There are but a few pubs, and no discos or places like that. Most Waddinxveners seem to be opposed to them. V ery abundant in Waddinxveen are sporting clubs, football , field hockey, tennis, korfball and basketball clubs, to name but a few. For some of these sports there are more than one club. There are so many of them because one of the previous mayors of the town liked sports a lot, so he made sure it was possible to engage in them.
T here are also a lot of decent schools , elementary as well as high.
They are visited by children from the whole region. This makes Waddinxveen a perfect place to live for commuters, who have their work in the surrounding cities, and for their children. This situation is one of the continuous worries in local politics. Every four years a plan to connect several of these centres to make a larger one sees the light, but after making a few small changes to streets and buildings, everything about the plan seems to be forgotten and four years later a new plan surfaces. Well, at least this keeps the councel from doing truly harmful things.