Catering establishments rarely reprimanded for ignoring Covid rules
3 years, 2 months ago

Catering establishments rarely reprimanded for ignoring Covid rules

NL Times  

In the three weeks since coronavirus access passes have been mandatory in catering establishments, municipalities issued hardly any warnings for breaking this and other coronavirus rules. Amsterdam told NU.nl that it issued 14 warnings to catering establishments in the past three weekends - six for violating the midnight closing time, the other eight for not checking access passes properly. Utrecht had to close vegan restaurant Waku Waku because its owners refused to check access passes, but otherwise, the city's restaurants and bars seem to be following the rules. Eindhoven acted preemptively, talking to catering businesses in advance on how they should check access passes.

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Coronavirus in the Netherlands: what changes today
2 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus in the Netherlands: what changes today

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The Netherlands is scrapping most of its coronavirus rules over the next two weeks. Cafes, restaurants and bars may remain open until 1am but face masks and social distancing are dropped, although you should wear a mask when moving around. Face masks and social distancing no longer apply, but you should wear a mask when not seated. The remaining rules …

Coronavirus in the Netherlands: what changes today
2 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus in the Netherlands: what changes today

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is scrapping most of its coronavirus rules over the next two weeks. Cafes, restaurants and bars may remain open until 1am but face masks and social distancing are dropped, although you should wear a mask when moving around. Face masks and social distancing no longer apply, but you should wear a mask when not seated. The remaining rules …

Coronavirus in the Netherlands: What you need to know (February 15)
2 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus in the Netherlands: What you need to know (February 15)

Dutch News  

Almost two years to the day that the Netherlands confirmed its first case of coronavirus, most of the regulations will end. Some changes come into effect from today, more on February 18 and the rest on February 25, health minister Ernst Kuipers confirmed at a press conference on Tuesday evening. Cafes, restaurants and bars may remain open until 1am but …

Coronavirus in the Netherlands: what you need to know (January 25)
2 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus in the Netherlands: what you need to know (January 25)

Dutch News  

The Netherlands will relax most of the remaining coronavirus rules from Wednesday January 26 at 5am. The 1.5 metre social distancing rule remains, as does the recommendation to work at home and to receive no more than four guests over the age of 13 a day. People are also recommended to avoid close contact with the elderly or people with …

Coronavirus in the Netherlands: what you need to know (January 25)
2 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus in the Netherlands: what you need to know (January 25)

Dutch News  

The Netherlands will relax most of the remaining coronavirus rules from Wednesday January 26 at 5am. The 1.5 metre social distancing rule remains, as does the recommendation to work at home and to receive no more than four guests over the age of 13 a day. People are also recommended to avoid close contact with the elderly or people with …

Amsterdam restaurant launches own coronavirus access testing site
2 years, 11 months ago

Amsterdam restaurant launches own coronavirus access testing site

NL Times  

A restaurant in the IJburg district of Amsterdam opened a coronavirus testing site this week in an effort to attract customers, and provide work for employees during the current lockdown restrictions which have kept restaurants in the Netherlands shut. The Livingroom built a testing site in its veranda, and had its employees certified to administer coronavirus tests, according to NH …

62% say Covid rules should be relaxed further; Strong support for hospitality, cultural sector
2 years, 11 months ago

62% say Covid rules should be relaxed further; Strong support for hospitality, cultural sector

NL Times  

Roughly 62 percent believe that the Cabinet should have loosened coronavirus restrictions for the catering and cultural sector, a survey by EenVandaag among twenty thousand people showed. Restaurants, cafes, bars, museums, theaters and other catering and cultural establishments must remain closed until at least January 25. The vast majority of respondents were pleased that restrictions were loosened for some sectors …

Hundreds of Amsterdam catering establishments closed since last week
3 years, 1 month ago

Hundreds of Amsterdam catering establishments closed since last week

NL Times  

Hundreds of catering businesses in Amsterdam have been closed since the new coronavirus restrictions took effect last weekend. The reasons for closure vary, but a combination of staff shortage and the extra coronavirus measures are on the top of the list, a spokesperson for the Amsterdam division of hospitality association KHN said to NU.nl. KHN could not give the newspaper …

Cafés, supermarkets, shops prepare to close early as new coronavirus measures begin
3 years, 1 month ago

Cafés, supermarkets, shops prepare to close early as new coronavirus measures begin

NL Times  

Essential stores and supermarkets have to close at 8 p.m. for at least the next three weeks starting on Saturday. Chair of the Royal Hospitality Union Netherlands, Robèr Willemsen, said before the press conference on Friday, there was "a lot of anger and sadness" among entrepreneurs. Willemsen said he was relieved that the Cabinet adjusted the closing hours for the …

