Tag: Netherlands
Stripe through Vuelta festivities in Amersfoort after disagreement with national organization
An entire weekend of cultural and sporting events was planned, but nothing has come of it now. The cause is a conflict with the national organization of the Vuelta, which…
National Heat Plan? ‘So put on my hat and smear with factor 50’
“Yeah, sure,” a man answers firmly when asked if he’s drinking enough today. With headphones on his head, he drives a mowing machine across a lawn near the Utrecht Grift…
Explosions reverberate in Hoef and Haag: ‘Suddenly the whole street has a doorbell camera’
The police are also happy with doorbell cameras A police spokesperson says that it is a good initiative that many residents have installed cameras. There may be cameras at four…
Beunhazen experience golden times due to crowds: ‘Be careful who you do business with’
These are heydays for handymen who want to earn some extra money. Because of the major shortages in the construction industry, many people are turning to both men and women…
Hotel in Houten temporarily accommodates asylum seekers
The hotel on the Hoofdveste is used as a crisis shelter to relieve the overcrowded registration center in Ter Apel. “There is a chronic shortage of reception locations throughout the…
Record attempt in a sports hall in Veenendaal, 700,000 dominoes have to be replaced
Veenendaal – In Sporthal de Vallei in Veenendaal, a team of thirty people is working on a special record attempt. The Dutch Domino Team wants to drop 700,000 dominoes there…
Lisette plays a heroic role and extinguishes a fire in a shed in Baarn primary school: ‘No more than normal’
De Baarnse knew she had to act immediately, because the fire would only spread faster because of the drought. “It is very dry there, there is tree bark, there is…
Skippers see more dangerous situations on the water: ‘It often goes almost wrong, and sometimes completely’
Wijk bij Duurstede – It is becoming increasingly unsafe on the Dutch waterways. That is what Sunniva Fluitsma of the Algemeene Schippers Vereeniging says. On Friday afternoon, things went horribly…
Utrecht hangs inverted flags along the Vuelta course ‘so that people can express their emotion’
Breda announced today for the first time that the municipality is going to remove reversed flags. The third stage of the Vuelta starts and finishes in that city on Sunday…
Record attempt in a sports hall in Veenendaal, 700,000 dominoes have to go
Veenendaal – In Sporthal de Vallei in Veenendaal, a team of thirty people is working on a special record attempt. The Dutch Domino Team wants to drop 700,000 dominoes there…