The municipality of Heemskerk plans to convert a former bank building on Burgemeester Nielenplein into 19 senior apartments to address high local housing demand. The project will include twelve social rental units and seven middle-income rental units.
Actress Tatjana Simic discusses her return to the Flodder franchise in a new spin-off series premiering this Monday on the streaming service Videoland. She told ANP that it took some adjustment to step back into the character's world after many years away from the iconic production.
The FNV trade union has urged the Dutch cabinet to maintain existing shopping hour regulations to protect weekends, evenings, and holidays for workers. FNV official Linda Vermeulen warned that expanding hours would place an unfair burden on employees, following previous changes to social security benefits.
Marlboro is facing backlash for advertising campaigns in regions including Asia, Morocco, and Germany that critics say encourage young people to smoke. These advertisements reportedly contradict the company's stated goal of reducing cigarette sales.
Travel journalist Hans Avontuur reviews the newly upgraded Nightjet train service connecting the Netherlands to the Alps. The updated sleeper cars provide a significantly more comfortable experience compared to older, noisier models.
The Central Bureau for Statistics (CBS) has resolved a system outage caused by a fire at a datacenter in Almere last Thursday. The disruption also impacted other companies using the facility, but services have now been fully restored.