Covid pass rules to be expanded further in Friday announcement: Report
3 years, 1 month ago

Covid pass rules to be expanded further in Friday announcement: Report

NL Times  

The Cabinet will expand the use of coronavirus access passes to zoos and amusement parks, but not yet to the workplace or higher education, sources told De Telegraaf about a planned press conference on Friday. Tighter restrictions were implemented on Saturday, reintroducing the obligation to wear a face mask in indoor public places and expanding the use of coronavirus access …

Dutch bring back masks, and widen coronavirus pass checks, to little protest
3 years, 1 month ago

Dutch bring back masks, and widen coronavirus pass checks, to little protest

Dutch News  

The Netherlands brought back face masks in public buildings and shops, and expanded the use of the coronavirus pass system, on Saturday and most people seemed to accept the change without protest, according to Dutch media reports. The introduction of coronavirus passes to visit museums did not stop tens of thousands of people turning out to celebrate Museum Night on …

Coronavirus in the Netherlands: what changes on Saturday
3 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus in the Netherlands: what changes on Saturday

Dutch News  

New rules for wearing face masks and the use of coronavirus passes come into effect on Saturday, November 6 Here’s what you need to know” Face masks Masks will once again be compulsory in all public buildings where coronavirus passes are not required. This includes: Supermarkets and shops Libraries Government buildings and council offices Airports and railway stations Colleges and …

Few restaurants fined for not checking Covid access passes
3 years, 1 month ago

Few restaurants fined for not checking Covid access passes

NL Times  

Dutch municipalities have hardly issued any fines to bars and restaurants that failed to check coronavirus access passes. The newspaper spoke to 20 municipalities and found that most of them haven't issued a single fine since the coronavirus access pass became mandatory in the catering, cultural, and events sectors on September 25. The municipalities mostly opt for risk-oriented checks, which …

Third of restaurant guests not checked for Covid access pass
3 years, 2 months ago

Third of restaurant guests not checked for Covid access pass

NL Times  

Over a third of visitors to the catering industry, cinemas, concerts, and other venues were not checked for their coronavirus access pass, I&O Research found in a survey of some 2,300 Netherlands residents for broadcaster NOS. 82 percent of those who went to a cinema, theater, concert hall, business event, or stadium had their access pass checked. Netherlands residents are …

Restaurant loses fight to stay open in coronavirus pass legal spat
3 years, 2 months ago

Restaurant loses fight to stay open in coronavirus pass legal spat

Dutch News  

Officials were within their rights to close vegan restaurant Waku Waku because its owners refuse to check that clients have a coronavirus pass, a court in Utrecht has ruled. The city council closed the restaurant on the order of mayor Sharon Dijksma on Tuesday after the establishment refused to comply with the introduction of checks when the 1.5 metre rule …

Judge orders Utrecht restaurant to stay shut for defying Covid check rules
3 years, 2 months ago

Judge orders Utrecht restaurant to stay shut for defying Covid check rules

NL Times  

An Utrecht vegan restaurant whose owners refuse to check their guests for coronavirus access passes was ordered to remain closed for the time being, the administrative court in Utrecht ruled on Thursday. The municipality on Tuesday closed Waku Waku, and changed the locks on the doors, because of their continued refusal to check the passes, which have been mandatory since …

Protesters continue to support Utrecht restaurant refusing to check Covid access passes
3 years, 2 months ago

Protesters continue to support Utrecht restaurant refusing to check Covid access passes

NL Times  

The municipality of Utrecht is no longer allowing people to demonstrate on the sidewalk in front of restaurant Waku Waku on the Vredenburg. Luka said the vegan restaurant wants to continue with its mission "and that is a free hospitality sector for everyone". pic.twitter.com/MNJD0JWq9u — Rapper K.A.F.K.A September 28, 2021 Although the restaurant was closed by order of the municipality …

Amsterdam tourists surprised by Covid access pass requirements
3 years, 2 months ago

Amsterdam tourists surprised by Covid access pass requirements

NL Times  

The coronavirus access pass required in the catering, entertainment and cultural sectors in the Netherlands since Saturday caught a number of tourists in Amsterdam off guard. "Someone told me that I can't go to the toilet if I can't show a coronavirus pass. Pim Evers of the Amsterdam department of hospitality association KHN told AT5 that a number of foreign …

No major issues in checking Covid access passes, mostly due to nice weather
3 years, 2 months ago

