Asopos de Vliet
| Asopos de Vliet | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | Leiden, Netherlands |
| Home water | Dwarswatering |
| Founded | Merger of Asopos and De Vliet in 1974 |
| University | Leiden University |
| Website |
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Asopos de Vliet is a student rowing club based in Leiden, Netherlands. It takes its membership primarily from Leiden University.
The female-only rowing club De Vliet was founded in 1905, taking its name after one of the waters in Leiden. In 1974 it merged with the male-only rowing club Asopos, named after the Greek river god Asopos). Asopos had been founded in 1962 by discontent members of the club Njord, nowadays a daughter association of Leiden's traditional fraternity/sorority (corps) Minerva.
Trivia
Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands was a member of De Vliet when she studied in Leiden (1956 - 1961).
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