Architect Sjoerd Soeters (70) received the reward of Zaanstad. Soeters designed the town hall of Zaandam, the largest city of the municipality of Zaanstad. The town hall falls because it is made up of eight vastly enlarged houses, with the appearance of typical Zaanse green wood construction.
PHOTOS- The American Chris Hohbes had all his courage together to see the much-featured horror movie IT in the cinema when he immediately chased the stumps on the inside of the room. In the audience was a frightening clown like that from the movie, including red balloon.
After spending days in fear of apocalyptic Saint Maarten, Dutch tourists finally went to safe Curacao. They are relieved, but also worried: how about the poor people who are left in hell?
The Manchester Arena opens its doors on Saturday 9 September. About four months after the launch of the Ariana Grande concert, the hall is reopened with a charity concert called We Are Manchester. During the special evening, the 22 victims of the bombing are reminded of a concert. Among the dead were many young fans of Ariana Grande.
A majority (59 percent) of Dutch voters want to elect their mayor himself. Particularly among D66 voters, that wish is great, while voters of PvdA and GroenLinks rather not have that, according to Maurice de Dog's poll.
A bridge that is only half-painted because it's money up. Politician Hans Boersbroek can not help with his head. 'The Oude IJsselbrug is the business card for our Zutphen. But this way, of course, it's not entirely painted. '
Friday, the negotiators of VVD, CDA, D66 and ChristenUnie talk about a new cabinet on De Zwaluwenberg estate in Hilversum. It's going the right way, CDA leader Sybrand Buma said Thursday after the first day negotiating on the estate.
The fugitive 22-year-old Younes Abouyaaqoub was behind the wheel of the van used at the Barcelona attacks. That told the Catalan authorities at the newspaper El Periódico.
The mother of the chief suspect of the terrorist attacks in Spain called on her son to surrender.
The Central Station in Amsterdam is lit in the colors of the Spanish flag on Friday and Saturday nights. Furthermore, the flags on the city hall of the capital are semi-logged.
The House of Representatives has a crucial safety leak.
The London Big Ben is no longer heard for four years from next week on Monday. The reason for this is a grand renovation of the Elizabeth tower in which the 13.7 tons of heavy bell depends. The safety of the workers in the tower must be guaranteed.
Montreal has opened the gates of the Olympic Stadium, built for the 1976 Summer Games, for asylum seekers. To this end, it was decided to meet the growing flow of refugees. More and more migrants, fearing in the US, are crossing the Canadian border.
The court in Rotterdam has released a former CDA elder from Bleskensgraaf on Wednesday, unsuccessfully with a 16-year-old girl. It was a year and a half requisition of cell punishment, of which half a year conditional.
Jeanne Moreau refused to use makeup on the stage as well as in movies, which initially did not help. For years, she had to do it on the white canvas with side rolls in B movies. Only in 1957 did she play her first major role. Director Louis Maille cast her in L'Ascenseur Pour L'Échafaud.
Hedge funds dive on batches of wheat and corn. Despite the sharp rise in prices, they are seeing new price increases due to drought.
A few days after the top conference of twenty economically leading countries (G20) in Hamburg, police officers who were used around the summit were invited to a concert.
The Trump family surprised and criticized Saturday in Hamburg during a workshop of the G20 leaders. Ivanka, the daughter of the American president, temporarily took her father in when he left the conference room for a bilateral appointment.
The British police suspect that more people are involved in the terrorist attack on May 22 in Manchester. Police chief Russ Jackson said to SkyNews on Thursday that the suicide terrorist who attacked Salman Abedi was probably not a member of a large network, but more people were involved.
Thialf has developed an app for skating coaches in cooperation with the KNSB and Sportunity. They do not have to stop with a stopwatch next to the ice skating rink. The Sprint Coach app gives real-time skating speed to twelve times a round.
The Netherlands-based salafist Imam Tarik Chadlioui, arrested in The Netherlands, was arrested in Birmingham, England. He is handed over to Spain in connection with a terrorist investigation. The imam, better known as Tarik ibn Ali, has a Belgian passport, but was often in the Netherlands to collect money.
The Belgian police on Tuesday made an invasion in the town hall of the coastal town of Middelkerke. According to the parquet in Bruges, this had to do with possible conflicts of interests and fraud on licensing for a new casino. The mayor and a few crew members (aldermen) were taken for trial, according to various Belgian media.
Belgium does not intimidate by terrorists. This stressed Prime Minister Charles Michel on Wednesday morning after a special meeting of the National Security Council. 'We will defend our freedom, democracy and the rule of law,' said Michel.
Dozens of furious protesters stormed the headquarters of the London suburb of Kensington and Chelsea on Friday. They tried to go to the top floors to get a driver's story. The police blocked their way in the town hall.
The 6-year-old Jayden van Caneghem from the Belgian Leopoldsburg was marryed with Princess Elsa from the popular Disney movie Frozen. This brings out a dream for the deadly boy.
Chances are that Queen Elizabeth can not hold her throne on Monday. The ruler would perform the official opening of the British parliament on 19 June, but because of the elections in Britain, everything seems to be delayed.
Now it's really serious: the new battle in the tech war revolves around the smart speaker. Why? Apple announced its first Siri speaker this week, the HomePod.
Following a change in the Rules of Procedure in the European Parliament, journalists working in Brussels suspect that the EU parliament applies censorship. Since this year, the chairman may decide to interrupt the livestream of a plenary debate, if a parliamentarian makes defamatory, racist or xenophobic statements. '' This is an intervention in the press freedom '', says Tom Weingärtner from the International Press Association API.
The Australian police are investigating whether there is a terrorist side to a fatal hostage in Melbourne. A man armed with a gun with a long criminal record shot a man in the hall of an apartment building and hosted a woman. Agents shot him dead when he was shooting out. Three agents were injured, the hostage remained unharmed.
The American popidol Ariana Grande is making her awaits at the benefit concert for victims of the attack in Manchester on Sunday. Together with Justin Bieber, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Pharrell Williams and Take That, she wants to express her sympathy. The tens of thousands of tickets for the One Love Manchester event were sold out within 20 minutes.
