Tag: TULL AND ‘T WAAL
Party at the fair because of 400 year old loan for repairing Lekdijk
What is a bond? A bond – also called an interest letter – is a loan that can be traded on the stock exchange. If governments, large companies or other…
A drinking water shortage threatens Utrecht: this island must solve it
Quick action is needed to prevent a drinking water shortage. This is what water company Vitens says. Yet a solution is not far away. On the ‘island’ of Schalkwijk, thousands…
Lekdijk breakthrough from 400 years ago should be an example: ‘Small chance, but big consequences’
Reason for the water board to focus extra on “water awareness” this year. Wegerif: “The hard truth is that if that dike were to break now, we would have a…
Van Rossem Tells: Major dike breach and the oldest bond in the world (which still earns interest!)
Tull en ‘t Waal – The high water at the Lekdijk has been keeping us busy for days now. In 1624 things went seriously wrong with the dike there. It…
Injured in stabbing incident after man smashes window of car in Tull en ‘t Waal
The victim then ran off. The owner of the car then decided to call the emergency services, who then turned out en masse. Among other things, two ambulances arrived at…