Tag: boats
Tour boats from Schuttevaer are returning to their old nest, now that the Utrecht canal is round again
The expansion of the tour company means that Schuttevaer is looking for new skippers. A wonderful job, says Theo Tilleman. He should know, because he has been providing round trips…
between 140 and 170 boats for the opening ceremony, according to the regional prefect
Between 140 and 170 boats will be engaged to transport 10,000 athletes during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, an unprecedented nautical parade on the Seine,…
The governing parties break their promise – they do not stop boats with Russian gas
Last spring, all parties agreed that imports should be reviewed and stopped. But the governing parties have now changed their minds. This is how Tobias Billström (M) answers why the…
New Year’s inspection for pleasure boats in the Bosphorus!
With the participation of Istanbul Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry and Coast Guard Command teams, illicit alcohol inspections were carried out for boats organizing entertainment events in Beşiktaş and…
Virtual boats on the moat, dancing on the walls of Kasteel de Haar: history comes to life in colorful animations
There are more than 100 projectors in the park that together create all the animations. There was a whole process leading up to that. “We built 3D models of all…
They’re sinking boats and torturing them on land! Here is Greece’s ‘shadow army’
While Greece’s intervention towards immigrants did not fall on the agenda, the Athens administration further aggravated its attitude towards immigrants. The ‘shadow army’, formed by the gathering of people from…
Luxury tax on posh cars, boats and personal aircraft rankles retailers
News Local News Marine technician John Ptaszynski of Maple City Marine in Chatham tunes up a boat engine. Photo taken July 12, 2013. Postmedia file photo The tax man is…
Enjoying watching boats makes Mijndense lock popular with day trippers: ‘It is always a spectacle’
For others, it is even an annual tradition to visit the lock. “We come from Ederveen, which is located between Veenendaal and Ede”, says another lover of the Mijndense lock…
Crayfish, dragon boats and world artists – see pictures from former Malmö festivals
From its founding in 1985 until this year’s festival, the Malmö Festival has grown into one of the highlights of the summer for many Malmö residents and Scanians. SVT Nyheter…
Red Bridge in Utrecht defective for much longer, large boats still have to circumnavigate for months
Earlier this week, the municipality replaced a broken rack, the mechanism that opens and closes the bridge. A test followed yesterday to see if the bridge could open and close…