It will remain possible to see the northern lights in the Netherlands in the coming evenings. The chance is greatest in clear winter weather between 10:30 p.m. and midnight. Especially on the north coast of our country there is the possibility to spot the rare light. There is a lot of solar activity until March … Read more
All 460 dogs that were taken from a breeder in Eersel in Brabant have now been given a safe home. The animals have been taken in at approved locations across the country. The dogs were seized in January by the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA). The breeder had already received a warning … Read more
27 feb 2023 om 20:05 You may have noticed the past few evenings: next to the moon, two bright orbs can be seen. Those are not stars, but Jupiter and Venus. Wednesday evening, the two planets appear to be nearly touching each other. Seen from Earth. The real distance between Jupiter and Venus is about … Read more
A 25-year-old Dutchman was arrested on Monday at the airport in Lisbon. He may be involved in the death of a 21-year-old man who was found in a home in North Amsterdam on Sunday evening. According to the police, the found man was clearly the victim of a serious violent crime. The victim lived with … Read more
On Sunday evening there was a special natural phenomenon in the Netherlands. The northern lights were clearly visible in several places in the country. Images on Twitter show a red and green glow in the sky, reports Hart van Nederland. People saw the northern lights in Genemuiden (Overijssel), Nijkerk (Gelderland), Dokkum (Friesland), Franeker (Friesland), Lauwersoog … Read more
26 feb 2023 om 05:01 The guest houses of the Ronald McDonald Children’s Fund in Groningen and Rotterdam are probably too small if only the children’s heart centers in those two cities remain open. If more parents want to sleep close to their sick child, the houses have to expand. That is what deputy director … Read more
The KNMI has issued code yellow for Sunday night and morning. In Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe, Flevoland, Overijssel and Gelderland it can be locally slippery due to freezing of wet road sections. In the course of the morning the smoothness disappears. After a cold night we will have to deal with a beautiful winter day on … Read more
The Afsluitdijk is closed to traffic due to a malfunction on the bridge at Den Oever. The A7 between Hoorn and Heerenveen is closed in both directions. The bridge can no longer be closed due to the malfunction, the ANWB reports. The Afsluitdijk will be closed for at least an hour. The ANWB has sent … Read more
The court in Alkmaar on Friday imposed prison sentences of up to eight years on five men for a series of bomb attacks on Polish supermarkets. The attacks took place across the country in December and January 2021. The judge spoke of “intimidating, excessive and brutal violence”. The Public Prosecution Service had demanded prison sentences … Read more
From now on, the municipality of Utrecht will pay for the declaration of expertise that residents need when they want to change their gender on the birth certificate and in the basic registration. BIJ1 and the Party for the Animals wondered whether the municipality reimburses the costs of administrative change of sex. Mayor Sharon Dijksma … Read more