Tag: Netherlands
Weir open again at Amerongen after refloating a stalled ship at Wageningen
AMERONGEN – The weir at Amerongen, which was temporarily closed due to a stalled ship near Wageningen, is open again. Rijkswaterstaat closed the weir to free the tanker that was…
Where is the wolf? Traces of the Utrecht wolf and how to recognize them
So he is there, with us. Or, maybe it’s “he was there”, because the wolf experts agree on that too: wolves walk enormous distances in a day and only hang…
Lock at Amerongen closed due to a ship stuck 20 kilometers away
Rijkswaterstaat cannot yet say how long the lock must remain closed. Closing the lock in Amerongen also has consequences for shipping in Utrecht. Ships bound for Rotterdam sail via the…
Mat Herben actually didn’t want to watch ‘The year of Fortuyn’, but does it anyway
His role doesn’t quite match reality, Herben thinks. “But that’s not so bad. The screenwriter wants to portray something and I am a good bourgeois man. And that’s right, I’m…
Hockey players Kampong eliminated in EHL by Rot-Weiss Köln
In the first quarter of the game, Kampong handed out the first pinprick. Derck de Vilder brought the ball in front of the goal, Terrance Pieters placed it just wide.…
Two Utrecht ruffs after 100 years together for the first time in 1 concert
A critic with a poisonous pen, a conductor with a traditional view of music and an orchestra of international stature that is threatened with destruction, the Utrechts Stedelijk Orkest. Those…
Man who threatened Bolsius with death gets suspended community service and contact ban
AMERSFOORT – The man who threatened and insulted the Amersfoort mayor Bolsius last year has been given a suspended community service order of 120 hours. The District Court of Central…
New corona support package for culture in Woerden
Theater and music school Het Klooster, the City Museum, the library Het Groene Hart and the Artistic Education Foundation will receive a one-time payment of 20,000 euros. This means that…
Heckeyers Kampong eliminated in EHL by Rot-Weiss Köln
In the first quarter of the game, Kampong handed out the first pinprick. Derck de Vilder brought the ball in front of the goal, Terrance Pieters placed it just wide.…
More and more alcohol nuisance in Utrecht; alcohol is banned in the Transwijk area and at Vaartsche Rijn
There will also be two new places where alcohol is prohibited. The first is at homeless shelter De Stadsbrug in Transwijk. The picking garden around the corner from Koningin Wilhelminalaan…