Tag: NB – INSPIRE ME
Be who you are: artist Jeroen fights inequality with nude portraits
Van den Belt is pleased with the reactions of passers-by. An exhibition will open in the museum on Saturday, depicting all kinds of people. Men, women, non-binary, intersex: everyone is…
Creator Urban Chess Courts has a new chess mission: ‘More girl power is needed’
Pawns, knights, bishops, rooks, a queen and king: in chess, the pieces are often central. Nevertheless, fanatic chess player and Urban Chess founder Jesús Medina Molina wants to look beyond…
What inspires domino builders in Veenendaal? ‘It’s meditation for me’
Ask what they have in common and the answer is patience. About 30 domino builders from different countries set up 800,000 dominoes in De Vallei sports hall in Veenendaal. They…
Movie about Barbie? Marjo has been a collector and fan for 25 years: ‘Barbie is a feeling’
IJsselstein – Most cinemas are sold out tonight and the trade in American dolls is flourishing on Marktplaats: Barbie is back. And all thanks to the new Barbie film that…
New hydrogen-powered inland vessel almost in service: ‘A world first’
Is hydrogen the future in inland shipping? Sailing on green hydrogen, as the Antonie will do, is clean. The skipper speaks of a CO2 reduction of 880 tons per year…
Sjors cycled to Paris in less than 24 hours: ‘I will never do this again’
“Everything hurts, I’m never doing this again,” he says over the phone on Saturday afternoon. He is then off his bike for about two hours. Despite the fact that he…
Violinist Eline (12) from Bilthoven wins Grand Prix award from international music competition and performs in New York
“I think it’s really cool to be able to play in New York, a super cool experience!”, Eline says enthusiastically on the phone. Is she nervous about the upcoming performance?…
Sjors cycles from the Dom tower to the Eiffel tower within 24 hours: ‘I had to do something’
Utrecht – After Sjors van ‘t Hag’s grandmother died, he had to do ‘something’. That is why he exchanges oars for pedals, and today he cycles from the Dom Tower…
Neighborhood supermarket saved from Henk thanks to massive support from Baambrugge residents: ‘This is great’
“This is great, of course,” says current supermarket owner Henk van der Wilt. For him it not only means that he now has a permanent tenant for the property he…
Tom Tol recovered from his heart transplant at UMC Utrecht while playing drums
Tom was in intensive care for about five months and his muscle strength decreased sharply as a result. It took so long because several complications arose. He only slept for…