Tag: UTRECHT
Mayor Dijksma touched by the arrival of refugees: ‘You can see what hardships they have endured’
It is not the first time that Utrecht provides emergency shelter for asylum seekers. This also happened last June. Partly because of all the experiences that the municipality and the…
Amateur football, the fourth division is about to kick off
Utrecht, Eemdijk – A week after the second and third division, the ball will also roll in the fourth division this weekend. In that division, which was called the Hoofdklasse…
Bayan (36) fled Syria and found a new home in Utrecht: ‘I want to work as a teacher again soon’
Utrecht – Bayan (36) doubts whether she can actually tell anything about her neighbourhood. She has not lived in Vleuten-De Meern that long, she says. Moreover, is her Dutch good…
Mayor visits crisis shelter: immediately one hundred asylum seekers from Ter Apel received in Jaarbeurs
In addition to Utrecht, the people were also taken to Stadskanaal, Zuidbroek, Almere and Groningen, a spokeswoman for the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) reported. About…
Strike NS staff also causes delay in the Utrecht region
Many trains outside the region where the strike is taking place, however, are canceled because the staff who would run these trains are on strike. The West region, as the…
Beer festival in Utrecht Wilhelminapark is canceled for fear of damage to trees
The preliminary relief judge of the Midden-Nederland District Court agreed with them; the park is a national monument and must be protected. “The preliminary relief judge is aware that the…
FC Utrecht receives Ajax: even the biggest optimists are pessimistic
Utrecht – If Appie Boonen and Korneel Evers predict a defeat of FC Utrecht against Ajax in Een Berg Sport, something is wrong. And of course it is: after three…
Utrecht finds housing for 490 status holders faster than expected, Woningnet opens again for others
Refugees who come to the Netherlands must first register in Ter Apel (Groningen). There they will be told whether they will receive a residence permit. If so, they become status…
Utrecht tourism had a good summer, holiday in our own region remains popular even after corona
The holiday parks on the Utrechtse Heuvelrug were full this season, says Michiel van der Schaaf, director of the Regional Bureau for Tourism (RBT) Heuvelrug en Vallei. “The beautiful weather…
BookToks seduce younger reader: ‘A book is strongly promoted in 10 seconds’
The Collective Propaganda of the Dutch Book (CPNB) also sees the influence of the socials on the increasing number of younger readers. “We notice that the sale of English-language books…