No major issues in checking Covid access passes, mostly due to nice weather

NL Times  

There were no excesses when checking the coronavirus access passes this past weekend, said trade association Koninklijke Horeca Nederland. On Saturday evening, there were problems checking access passes in a number of places in the country due to a failure of the CoronaCheck app, which created crowds on the street, Willemsen said. That everything went reasonably well, according to Willemsen, …

Court: Restaurant can reopen after its refusal to check coronavirus passes
3 years, 2 months ago

Court: Restaurant can reopen after its refusal to check coronavirus passes

NL Times  

The Nijmegen restaurant Moeke will be allowed to welcome guests again, one day after it was forced shut due to violation of coronavirus restrictions, a judge decided. The restaurant was ordered shut for eight days on Saturday afternoon when special investigating officers noticed that the catering staff had not asked two guests for their coronavirus access pass. A sign in …

Covid access pass ignorers will not immediately be fined
3 years, 3 months ago

Covid access pass ignorers will not immediately be fined

NL Times  

Municipalities will not immediately hand out fines from this weekend if entrepreneurs or companies do not properly check their guests or visitors for the coronavirus access pass. The cabinet previously announced that it would allocate 45 million euros to help with the enforcement of the coronavirus access pass. "This money can be used, for example, for security guards, inspectors or …

MP’s want to exempt cafe terraces from Covid access pass rules
3 years, 3 months ago

MP’s want to exempt cafe terraces from Covid access pass rules

NL Times  

If it is up to the lower house of Dutch parliament, people do not have to show a coronavirus access pass when they sit on a terrace. The cabinet wants to make this mandatory for the entire catering industry from 25 September, both indoors and outdoors, but parliament does not think it is necessary. Such a policy means that only …

Gommers warns of 'riskiest scenario' for relaxing coronavirus rules
3 years, 3 months ago

Gommers warns of 'riskiest scenario' for relaxing coronavirus rules

Dutch News  

Intensive care specialist Diederik Gommers has said the Dutch government opted for the ‘riskiest scenario’ in loosening coronavirus restrictions at the end of September. ‘That’s a contradiction in terms.’ Though positive test numbers have declined since the start of September, there are still around 650 people in hospital with coronavirus and 200 in intensive care, more than three times as …

Gommers warns of 'riskiest scenario' for relaxing coronavirus rules
3 years, 3 months ago

Gommers warns of 'riskiest scenario' for relaxing coronavirus rules

Dutch News  

Intensive care specialist Diederik Gommers has said the Dutch government opted for the ‘riskiest scenario’ in loosening coronavirus restrictions at the end of September. ‘That’s a contradiction in terms.’ Though positive test numbers have declined since the start of September, there are still around 650 people in hospital with coronavirus and 200 in intensive care, more than three times as …

Mayors, catering sector call access passes & midnight closing times unfeasible
3 years, 3 months ago

Mayors, catering sector call access passes & midnight closing times unfeasible

NL Times  

The catering sector and mayors in the Netherlands are not excited by the relaxation of coronavirus restrictions that the cabinet announced on Tuesday evening. Hospitality association KHN expects that the announced restrictions, combined with the fact that coronavirus support packages are lapsing next month, will mean that catering entrepreneurs will not enforce the coronavirus rules. Hubert Bruls, mayor of Nijmegen …

Catering sector furious about plans for nightclubs' continued closure, expanded access testing
3 years, 3 months ago

Catering sector furious about plans for nightclubs' continued closure, expanded access testing

NL Times  

Hospitality association KHN is "furious" by leaked cabinet plans to expand the use of coronavirus access passes and keep nightclubs closed for the time being. Catering entrepreneurs will not accept this, especially with coronavirus support packages lapsing next month, Dirk Beljaarts of the KHN said to De Telegraaf. Making coronavirus access passes mandatory means that businesses will need to have …

Catering industry against Covid testing for access plans
3 years, 3 months ago

Catering industry against Covid testing for access plans

NL Times  

The catering industry is vehemently against the government's plan to only allow access to restaurants and the like to people who were vaccinated against Covid-19 or recently tested negative. I am really flabbergasted because it is unacceptable that the catering industry has to constantly play police officer," KHN director Rober Willemsen said. The government also wants to make ticket sales …

Coronavirus in the Netherlands: what changes today
3 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus in the Netherlands: what changes today

Dutch News  

The government is pressing ahead with relaxing some of the coronavirus rules from today, despite the continuing pressure on the healthcare system. A survey by hospitality industry magazine Misset Horeca found that 70% of cafe owners don’t think opening terraces for such a limited period in the day will be profitable, although most are planning to open. Shops and markets …

