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Visitors have to get used to paid parking at ‘t Nije Hemelriek
Due to the crowds, there is always a line of people at the only parking meter and for many of them paying causes some confusion. Parking tickets are not used;…
‘Everything used to be better’, but how come?
Everything used to be better. Those good old days… Who hasn’t heard these sayings? Older people in particular seem to think that in earlier times, during their own youth, the…
Camp Westerbork liberated 77 years: ‘This day evokes all kinds of memories’
At that time there was a lot of unrest in the camp. Camp Westerbork no longer belonged to anyone, belonged to nothing and was waiting for liberation. Prisoners began looting…
Spring jitters: 225 lambs born at Doldersummerveld sheep herd
The ultimate signal that spring has sprung: newborn lambs frolicking through the meadow. Although it is a cheerful spring image, the 225 lamb shepherd Catrinus Homan provides a lot of…
Russian aggression shows the bitter right of former ambassador De Vos van Steenwijk from the Wijk
In a ‘very unusual’ personal letter to Prime Minister Kok, Ambassador De Vos van Steenwijk already warned in the 1990s about Russian lack of understanding for NATO expansion. Now the…
Fuel prices are rising, and faster in the Netherlands than at the neighbours
How is the Dutch petrol price structured? More than half of what you pay for petrol goes to the central government in the form of excise duties and VAT (value…
Soldiers from Assen on their way to Romania, waved goodbye at Schiphol
About 30 soldiers from the Airmobile Brigade in Assen left for Romania this morning for an exercise in the east of the country. The exercise was supposed to take place…
Spring is coming
Spring is coming, next month it’s time. The changes in nature are already noticeable. Animals awaken from hibernation and the first buds, leaves and flowers appear. ‘Blue’ forester Peter Bartelds…