Etiket: Spaarndam
Boy (8) harassed in Spaarndam, police are looking for an adult man
An 8-year-old boy was threatened and harassed by an adult man last Sunday. The incident took place around 4 p.m. on the Spaarnekade. When the police arrived, the suspect was…
Spaarndam class with its nose in the books: will they read 900 books together this school year?
The last week of school for the class of Miss Barbara and Miss Patricia from De Spaarneschool in Spaarndam is still exciting. The students and their teachers have already read…
Kolk in Spaarndam has its pub back: “We missed it”
Life in the vortex in Spaarndam is bustling again. It was quiet for months at the oldest lock in the Netherlands. There has also been a pub there since 1571,…
Big collision between motorcycle and car in Spaarndam
In a gentle bend of the Lagedijk in Spaarndam, a motorcycle and a car collided tonight. The collision was reported to police at 7:20 p.m. “The motorcyclist was approachable, but…
Trade or vote? Spaarndam is in doubt: “We opt for pictures, not for talk”
It was busy at the Gemeenlandshuis Spaarndam. Many people who stood in line there chose not for the future, but for the past. “I hear from many people that the…
Last round in ancient Cafe Spaarndam: “Time to come and time to go”
Perhaps the oldest pub in the Netherlands, at least in Spaarndam, is closing. For more than 450 years it was home to neighbors and tourists, but now that no successor…
Group of storks takes ‘mud shower’ between Spaarndam and Halfweg
Dick Bogaards from Vogelenzang saw a group of storks taking a shower on Wednesday between Spaarndam and Halfweg. Not just a shower, but a shower under muddy ditch water, because…
Kolksluis in Spaarndam back in use: “Such a party, it turned out beautiful”
The Kolksluis was reopened in Spaarndam today with a large boat parade. It was out of use for almost a year because the quays were in bad shape. They have…