Tag: AMERONGEN
Shoot or keep out? How can we live with the beaver?
Amerongen Castle has been plagued by beavers for years. The animals gnaw on the centuries-old trees and the reeds along the canal. The number of beavers is growing rapidly in…
A century of group portraits on the steps of Amerongen Castle: ‘You can see the time changing beautifully’
Curator Lodewijk Gerretsen: “The decor has not changed, it is a seventeenth-century staircase with two beautiful seventeenth-century statues. And in between you can see the time changing beautifully. The oldest…
Disappointment at her cycling café in Amerongen due to a flat tire Puck Pieterse: ‘For us the moral winner’
He too is convinced for a long time that Pieterse will win a silver medal. “But suddenly she gets a flat tire,” he says. “And she is quickly caught up…
Disappointment at her own cycling café in Amerongen due to a flat tire Puck Pieterse: ‘She is the moral winner for us’
He too is convinced for a long time that Pieterse will win a silver medal. “But suddenly she gets a flat tire,” he says. “And she is quickly caught up…
Mother Iris is very concerned about student transport: ‘My children cannot go to school without the bus’
Iris is at a loss. When she heard that there were five municipalities – Bunnik, De Bilt, Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Zeist and Wijk bij Duurstede – that were unable to arrange…
Eddy Zoëy is looking for beaver bitter balls in Amerongen
He is a vegetarian and eats bark of trees, aquatic plants and roots of plants. The beaver is the largest rodent in Europe and can be up to 1.40 meters…
Despite measures, beavers gnaw old beech trees at Amerongen Castle: ‘Eventually they die’
“They dig underground through the water and reach the roots,” says Elbers. “So they continue happily.” The beech trees started to change color in August, a sign that things are…
How an Ameronger tried to claim the North Pole with 1,600 people: ‘A fascination that got out of hand’
While cleaning out his attic, Jeroen Schipper finds a mysterious envelope. The Utrecht resident does not immediately know what it is. But it quickly becomes clear to him that it…
Maarten 80! Van Rossem talks about the rise of prosperity and luxury products
Amerongen – Born in 1943, Maarten grew up in lean times. Thinking back to that time, he calculates that life looked quite poor until at least the late 1950s: “wages…
Builders are getting ready for flower parade: ‘Bassie and Adriaan is pure youth sentiment’
“Bassie and Adriaan is pure childhood sentiment for us,” says Huisman. “Everyone knows Bassie and Adriaan, always full of jokes and jokes. Even the youngest children who live with us…