Tag: AMERONGEN
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…
Jan (90) from Amerongen still works as an analogue bookkeeper: ‘I have 70 customers and I am never tired’
Jan’s passion for collecting must have started around that time, because just after the war he found all kinds of helmets, badges and passports of German soldiers who had left…
Siberian Oxygen peeks at the Heuvelrug: ‘Music works very well for social cohesion in the neighbourhood’
Amerongen – Storytellers, theatre, dance, exhibitions and music. On the Utrechtse Heuvelrug you can peek into hospitable residents and enjoy culture in all kinds of living rooms. Our own Radio…
Young wolf sniffs a dog in Amerongen: ‘Rapid adolescent behavior’
In the area where the wolf has been spotted, walkers who walk their dogs are advised to keep the four-legged friend close and on a leash. “And if the wolf…
Volunteer millers keep the Amerong mill running: “When I wake up, I always look at the wind first”
“We may be voluntary, in the sense that we don’t get paid for it, but this is not just a job, you know,” Ben is happy to explain. “To become…
Striking find: old hand grenades discovered in Amerongse home
Amerongen – In Amerongen, the police took action yesterday after the discovery of several hand grenades. They were found during the clearance of a house at the Hof, it reports…
Frans-Jan (26) is a nature volunteer: ‘My goal is to one day be able to recognize all Dutch plants and trees’
Nature organizations like to see volunteers like Frans-Jan come, but the young volunteers often lack the time. “My generation already has so much to do,” Frans-Jan explains, “so it’s often…
Volunteers help people back into nature after years: ‘After 15 years I can smell the forest again!’
Since last year, runs twice a week between April and October.the Bosboomel‘: a large open car in which six elderly people or people with a disability go through the forest…