Tag: FIVEHEERENLANDEN
Bakker will lose his biggest assignment by quitting F1 Zandvoort: ‘Another two years of blasting’
Formula 1 has been in Zandvoort every summer since 2021, but 2026 will be the last time. The end of the Dutch Grand Prix is due to the major financial…
Justice about fatal boating accident: ‘Skipper slept horribly’
The small pleasure yacht sank immediately on August 5, 2022, when it was rammed diagonally from behind by the tanker. The skipper and his daughter managed to save themselves, but…
Two years after the accident on the Lek: Ilona talks about the loss of daughter Rilana
Ilona remembers it well when she thinks back to that one August day. The middle of the summer holidays, a day when everyone goes out. Her daughter Rilana calls, they…
Hobby horse riding is becoming more popular: ‘It is really tough from a fitness point of view’
“Where you normally control the horse, you are now at the helm,” says Venice Slobbe. She organizes the competitions. For years she also participated, but now she puts all her…
Where is the best spot and what time should you be there? 7 tips for the national arrival in Vianen
Special bus line from Utrecht On Saturday there will be an extra bus from Utrecht CS Jaarbeurszijde to Vianen. U-OV has specially designed line 512 for the Sinterklaas arrival. The…
Not one, but two winning ponies: Mathijs scores highly at the Vianen horse market
14-year-old Mathijs has been given special time off from school for this day. “The horse market committee has a document in which they very kindly ask the school if they…
Avoid traffic jams via Vianen? As of today, it is no longer allowed
How does the sneak ban work? During the evening rush hour, a lot of cut-through traffic passes from the A2 (via Vianen and Lexmond) to the A27. To combat this,…
The whole of Vijfheerenlanden under the spell of the new pastry: ‘I really want to win’
The eight-year-old gave a cross, ‘dad’ Albert Steehouder, baker in Vianen, headed it in. When the duo heard about the Vijfje, a new pastry to be invented that the municipality…
Why the Sinterklaas arrival in Vianen costs the municipality half a million: ‘This is huge’
“As a municipality you have to pay to receive The Passion of Serious Request, but not for Sinterklaas. But it is a huge event that has to be organized by…
Back to 1998: when Saint Nicholas arrived in an almost flooded Wijk bij Duurstede
Anton Houtsma, mayor of Wijk bij Duurstede, was standing in wellies with Aart Staartjes at his side waiting for Pakjesboot 12. A special role was reserved for Reinier Sijpkens. Utrecht…