Tag: AMERSFOORT
Repaircafé provides refreshed appliances and new friendships
The Repair Café in the Soesterkwartier is open twice a month on Thursdays. The men make everything that is broken with a lot of love. Host Joop is the pacesetter.…
Colorful kick-off Provincial Council elections: ‘Give color to the province by voting’
It is party leader Roy Luca of U26 municipalities who kicks off. He attacks the virgin canvas with the green brush. “The green color of our beautiful forests on the…
Hoogland wood stove causes ‘not enough nuisance’ to intervene, neighbors to court
Because the couple experiences so much nuisance, the municipality was called in. The hope was that the municipality would forbid the neighbors to use the wood stove, but that did…
Jeroen from Amersfoort opens his door for Peeking at the Buren: “Top quality, just in a living room”
Song after song, the group receives enthusiastic applause. “This is really top quality, just in a living room,” someone from the audience responds. “Great, I really enjoyed it. What a…
Margreet is looking for warmth: ‘You volunteer for someone else and for yourself’
One of the regular faces is Mieke. A spry 70-plus man. Mieke is a mood maker, she likes to make people feel comfortable. Despite being in physical discomfort – she…
Amersfoort will continue to talk behind closed doors on Tuesday about the imminent million-dollar claim from Vahstal
The current Amersfoort coalition (D66, GroenLinks, CDA, Party for the Animals and ChristenUnie) did not want the handling of the Vahstal file to be handled by B&W, as was the…
No world title for Puck Pieterse after slip: ‘You don’t have to be ashamed of silver’
Pieterse got off to a bad start. Literally, because she didn’t get into the pedal properly with her shoe and completely missed her start. The damage was limited, because she…
Police car flips over in Amersfoort accident, officer injured
It went wrong at the intersection near Nijverheidsweg-Noord. According to a press photographer present, the officers rushed to a report when a motorist collided with the vehicle. The driver of…
Slipper removes tension: Puck Pieterse from Amersfoort takes silver at the Cyclo-cross World Championships
Pieterse got off to a bad start. Literally, because she didn’t get into the pedal properly with her shoe and completely missed her start. The damage was limited, because she…
Smallpox, teaspoons and a bird’s nest: photographer explores family history in images
One was poisoned, another was researching a smallpox vaccine, yet another was a supporter of an Indian guru. Photographer Cara Louwman comes from a colorful family and has delved into…