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Former coach gives tips on how to run like Femke Bol
Andrea has some more tips to sprint faster because your arms are just as important as your legs. “Even if you get tired, keep your arms next to your body,”…
Sziget Festival-goers take the train to Budapest: ‘6 days of hell’
By now, most of the party animals have boarded the train. Two men (father and son) are packing their bags and are planning to do the same. “We often go…
‘Look, another turd’: visitors to Maarsseveense Plassen fed up with wild poopers
With the poop score and the signatures they collect this month, the SP wants to convince the alderman and the other council members of the importance of free toilets. Goudriaan…
FC Utrecht’s 35+ players are ‘ready again’: ‘Still eager and hungry’
Now that the preparation is almost over, the balance can be drawn. “We are in a good position”, according to Viergever, who celebrated his 35th birthday on Saturday. “We have…
Margreet collects cards of the Dom under scaffolding: ‘There is a lively market in postcards’
“So there is a very lively market in old postcards. In Utrecht there is a shop that sells antique cards,” says Margreet. “There are webshops that do that too, but…
350 years ago the Dom was cut in two: what other damage did Utrecht sustain?
The Dom Tower is still partly covered in scaffolding at the bottom. Lex gratefully uses the informative illustrations on the fence. “Take a good look at this picture. You can…
Arguing on a trip? You’re not alone: ’A vacation is a relationship test’
Pattern two is the most common and is called ‘The protest polka’. “This may sound nice, but it isn’t,” Germaine explains. “In this pattern, one person is the instigator: that…
War diaries point the way to bomb in Bunnik
An unexploded bomb from the Second World War was found on Monday at the Van Dam timber yard in Bunnik. Local historian Henk Blok had advised the company to take…
Old diaries tell the story of the bombings of the Bunnik railway bridge
“Planes, shooting and bombs. Bombs, just like that. That’s what’s so bad, and what scares us.” In September 1944, Bunnik student Geertje Roubos did not understand why her village was…
Bombs on Bunnik: the railway and the bridge were badly hit during the war
“Planes, shooting and bombs. Bombs, just like that. That’s what’s so bad, and what scares us.” In September 1944, Bunnik student Geertje Roubos did not understand why her village was…