Tag: Netherlands
Tough photos of St. Antonius nurses go viral: ‘We are men in care and we are proud of that’
UTRECHT – Low salary, a high workload and not really a male profession. There is a one-sided image of nurses and it is high time for a better image, says…
Railway Museum is looking for female mail sorters from the 60s – 90s
PROVINCE OF UTRECHT – The Railway Museum and RTV Utrecht are looking for female mail sorters who worked in Utrecht from the 1960s to the 1990s. An exhibition about mail…
Artist Joyce Overheul designs monument for Truus van Lier
During the war, Truus van Lier delivered illegal newspapers, messages and weapons. She also helped Jews to hiding places and she infiltrated the NSB and Wehrmacht in Amersfoort. On September…
One million inhabitants of the province of Utrecht have the right to vote: more young people than the over-65s
In the aging municipalities of Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Bunnik, De Bilt and Baarn, the proportion of ‘voters younger than 35’ does not even reach 20 percent. Leusden is only just above…
Exit Hagestein on A27 closed due to risk of falling trees and branches
This mainly concerns ash trees that contain a lot of dead wood due to the disease. A replanting obligation applies to the trees that are removed. “Various types of new…
Soester entrepreneur places windmill on roof: ‘Reviving lost technology’
Today, 20:00 † 3 minutes reading time © RTV Utrecht / Robert Jan Booij SOEST – Anyone driving from Amersfoort in the direction of Soest can’t miss it from today:…
The Utrecht region is ‘maximally committed’ to the reception of Ukrainian refugees
Earlier, the municipality of Utrecht announced that preparations are being made to receive war refugees from Ukraine. Contact has already been made with hotels in the city. An appeal has…
St. Antonius Hospital sends 8 pallets of medical aid supplies to Ukraine
“Although the hospital only maintains limited stocks to prevent waste, they managed to collect a total of eight pallets of medical supplies,” the hospital writes. The items were delivered to…
Wijk bij Duurstede wants fewer overweight children: ‘Show how much fun sports is’
Overweight among the youth is a major problem in Wijk, said alderman Wil Kosterman this afternoon in the lunch program Aan Tafel on Radio M Utrecht. ‘130 children is only…
Raids and 10 arrests after tip about crystal meth in Woerden
WOERDEN – Thanks to a tip from a company, the police were able to arrest ten suspects in connection with the production of the synthetic drug crystal meth. The company…