Tag: Netherlands
For the umpteenth time: vehicle gets stuck under viaduct in Vinkeveen
This time it was a tractor with a trailer with a mini excavator on it. The driver of the tractor had misjudged the height of the viaduct and got stuck.…
11 parties to Council of State because of Soestdijk’s future plan
Soestdijk is part of the Netherlands Nature Network (NNN). Nature must not be harmed in this network. Because it has been very quiet in the woods around the palace for…
Rotten monumental flagpole in Zeist to be replaced
“It is very unfortunate that we cannot put up the flagpole this year. Setting up the flagpole is a special tradition for Zeist, which contributes to the feeling of solidarity…
RIVM: greatest risk of tick bites in Drenthe
In Drenthe, people are relatively at the greatest risk of being bitten by a tick. The insects mainly strike in June and July. In adults they bite mainly on the…
Different smells during Ramadan in the L-flat: ‘Now I have extra time to cook extensively’
Palwasha still follows the news from Afghanistan closely via social media, which gives this festive period a mixed feeling. Her sister is still in hiding in the north of the…
Court continues with case lawyer cousin Ridouan T.
Ridouan T. (44) has been detained in the Extra Secure Institution (EBI) in Vught since his arrest in December 2019. Last year, T. visited him there dozens of times, in…
Car drives into house in Woerden
Police cannot confirm that the driver was actually wrong-way driving. According to an eyewitness, the car approached from the wrong direction from the Zegveldse Uitweg. The motorist is said to…
Bird flu is advancing towards the province of Utrecht: 28,000 chickens culled in Barneveld
The bird flu seems to be moving deeper into the Eemland region. This is causing growing unrest for poultry farmers in the province of Utrecht. “It feels like a lottery…
‘I can survive without English, but without a cello it would be very bad’
Justus van Herson comes from a musical family. His parents are both conservatories and they let him choose an instrument when he was four. That became the cello. “I once…