Tag: OLDWATER
Archaeologists uncover primeval forest that is 40 centuries old
If you happen to walk past the mountains of peat soil between Oudewater and Montfoort, you will not immediately notice that there is a special find. They are not bone…
Peat soil Willeskop preserved trees from primeval forests that are 40 centuries old
Oudewater – If you happen to walk along the mountains of peat soil between Oudewater and Montfoort, you will not immediately notice that there is a special find. They are…
William (19) opens his own vegetable shop in Oudewater: ‘Doesn’t feel like work’
It doesn’t stop at fruit and vegetables, the building has room for a kitchen where meals, soups and salads are prepared. “That’s the future,” if you ask William. “People no…
Oudewater accommodates 11 underage refugees, local VVD angry about lack of prior communication
The local VVD finds it incomprehensible that the announcement about the shelter was shared “without any involvement or information in advance”. “Migration is an important theme that we must talk…
Christmas dinner in the Oudewater residential care center is a ‘highlight’ for residents
More than a hundred residents live in the Oudewater residential care center. “Christmas dinners are extra fun for our residents,” says Verschuur. What exactly was on the menu? “We are…
A dike army and sandbagging science: Oudewater reenacts an impending dike disaster
Since Monday, the De Stichtse Rijnlanden Water Board has been organizing the multi-day crisis exercise ‘IJssel’ together with Defense and the municipality of Oudewater. A total of more than thirty…
MBO students are taught how to strengthen dikes: ‘Putting your finger in doesn’t always make sense’
“Formation, formation, we have to continue,” shouts the only female student. The dike is not yet high enough, is the Defense conclusion. But then the students no longer know where…
What if? Oudewater reenacts impending dike disaster: ‘Climate change increases chance’
Since Monday, the De Stichtse Rijnlanden Water Board has been organizing the multi-day crisis exercise ‘IJssel’ together with Defense and the municipality of Oudewater. A total of more than thirty…
Wild animals can now safely take the fauna passage at the Hollandsche IJssel
The depression is also called a ‘Fauna Exit Place’ and was constructed by the De Stichtse Rijnlanden Water Board. At the place where the depression is made, deer, badgers, wild…
Oudewater finds a new councilor thanks to an appeal in the local newspaper: Bernadette Schomaker will succeed Ten Hagen
At the end of September, Oudewater councilor Ivo ten Hagen announced that he would resign within a year. The municipality decided to publish it in the local newspaper The IJsselbode…