The draw for the remaining 16 men’s football teams in the Dutch Cup means second-place Amsterdam club Ajax will travel north to face sixth-place AZ in Alkmaar. The draw was organized by football association KNVB on Friday, with four of the last 16 teams fighting for the trophy, known locally as the KNVB Beker, being amateur sides. While the AZ-Ajax …
The court in The Hague sentenced a 37-year-old man from Noordwijk to four years in prison, of which one year is conditionally suspended, for the online sexual abuse of 18 children. The Public Prosecution Service had demanded six years in prison and compulsory institutionalized treatment against the man. The man worked using different methods and he did so in a …
A local expert's guide to seeing the most beautiful tulips in the Netherlands Zoonar GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo Tulip fields in Holland Nienke Panis-Ringersma has made a career out of following the region's famous blooms. "People in the Netherlands are very down to earth," says Panis-Ringersma, whose images and tulip facts receive millions of likes per month on Facebook. …
It is busy on the beaches on Saturday afternoon. Due to the perfect beach weather, all parking spaces in Scheveningen, Zandvoort, Castricum aan Zee, Noordwijk aan Zee and at the Maasvlakte beach are full. "You can temporarily no longer come to the beach by car," reported the municipality of Castricum, pointing to a free shuttle bus between Castricum station and …
