Tag: Netherlands
Safe swimming in natural water: you need to know this
“You can qualify with nasty bacteria or algae. In most cases it concerns E-coli, the feces bacteria, or blue-green algae. You can get stomach and intestinal problems, fever and diarrhea…
Chain, play and make friends at summer camp in Leusden: ‘Group formation goes very quickly’
At 7:30 am it is remarkably quiet at the summer camp in Leusden. Calm before the storm, the children are still sleeping in their tents in the woods. Except for…
Utrecht frequent offender who rammed into a police car gets two years in prison
The judge has sentenced a 31-year-old man from Utrecht to 2 years in prison. He is guilty of four industrial break-ins and, during an attempt to escape, twice drove a…
Extinct dinosaurs come to life in Utrecht Jaarbeurs: ‘Not everything is right here, but it is still beautiful’
“There are two of these, is this a Mososaurus?” Imme asks as he walks through the dark halls with colored lights. Imme is five and knows everything about dinosaurs, says…
Clock and golden rooster back on church in Linschoten: ‘I missed the clock’
At the beginning of May, the clock and the golden rooster were removed from the church. This last happened in 1977 when the materials were last restored. For the first…
Carefree holiday with a ‘burglary-proof’ house: these are the tips and tricks
Offenders are mainly looking for cash, jewelry, watches, laptops, tablets and telephones. Handy items that can be traded in or sold. Make sure they are in a safe, is the…
Westdijk Bunschoten recovery now really completed: ‘Not proud of why we are here, but of the result’
The headache file of the municipality of Bunschoten and the Vallei en Veluwe water board seems to be a thing of the past: the polluted Westdijk is clean and refurbished.…
‘Forgotten’ Oudewater still gets a mention in Madurodam: ‘Glad that Mayor De Vries raised this’
The secret and at the time illegal meeting is explained in Madurodam on the basis of an exhibition space where the story of the origin of the Netherlands is told.…
Injured goalkeeper Van Veenendaal is no longer in action at the European Football Championship
The goalkeeper returns to the Netherlands today. Jacintha Weimar has been called up as her replacement. Weimar, goalkeeper at Feyenoord, was already on the standby list. Regulations of the European…
Utrecht nitrous oxide ban expanded: ‘It deters beginners, but keep the existing users in the picture’
“New users think ‘Gosh, it’s not allowed, it’s really forbidden’”, says Krouwel. “Groups that are already using are moving to other neighborhoods and possibly even outside the city, for example…