Coronavirus in the Netherlands: what you need to know (April 20)
3 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus in the Netherlands: what you need to know (April 20)

Dutch News  

Relaxing some of the coronavirus rules is a responsible approach, despite the current high rate of new infections, prime minister Mark Rutte said on Tuesday. Shops and markets The appointment system for non-essential shops will end on April 28 and shops will be allowed to admit customers on spec, providing they wear masks, practice social distancing and limit numbers. Bars …

Hospitality sector takes Dutch State to court over lockdown
3 years, 10 months ago

Hospitality sector takes Dutch State to court over lockdown

NL Times  

Hospitality industry association KHN is taking the Dutch State to court over the coronavirus lockdown that's had restaurants and other catering establishments largely closed since October. According to the KHN, the State is acting unlawfully "by violating the fundamental rights of catering businesses so seriously without properly substantiating the necessity thereof and without compensating the damage." Meanwhile, the catering industry …

Some 4,700 new catering businesses established in NL during Covid epidemic
4 years, 2 months ago

Some 4,700 new catering businesses established in NL during Covid epidemic

NL Times  

Despite the very dark scenarios predicted for the hospitality industry since the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic in the Netherlands, thousands of entrepreneurs still opened catering businesses. Between March and September, nearly 4,700 catering companies were established in the country, BNR reports based on figures from the Chamber of Commerce. "If you can get to your dream location for relatively …

Biggest Dutch cities to restrict bars, restaurants in Covid fight: Report
4 years, 3 months ago

Biggest Dutch cities to restrict bars, restaurants in Covid fight: Report

NL Times  

Cafes, bars and restaurants in the Randstad region of the Netherlands will only be allowed to host 50 people at a time, down from 100. The other regions include Haaglanden, which surrounds The Hague, Hollands Midden, where Leiden is the largest city, and Kennemerland, which includes Haarlem, government sources told broadcasters NOS and RTL Nieuws, and website Nu.nl. Those in …

Catering sector calls Amsterdam's new Covid rules "impractical and unreasonable"
4 years, 4 months ago

Catering sector calls Amsterdam's new Covid rules "impractical and unreasonable"

NL Times  

The Dutch association for the hospitality and catering sector KHN is not pleased by the extra strict monitoring on adherence to coronavirus measures that Mayor Femke Halsema announced for catering establishments in Amsterdam. According to the association, these rules are "impractical ad unreasonable" and will lead to more bankruptcies. On Tuesday, the Amsterdam mayor announced that catering establishments who break …

Amsterdam closes three cafes but 60% of Covid-19 sources are not traced
4 years, 4 months ago

Amsterdam closes three cafes but 60% of Covid-19 sources are not traced

Dutch News  

Local health board officials have closed three cafes in Amsterdam because of coronavirus – two because they were potential sources of clusters and one because a member of staff continued to work with symptoms. Officials also fear a rise infections may follow this weekend’s Eid celebrations among the Muslim community, and Rotterdam’s mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb has urged people to stay …

Amsterdam closes three cafes but 60% of Covid-19 sources are not traced
4 years, 4 months ago

Amsterdam closes three cafes but 60% of Covid-19 sources are not traced

Dutch News  

Local health board officials have closed three cafes in Amsterdam because of coronavirus – two because they were potential sources of clusters and one because a member of staff continued to work with symptoms. Officials also fear a rise infections may follow this weekend’s Eid celebrations among the Muslim community, and Rotterdam’s mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb has urged people to stay …

Most municipalities turning a blind eye to social distancing violations in restaurants: report
4 years, 5 months ago

Most municipalities turning a blind eye to social distancing violations in restaurants: report

NL Times  

Municipalities throughout the Netherlands seem to be turning a blind eye to violations of coronavirus measures in restaurants, cafes and other catering establishments. While municipalities notice that social distancing measures are increasingly being ignored, virtually no fines have been issued for the catering industry, AD reports after surveying 56 Dutch municipalities, spread evenly across large, medium, and small municipalities. Since …

Coronavirus measures massively ignored in bars, restaurants; fines issued
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus measures massively ignored in bars, restaurants; fines issued

NL Times  

The Security Council, comprised of the 25 security regions in the Netherlands, is very concerned about compliance with social distancing and other coronavirus measures in the catering industry. "Within the catering establishments, people are finding it increasingly difficult to keep a distance of 1.5 meters between themselves and to comply with the obligation to sit and not to stand or …

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