Tag: LOPIK
75,000 kilos of fruit from Lopik suddenly available for food banks, who really need it
About 75,000 kilos of apples and pears hang in the orchard on MA Reinaldaweg in Lopik. Admittedly, they may not be Mom’s prettiest. The first crop, which is sold in…
Wayne Tessels knows good general direction 24 hour race Bol d’Or
Tessels of the Kawasaki team started on pole position and kept that position at the start. His great rival Toine Gierkink gasped Tessels in the neck, but Tessels retained the…
Fire in cow barn Lopik extinguished: animals and people unharmed
Lopik – The fire that raged last night in a cow barn on the Lopikerweg in Lopik, has been extinguished. The fire was under control around 11 p.m., reports the…
Police find body in sunken boat near Ameide
The damaged pleasure boat that sank yesterday after an accident with an inland vessel on the Lek between Ameide and Lopik, was hoisted out of the water earlier this afternoon.…
Major search for missing person on the Lek after cargo ship sails over pleasure craft
Divers first attempted to enter the ship where it sank. That was only partially successful, and no one was found. Because it was too dangerous to search the boat further,…
Grand Prix of France: Pointless Verschoor drops out in the final phase
Verschoor started in the main race from eleventh place. He quickly managed to get to ninth position. In the final phase, when Verschoor was in eighth place, he announced via…
Grand Prix of France: Verschoor has a dramatic sprint race due to technical problems
Benschop – Formula 2 driver Richard Verschoor, driving for Trident Sport, will not look back with good feelings on the sprint race of the Grand Prix of France. De Benschopper…
Benschopper who saved young children from the ditch receives a medal after two years
Lopik – De Benschopper Henk Elings received a bronze medal from Mayor Laurens de Graaf van Lopik yesterday. He received a certificate on behalf of the Royal Society for the…
Reinforcement of ‘important’ Lekdijk starts: ‘Protects about half the Randstad’
The floodplains of the Salmsteke recreation area in Lopik will be overhauled from today. The work is the starting signal for the long-term ‘Sterke Lekdijk’ project, which will take at…
Police Lopik post at Lekdijk West, which is closed to motorcycles
In the summer months, a temporary motorcycle ban on weekends in rural Lekdijk-West, because local residents and other road users had complained about nuisance. Interest groups of motorcyclists protested against…