019d like to support the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise, please feel free to purchase <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alliancerotterdam.nl\/produit\/apero-fish-dating-je-soutiens-lalliance-francaise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a ticket (\u20ac5)<\/a>. Your support allows us to offer a rich and diverse cultural program throughout the year. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccd Location: Alliance Fran\u00e7aise de Rotterdam<br \/>\ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alliancerotterdam.nl\/produit\/apero-fish-dating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free with registration;<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alliancerotterdam.nl\/produit\/apero-fish-dating-je-soutiens-lalliance-francaise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donations are welcome to support us.<\/a><br \/>\ud83e\udd42 Drinks and snacks available on site.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc1f In France, April 1 is a day dedicated to jokes, pranks, and hoaxes. The tradition of \u00abpoisson d\u2019avril\/April Fools\u2019 Day\u00bb goes back to the 16th century, when King Charles IX changed the calendar. The first day of the year, which used to be in April, was moved to January 1. But some people continued to give each other New Year\u2019s gifts on April 1. Little by little, these gifts turned into jokes, and then into fish pinned to people\u2019s backs!<\/p>\n<p>The custom of \u00abpoisson d\u2019avril\/April Fools\u2019 Day\u00bb involves pinning a (paper) fish on someone\u2019s back. When the person discovers the prank, you must say, \u00abPoisson d\u2019avril!\u00bb This custom is said to be linked to Lent, the Christian period during which fish is the main food permitted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alliance Fran\u00e7aise Rotterdam invites you to its ap\u00e9ro on Wednesday, April 1st! \ud83d\udc1f Come spend an evening in a friendly atmosphere over a glass of wine, have fun, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35814,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-35815","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alliancerotterdam.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/35815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alliancerotterdam.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alliancerotterdam.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alliancerotterdam.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.alliancerotterdam.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/35815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35817,"href":"http:\/\/www.alliancerotterdam.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/35815\/revisions\/35817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alliancerotterdam.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alliancerotterdam.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alliancerotterdam.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35815"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alliancerotterdam.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=35815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}