Tag: cellars
Automatic fine for trucks driving over Utrecht wharf cellars
At the end of June, a trial was already carried out in the city centre. Cameras were placed on the Nieuwegracht, the Kromme Nieuwegracht, the Plompetorengracht and the Hieronymusplantsoen to…
Repair of Utrecht wharf cellars is again delayed
Utrecht – The restoration of wharf cellars and vault walls in Utrecht will take about six months longer and will cost an additional 150,000 euros. Alderman Rachel Streefland writes this…
Municipality releases 4 million euros for repair of Utrecht wharf cellars
According to the municipality, owners want certainty before they start refurbishing their cellars, not only afterwards. “We use the time in between to learn – while helping cellar owners restore…
In the wine cellars of the Mosaic in Pretoria, a heritage of South Africa disappears
A huge cellar, perhaps the largest on the continent, is on sale in South Africa. The owners of the former Mosaic restaurant in Pretoria are parting with some of their…
Recovery of wharf cellars in Utrecht is difficult, residents call conversations with the municipality ‘pointless’
Ronald van de Krogt lives on Kromme Nieuwegracht and his basement is about to collapse. “I’d rather not go into the basement, because pieces of the ceiling have also come…
“Rêveries” in Pommery, an underground contemporary art trail in the cellars of Champagne
It is a unique exhibition space in the world. 30 meters underground, the cellars of the Domaine Pommery in Reims (north-eastern France) invite you to a head-to-head between art and…
In Hostomel, the Russians tied the men’s hands and took them for questioning, leaving families in locked cellars
According to Konstantin Dombrovskis, the first Russian soldiers were aggressive, the next more relaxed. On the first day of the Russian invasion, Thursday, February 24, Konstantin Dombrovskii, 19, was on…