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The second edition of FOX Sports & Eredivisie VoetbalFestival draws a huge crowd: Football personalities Soufiane Touzani, former Orange internationals Khalid Boulahrouz and Royston Drenthe, Eredivisie players Kenneth Vermeer (Feyenoord), Aaron Meijers, Lex Immers,...
Newborn is a venture studio which is powered by the Utrecht based Born05 Marketing and Advertising digital agency. It connects its investor network to potential startups. The Born05 Group participates in startups and corporate...
For anyone that loves skating and skateboarding, a great new opportunity to do so is coming up this summer. This temporary park is scheduled to open the 20th of July and stay until next...
After a piano, the NS (Dutch Railway service) has placed a new gadget at Utrecht Centraal Station: a foosball table made fully out of reused materials. The table has been made by the Dutch...
On Tuesday 2nd July, from 10:30 a.m., De Beren Restaurants, with the opening of yet another branch are celebrating for the 41st time. De Beren started in 1984 as a snack bar in Rotterdam...
On the 26th of June 2019, Maarten van Ooijen (Councilor for Care), along with Anita Witzier (De Zonnebloem Ambassador), unveiled the first ever electric wheelchair rental car, Zonnebloemauto. Councilor van Ooijen: “Mobility is important...
Railpromo’s Dinner Train is returning to the Netherlands this summer. Starting from the third of July, the Dinner Train will leave from Utrecht. The train’s interior is a restaurant setting. Diners are offered a...
The statue of a plastic whale, to be seen at Catherijnesingel near Utrecht Central Station will stay a while longer in the city. It was originally scheduled to be moved to Paris in the...
Steef Hallegraeff and Bas Schröder, the sales directors of Technische Unie, drove the first piles for their company’s new premises in Griffioenlaan, Utrecht on Monday, the 17th of June. The building which is set...
With Summer playing hide and seek behind the clouds these past few weeks it’s sure to be getting frustrating for many people for the summer to finally properly arrive and all the fun to...
Last Tuesday, as part of larger road works, the intersection at the Biltstraat in the city centre of Utrecht was closed. This means both cars and bicycles will have to take alternative routes. Cyclists...
Yesterday Diede de Groot, from Oudewater, Province of Utrecht won the semi-finale women’s singles for wheelchairs. She played the semi-finale against fellow countrywomen Aniek van Koot and managed to beat her in 3 sets,...
On May 30th, a world record was broken at Galgenwaard Stadium in the city of Utrecht. 850 tall people came together, completely exceeding the previous world record. The previous world record of 136 people...
There has been much progress made in the effort to ban smoking since last year. At this moment, there are over 1,000 outdoor sports grounds in the Netherlands where smoking is prohibited. An organisation...
Coming Tuesday, most of the public transport in the Province of Utrecht will be down. This is part of a nationwide strike that will last 24 hours and will start at 5 AM on...
Get ready to celebrate art and music with iktoon. iktoon is an organization which believes in the enriching power of art and with the help of numerous partner organizations strives to bring amateur artists...
During the International Literature Festival of Utrecht (ILFU), we put the spotlight on Utrecht Snow. An authentic crime novel by Jonathan Wilkins, set in the city of Utrecht, and worth every cent. A must have for passionate Utrechters. Excellent narrative writing style putting you in the seat of the action. Buy it today!
