Easter chocolate, PSV and concerns about the closure of the care villa: this happened this week

From completely homemade chocolate from Tilburg to major concerns about the closure of care villas. These are the five stories you must read this week.

Max Hermens (28) combines ice hockey with an office job and hopes to finally reach the final of the play-offs again this year with Tilburg Trappers.

The captain returned from Sweden eight years ago and immediately won the Oberliga title in his first season. After two convincing victories, the semi-final against Deggendorfer SC now awaits, with the first four games being completed in one week with away games of more than 750 kilometers one way. Read his story here.

Chocolatier Hein Geers from Tilburg makes all the chocolate himself, from raw cocoa bean from Honduras to Easter egg in the display case. The cocoa beans arrive in large bags of seventy kilos and first undergo a fermentation process of five to seven days before they are dried and taken to Tilburg.

Geers is one of only seven real chocolatiers in the Netherlands who still practice this craft, although he worries that the craft is being lost to large industrial chocolate brands. You can read his story here.

That one day in the year arrives when people make fun of each other: April 1. Martijn Konings from Vlijmen comes up with jokes for brands such as HEMA, Dirk and Kruidvat. But when is an April Fool’s joke a success? “Sometimes the penny suddenly drops,” he says.

Check out his story here.

PSV is champion! That came as no surprise to anyone. The only question was when the title would finally be received. That moment came during FC Volendam–Feyenoord, where the Rotterdam team did not score. This makes the national title official for PSV, which can receive the bowl. The match ended 0-0.

See here how the Stratumseind ​​exploded when it became clear that PSV had won the national title.

Finally, concerns in the House of Representatives about the power of the German company B. Braun, owner of ExpertCare. The multinational closes four care villas, including one in Waalre, resulting in eighty children who need highly specialized care losing this help.

Opposition parties speak of ‘misery’ and wonder what such a multinational is doing in Dutch healthcare, while Minister Mirjam Sterk (CDA) was surprised about an email to parents stating that it is not certain whether the villas can remain open in May. Read their analysis.