Tag: Dutch
Dutch young people less lonely than peers abroad
About 280,000 students from 44 countries participated in the study. The young people indicated, among other things, that they get along well with their parents, which contributes to combating loneliness.…
Sports Short week 25: good final round Daan Huizing, Dutch lose ‘at Kampong’ to Germany
TENNIS Abel Forger has reached the second round of the ITF tournament in Nyiregyháza, Hungary. De Soester won in three sets against the German Facunco Yunus. The set scores were…
Groenewegen Dutch champion, Bredewold takes silver
“The entire team has worked hard for it, and it’s great when you finish it,” Groenewegen said to NOS. “It was a race of waiting and waiting and trusting that…
Swordsmen, pirates and elves spotted in Utrecht: it’s Dutch Comic Con again
Utrecht – Utrecht will feel a bit safer over the next two days as the city is overrun by superheroes and legendary fantasy warriors (and okay, maybe a few intergalactic…
Council questions about a footnote in the subsidy advice for the Dutch Film Festival
A third of the applications cannot be honored and this leads to great disappointment. For example, the Dutch Film Festival, Tweetakt festival and Museum van Zuilen are excluded. After publishing…
‘Keep the subsidy and do not break the marriage between Utrecht and the Dutch Film Festival’
The recommendations from the advisory committee’s report are not yet final. The Municipal Executive is still looking at it and will then send their decision to the municipal council. “I…
Always a reason for a party: Poles and the Dutch watch the European Championship together
A red and white balloon hangs on the front door, and two orange ones are stuck to the kitchen window. The snacks, salad, baguette, beer and vodka are ready on…
Organist Laurens de Man: ‘This organ is a bit down-to-earth, as the Dutch can be’
Laurens plays not only in the Janskerk, but in all kinds of other churches and concert halls so that others can enjoy the music as much as he does: “I…
Utrecht Johan de Kock was briefly captain of the Dutch team in 1996: ‘But there was some discussion about that’
Is Koeman making a mistake?The current European Championship selection includes only one player from the province of Utrecht: Abcoudenaar Matthijs de Ligt. There have been more than that. In 1996,…
Long sentences for those shot by Dutch crime reporter | News in brief
A Dutch crime reporter by Peter de Vries in 2021, the men involved in the shooting have been convicted of murder. The shooter and the man who drove him were…