Etiket: altena
Body painting competition in Altena full of challenges: ‘Living canvas also has to go to the toilet’
Ten participants and their models from all over the country and even from Germany and Belgium were today in the village hall of Altena for the North Netherlands Bodypainting Championship.…
In Altena the voter is right, more right or radical right
In the North Brabant Land of Altena, dissatisfaction hangs in the air, waving from a flagpole. The villages are called Werkendam, Almkerk, Giessen or Hank. In between dikes, sheds, farms,…
Coevorder sports prizes for tennis player Max Houkes, horse rider Hester Bischot, football player Noa Altena and dance teams of In2Dance
Tennis player Max Houkes, rider Hester Bischot, football player Noa Altena and two dance teams from In2Dance are the winners of the Coevorder Sports Election 2022. This was announced on…
A Roman main road through Altena: the evidence continues to crumble
Did an important Roman (main) road pass through the area we now know as the Altena region long ago? Kees van Maastrigt (82) of the Altena Archaeological Society has been…
Altena puts cycling champion Marianne Vos in the spotlight
It was not the first tribute that Marianne Vos underwent on Saturday and also not the last if it is up to the cyclist. The municipality of Altena put the…
Eindhoven has the fewest polling stations per inhabitant, Altena the most
The number of polling stations per 10,000 inhabitants differs greatly per Brabant municipality, according to a tour of Omroep Brabant. Relatively speaking, Altena has the most polling stations, and Eindhoven…
Corn mill Twee Gebroeders is as leaky as a basket: ‘The walls look green’
“When people walk in here, I’m ashamed of how it looks,” says the passionate miller Sven Verbeek of the historic De Twee Gebroeders mill. It’s also a hit on Sunday:…
Marianne Vos gets a World Cup table, but the municipality knows nothing
It was an old tradition in the former municipality of Aalburg. With every world title, Marianne Vos got her own World Cup bench. After seven benches in seven villages, they…