Tag: Woerden
Mariëtte Pennarts is an independent alderman in Woerden, but what does that mean?
Woerden – After the municipal elections, the Woerden coalition opted for an extra alderman who had to work without a party. An independent alderman, that’s what it’s called. It was…
Woerden and Oudewater are building homes for Ukrainian refugees at lightning speed, but what about those other asylum seekers?
It is dusty, the refrigerators and washing machines are still in their packaging and the walls look a bit austere. However, within a few months the former Campina building on…
Woerden and Oudewater are building hundreds of homes for Ukrainian refugees at lightning speed, but what about those other asylum seekers?
It is dusty, the refrigerators and washing machines are still in their packaging and the walls look a bit austere. However, within a few months the former Campina building on…
OM: large family business ran crystal meth lab in Woerden residential area
Police launched an investigation in December last year following a tip from a company where customers were buying suspiciously large amounts of caustic soda (sodium hydroxide). This is used as…
Photographer harassed while taking a picture of confused man in Woerden
In addition to the emergency personnel, photographer Justin Egberts was also present to report on the incident. He says that he was attacked at least twice during his work. “Initially…
After IJsselstein and Woerden, De Ronde Venen will also remove inverted flags
In IJsselstein, flags were also removed at the beginning of the month. “The protest, in which inverted Dutch flags are hung in public space, has evoked reactions of understanding and…
Woerden has the most beautiful trucks in the Netherlands
Woerdenaar Patrick van den Hoeven has a sand, gravel and cement business in ‘his’ city. He has twenty-five trucks, half of which are show trucks: they are not used for…
Primary school students in Woerden offer ‘future chair’: ‘So that the council thinks about the future’
Woerden – Behind the mayor, on a podium, is a brightly decorated chair. A ‘future chair’, as primary school students Fenna and Roel from OBS De Achtsprong in Woerden call…
Residents of Woerden and provinces go to court for a say in licensing for shale gas extraction
The Let Woerden Niet Zakken foundation finds it “unsaleable that at a time when we all have to get rid of gas and invest in sustainability, gas is being drilled…
Farmer protest at AH in Utrecht ended, still action at Jumbo in Nieuwegein and Woerden
The so-called Home Shop Center of Albert Heijn on the Kanaaldijk in Utrecht was closed off with agricultural vehicles yesterday morning, as a result of which customers in the wider…