Meppel imagined itself in American spheres last Thursday. Elvis blares through the speakers and the American ‘stars and stripes’ is visible everywhere. And such an American day is another typical American phenomenon, thinks Bianca of the organization. “We thought it’s American day, how beautiful would it be if we turned it into a real Las Vegas wedding.”
The heat wave is in full swing in the Netherlands and Friday we went looking for some tips to provide some cooling ourselves. White, whiter, whitest is the advice of Geert Starre of Natuurwacht Drenthe. “That reflects the heat. And it does not heat up. So the heat does not enter the house.” Starre set out with his thermal camera to look for the hottest spots. As an example, he takes the difference between black and gray tiles. “There is black gravel there, I immediately see that it rises to above 50 degrees. While the gray paving stones are only 38 degrees.” For more tips, read the full article here.