Tag: Netherlands
Tens of thousands of kilos of waste washed up on beaches mapped by Utrecht researchers
Today, 21:46 † 3 minutes reading time © RTV Utrecht UTRECHT – How much waste ends up on Dutch beaches from the sea? Where is it from? And under what…
Tjeerd collected 50 volunteers in 5 years for his Team Clean that collects waste in Veenendaal
Today, 16:00 † 3 minutes reading time © RTV Utrecht / Eva Hageraats VEENENDAAL – Tjeerd de Vries from Veenendaal retired five years ago. When he walked to Rhenen to…
Special crash barrier to reduce noise pollution along N210 near Lopik
The province now hopes to have found part of the solution in a special crash barrier dubbed “an innovative solution”. The crash barrier is actually a combination between a crash…
‘Many faces’: podcast about flown politician Sjoerd Swane
PROVINCE OF UTRECHT – Sjoerd Swane, a powerful politician from Maarssen who was in control there years ago and who did not shy away from abuse of power. He disappeared…
The Utrecht Housing Debate: ‘People want to live in the city and not in Nieuwegein-Noord’
Eleven candidate councilors are participating in the debate: Julia Kleinrensink (GroenLinks), Maarten Koning (D66), Tess Meerding (VVD), Rick van der Zweth (PvdA), Jantine Zwinkels (CDA), Anne Sasbrink (PvdD), Rik van…
What does Zeist vote for? Bakker uses pastries for poll
Each ‘vote’ is tracked on a scoreboard. The results of the pastry poll will be announced on the day of the election. Which party comes out on top in the…
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…