Bonfires are a tradition in The Hague, but on New Year’s Eve 2018-2019 things went terribly wrong. A shower of sparks from the Scheveningen beach bonfire swept over Scheveningen and set roofs, cars and street furniture ablaze. There were no casualties, but the damage was extensive. Later it turned out that the pile of fire … Read more
ANP extension ANNOUNCEMENTS•today, 18:38 Major work on the Nelson Mandela Bridge at Zoetermeer will begin tonight: the bridge has construction defects, which means it needs to be partly demolished. As a result, the A12 motorway near Zoetermeer will be closed in both directions from 10pm for more than three days, until Saturday morning. The bridge … Read more
ANP extension In collaboration with Transmission in the West ANNOUNCEMENTS•today, 10:53 On the beaches of Scheveningen and Duindorp they have been working on the traditional bonfires since yesterday evening. Bonfires in The Hague have been canceled for the past three years, initially due to the 2018-2019 New Year celebrations. That year the bonfires in Scheveningen … Read more
THE HAGUE, KOMPAS.com – Prime Minister of the Netherlands Marco Rutte On Monday (12/19/2022) he officially apologized for his country’s involvement in 250 years of slavery. He called it a crime against humanity. This apology comes nearly 150 years after slavery ended in Dutch overseas colonies, including Suriname in South America, Indonesia in the east, … Read more
THE HAGUE – It will be a beautiful, spacious, accessible to all, modern, economical and beautiful thing. This is what HTM director Jaap Bierman says about the new trams that will run in The Hague from 2026. On Friday he signed the contract with the Swiss tram manufacturer Stadler for the delivery of 56 trams … Read more