ANPIt will be a tropical day
NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 06:48
Good morning! Today the Dutch Olympians are being honored in Scheveningen and in Rotterdam the first stage of the Tour de France Femmes starts.
First the weather: today it is sunny and hot. With a weak to moderate southeasterly wind it will be 29 to 35 degrees. Tomorrow it will be tropical inland, and the chance of heavy thunderstorms will increase. There is also a chance of thunderstorms on Wednesday, but the temperature will take a step back, Thursday it will be cooler and dry.
WeerplazaWeather map August 12
Are you going on the road? Here you will find an overview of the work. And here you can see where it is being done. worked on the track.
What can you expect today?
- The Dutch Olympians will return to the Netherlands by train. They will be honored this afternoon in Scheveningen. The gathering is not intended for the general public, but for family and friends of the athletes.
- The Tour de France Femmes starts in Rotterdam. It is the first time that the cycling race starts in the Netherlands. The first stage goes to The Hague. On the way they ride through the new Blankenburg tunnel, which will not open to car traffic until December.
- In Utrecht, Leiden and Groningen the introduction days for first-year students start. In the last two years, MBO students are also allowed to participate in more and more cities.
What did you miss?
The Julianakanaal between Berg aan de Maas and Born is closed to all shipping as of today. Rijkswaterstaat is making the Limburg canal deeper and wider, so that larger ships can pass through it in the future. It is a mega project for which the busy canal is being drained over a length of four kilometers.
Ships have to sail for months on the Maas or via Belgium via the Albert Canal. The disruption to shipping is great, because ships that sail via Belgium have to go through the Zeeland Kreekrak locks. These are located in the Scheldt-Rhine Canal and are under maintenance until the end of September, which means that skippers have to take into account waiting times of up to ten hours.
Other news from the night:
And then this:
The Olympic Games ended last night in Paris. Enjoy all 34 Dutch medals once again, summarized in 2 minutes 44.
The Netherlands’ sixth place in pictures: all Olympic medals in 2 minutes 44
