Tag: Rhenen
Rhenen was a frontline during the war and that is why there are still many bombs in the ground
War explosives are regularly cleared in our province. A rocket on an estate in Leersum, ammunition on an industrial estate in Mijdrecht and this morning a British 500-pounder in Bunnik.…
Human Rights Board rules: Jewish couple insufficiently protected by housing association
A Jewish couple from Rhenen who were terrorized by the neighborhood for years are not sufficiently protected by the Rhenam Wonen housing association. According to the Netherlands Institute for Human…
No worries at Ouwehands after return of Finnish giant pandas
That fate does not await panda couple Wu Wen and Xing Ya, says director De Lange. “The giant pandas have been in Ouwehands Zoo for seven years now and still…
After much commotion, Rhenen has a new buyer for the old fire station
Stichting ‘t Brandtweer is still homeless. They would have liked to participate in the new sales procedure, but that was not financially possible. In order to make the first purchase…
Former councillor steals money from elderly woman, tens of thousands of euros gone
According to the Public Prosecution Service, former alderman Jan F. of Rhenen embezzled 60,000 euros from a vulnerable, elderly woman for whom he had been managing her finances since 2010.…
Jewish couple wants to leave Rhenen after anti-Semitism
The couple’s situation is hopeless, he says. The misery started soon after the man and woman moved into the apartment complex in Rhenen at the end of 2019. According to…
Zoëy on an endangered bee: ‘it’s quite a picky one’
Anyone who has ever been there will agree: the Kwintelooijen nature reserve between Veenendaal and Rhenen is beautiful. The nature reserve is known for the special animal species that live…
Cees turned his pigsty into a moped museum
Rijksen already had a considerable collection of mopeds when a friend died in 2012, leaving him forty mopeds. “I didn’t know that either,” the pensioner says, laughing. At first he…
Giant panda born in Ouwehands, second cub does not survive
This is the second birth of Wu Wen and Xing Ya. In May 2020, their first cub Fan Xing was born and then transported to China. A panda cub stays…
Another giant panda born at Ouwehands Zoo
This is the second birth of Wu Wen and Xing Ya. In May 2020, their first cub Fan Xing was born and then transported to China. A panda cub stays…