Tag: noise
Airplane noise may be bad for your heart: new study reveals impact of living near airports
People who live close to airports and therefore experience high aircraft noise levels are at greater risk of heart failure. This increases the risk of heart attacks, life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias…
Schiphol residents react resignedly to tolerated noise pollution: “Old news”
And yet, according to the ILT, the special regulation from 2013 against noise pollution would actually cause nuisance. That became apparent last summer. In 2023, the limit value for aviation…
Inspectorate further extends rules for tolerating noise pollution at Schiphol
Schiphol causes more noise pollution than is permitted, but is not punished for it. Legally, the airport has regularly violated noise standards since 2015, but the Human Environment and Transport…
What’s on the back of this dress? Some noise came
A joke has been made about the Finnish brand’s new dress. According to Jussi Kurkela, the image created by the customers was not planned. In the photo, Papu Design’s new…
The hard-wearing performance of the Olympic marathon runner Michael Somers: “Papa gave me the noise from the door.”
He was on TV the next day: Olympic marathon runner Michael Somers (29) died over the meet in Paris and tried out the telephone from sports journalist Maarten Vangramberen to…
Hugo still sleeps with earplugs against flying noise: “Nothing has improved for Heiloo”
This year, 500,000 flights may travel through Schiphol. “Almost half of those flights – 220,000 flights – go over North Holland. Aircraft to and from the Zwanenburgbaan fly over my…
KLM flight to Amsterdam makes emergency landing after ‘loud noise’ during takeoff
All 176 passengers and six crew members are OK and are being taken care of on site, the airline reports. After landing, the Boeing 737 drove off the runway into…
‘There is a lot of noise in society’ – the Surinamese police are investigating the cause of death of Desi Bouterse
Due to the death of ex-president Desi Bouterse, it has been anything but a quiet Christmas for the Surinamese police. Early Christmas morning, officers and the chief public prosecutor were…
End of Midwinter horn season in Diever with ‘pagan noise’
The midwinter horn blowers close their season on January 4. At 6 p.m. the wind players will gather at the Pancratius church in Diever. They take turns making their own…
Five locations are being considered for F-35 flights, Lelystad has ‘least negative noise effects’
Five more locations in the Netherlands are being considered for conducting exercises with fighter aircraft. State Secretary of Defense Gijs Tuinman (BBB) wrote this on Thursday in a letter to…