Tag: NB – INSPIRE ME
19-year-old Skatekeet hopes for a second Olympic Games: ‘I’m almost too old’
Skateboarding was Olympic for the first time in Tokyo, at the postponed 2021 Games. “I think they needed us a little bit,” she laughs. “You attract a whole new audience…
Utrechter Thomas is the only Extra Joss dealer in the Netherlands: ‘Sell half a million bags per year’
Energy powder is popular among students. To party longer, for example – and then be able to study again the next day without a hangover. The latest trend to last…
‘Special hiding place’ still looks exactly the same after 80 years
In the attic, Ries carefully steps into the hatch: left foot on a beam, right foot on the first step. There are two locks on the hatch to lock it…
Nicolette paints her way to the final American program: ‘I found the artist within myself’
Large, colorful paintings hang on the walls of her workspace. Many female figures with wings, flowers and pink. The artist describes her style as ‘abstract realism’. Her paintings are bought…
German village welcomes Leusden relatives with open arms
“The pain is still palpable here. These were places of horror.” Mayor Gerolf Bouwmeester commemorates residents of the municipality of Leusden who died in Wöbbelin. It was a terrible place…
Margreet lived in the Groenekan ruins: ‘No gas, no light, no water’
Her parents probably came to live there in 1953. “My grandfather, Aris Kramer, had arranged that. It was a small house and my parents got married that year.” According to…
Houtenaar Burgering gets a new chance in professional football: ‘I’m going to miss GVVV very much’
A first attempt to return to professional football failed. A trial period at Telstar did not result in a contract for the attacker, who won the Names & Jersey Numbers…
Found Rien’s car! ‘It can be that simple’
When he hears the location, he just says, “It could be that simple.” And then comes the joy: “Super! I can hardly believe that it is still standing somewhere!”. The…
Jip Janssen’s second Olympic Games: ‘I never dared to dream of that’
The Dutch men’s hockey team has a better chance of winning gold at the upcoming Olympic Games than three years ago in Tokyo. “I think we have the best coaching…
New farmers Willemshoeve Soest produce local food: ‘People increasingly aware of what they eat’
Jesse Opdam, a farmer from the very beginning, asked Wout to work part-time at the Willemshoeve. Now a year later he can already take his place. “That wasn’t exactly planned,”…