Tag: Netherlands
Concerns about low-flying helicopters over meadow bird areas
The Lopikerwaard is working hard on the future of the meadow birds. Things have been getting worse for years for the godwit, the lapwing, the redshank and the oystercatcher. Farmer…
KNMI warns of slippery conditions due to winter weather, spreading actions necessary
“There are sensors everywhere on the national highways that measure the temperature,” Slippens explains. There are ‘weather huts’ on the side of the roads that monitor the ambient temperature and…
Starters and asylum seekers are given shelter together at Soestdijk Palace
The site now offers shelter to 152 refugees, most of them single young asylum seekers and recently also following travelers. That number could grow to 175 if the shelter continues…
Council of State: ‘National monument Amelisweerd will not be affected by the widening of the A12/A27’
Trees must be felled when widening the A27 motorway. As compensation, more trees are being planted in other places. Opponents of widening say that old trees in Amelisweerd will not…
Peeing in the hallway and smoking joints: elderly people do not want a young family in a senior apartment and they are (partly) right
The couple wrote to the housing association, called, e-mailed and visited. Yet they were rejected every time by the Veenendaal landlord. “There was no communication whatsoever, no letter or response,…
Utrecht rowing clubs are longing for a lane without ‘rosé sloops’ and swimmers, but will it be available?
Next to the Merwedekanaal, VRV rows on the Vecht, but it is too narrow and too winding for the big clubs. In addition to the Rijnenburg polder, Vianen has been…
In the 1990s, Ton came up with the idea of hanging lamps in the transmission tower in IJsselstein
“No, everyone always thinks that. We were driving home after a birthday and I was looking at the tower. There were offices at the top and the people there deliberately…
Utrecht wolves are given rest areas: ‘So that there are fewer incidents’
It is striking that the Provincial Council now wants rest areas for wild animals. A month ago they voted against, but last week the idea won by one vote. “We…
What do we know about Amelisweerd after the marathon session?
If they know enough, they will make a decision in March or April. If they annul the route decision, it would be for the second time. They already did that…
FNV is considering bigger actions at ProRail: ‘No progress in collective labor agreement talks’
In addition to the striking ProRail traffic controllers who are members of FNV, non-members are also participating out of solidarity, according to Kraijenoord. According to him, FNV has about a…