Tag: MARGREET VAN GILS
Two incomes, a home and still homeless. It happened to Sandra: ‘You really have to be exposed with the buttocks’
For example, she is almost every day with her neighbor Linda. She is such a ‘normal’ tenant. Linda is even more enthusiastic than Sandra. “I left a big house behind…
Roofless Roelof: ‘People who ignore you is so terrible’
Just like everywhere in the Netherlands, the number of homeless people is also increasing in Utrecht. Some people escape the situation after a while, for others that is more difficult.…
Roelof is a ‘famous homeless’: ‘I prefer to make talk with people’
When he is awake in the morning, he takes to the streets. He does not use there, that is the place for that. The street is “to ask for a…
And then you are homeless: ‘I have to start all over again’
Mustafa finds a shelter at the Stadsbrug. At night he can sleep there, during the day he has to go outside. In the meantime he has found his place at…
Cuddling with bees: ‘Sometimes they kiss back, yes, but fortunately only occasionally’
As a municipal councilor, Van Iersel tries to ensure a flourishing, biodiverse environment, and also takes good care of his bees. He really pampers them too. There is kissing and…
57 years ago today, the Jaarbeurs shook to its foundations during the first ever Lowlands
For the boys of ‘Les Baroques’ it was an experience they will never forget. Muyser enjoys that 57 years later people are still talking about that performance. They didn’t get…
Scott sees his future in healthcare: ‘I really want to work hard for this’
What’s on your key ring? Souvenir from your loved one? The children’s crafts? Or is it just a business bunch of iron? In Veenendaal, Margreet looks at the bunches of…
Caring for her neighbor gave Gerrie a new family
We are busier than ever. With a job, possible children, (finding) a house and from a certain age, there is often the added burden of caring for aging parents. Not…
Pub owner after a life-threatening bacteria: ‘You just have to follow your dreams’
Eric has a bunch of keys, from home and from the pub. His own pub in Oudewater, that is. The Brabander bought it in the middle of a corona lockdown.…
How Austerlitz ensures that the elderly can continue to live independently for longer
The 77-year-old Mrs. Fronczek only recently moved to Austerlitz. Her daughter lives there. Mrs. Fronczek comes from Hoogland, where she also enjoyed living, but where she missed the facilities for…