Tag: Netherlands
A ‘matchmaker solution’ to the housing problem in the Netherlands
Housing cooperative Staedion organized a “speed dating” event to introduce single tenants to each other. As in many Dutch cities, there is a serious housing shortage in The Hague, the…
Nail biting for vmbo students: this afternoon they will get their exam results
Pupils in primary and primary education have taken digital final exams. The exams for this group already started in April and schools could arrange the exam dates themselves. This applied…
Angry reactions after abuse film crew RTV Utrecht: ‘The number of incidents is increasing and we as a society have to do something about that’
Teixeira: “It is always reactive, because we react to an incident. You should not need such an initiative. So unfortunately that is not the case, so it is good that…
‘Fire’ in money truck turns out to be runaway smoke generator
In the end, a runaway smoke generator turned out to be the culprit. “So we didn’t have to extinguish anything. It turned out to be a technical defect in the…
Fuel prices through the roof: lease driver must avoid highway pumps and companies are greening their fleet
Reducing the demand for fuel, the NOVE director currently sees as the most important solution. “For example with a car-free Sunday or a car-free weekend. Working from home or the…
Oosterlaakplas Houten is being deepened to improve water quality
During drought, the water level drops to such an extent that the lake becomes very shallow. In places where there is little water, the temperature of the water rises quickly…
Podcast Stadhuisplein: ‘GroenLinks negotiated the best for a new coalition’
That GroenLinks is the winner is also apparent from the plans for the Rijnenburg polder. D66 and the PvdA said in the campaign that they want to start building as…
Spakenburg Fish Trade Association conquers first keg of Hollandse Nieuwe: ‘As happy as a child’
When it became clear that the barrel actually came into the hands of the fishing association, Van Diermen was very relieved: “We really did everything we could. We turned it…
One year after the fall wind: how the Lombok forest is slowly recovering
Nature also does its work itself. You can see young trees sprouting from the ground at various places in the forest. Some fallen trees are also blooming again. “As people,…
Utrecht’s oldest music in a new jacket: choir sings ancient piece for Sint Maarten in Domkerk
According to Lousberg, these quarter tones were used in Gregorian music to emphasize the content of the text: whenever the composer wanted to emphasize something, he used these striking tones.…