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Grab a cookie quickly when your parents are not looking, many people probably recognize it from the past or from their own children. Even in the animal kingdom, sneaky things happen when people aren’t careful. This fish does sneaky things when the partner is not looking For example, chimps often steal a competitor’s food when they are not looking. Now, …

MOERDIJK – “Normally not pretty,” shout the pupils of group 7/8 from Klaverhoek primary school in Moerdijk as they come out of the SpaceBuzz which is parked in front of their school on Friday morning. They imagined themselves astronauts on a space mission for fifteen minutes aboard the fifteen-meter-long bus, disguised as a rocket. Astronaut André Kuipers was their virtual …

Among them, actor Fedja van Huêt for his golden calf for best actor in De Ververdeling, BMX world and Olympic champion Niek Kimman, Stripschapprijs winner Henk van der Spoel and Spinoza prize winners Jan van Hest (professor of bio-organic chemistry) and Nynke Dekker (professor of molecular biophysics). Wheelchair tennis player Diede de Groot (Golden Grand Slam; winner of the Australian …

DALFSEN – Society is changing and this has implications for the way Dalfser centers and the campaign work together to stimulate, nurture and use the interdependence of the community. If locals influence policy formulation more often and directly, and also engage in its implementation, the question is how this relates to the roles of parliamentarian and administrator. This development has …

DORDRECHT – From November 24, 650 pupils from groups 5 and 6 of the primary school will visit the multimedia theatrical installation ‘My house, the rest of the world and beyond’ during the ‘Culture Menu’ for 2 weeks. For many primary school pupils in Dordrecht, this educational project is a first introduction to art and culture. During the installation, children …

Our body sends all kinds of substances into the world. Some that you can see, some that you can smell a little too well, but there are also some that we do not consciously perceive. However, these substances, which for example are in our breath or which are released from our skin, can contain an important message. Body odor makes …

Landscape integration Now that many parts of the RijnlandRoute are ready for civil engineering, the landscape integration phase has started. Landscape integration consists of creating a new balance between the new infrastructure and the environment. This means, among other things, that where there is space and possibilities, new greenery is being planted by the province. A landscape plan, a nature …

AMETELVEEN Amstelveen is eighth on the list of the fifty largest municipalities as the sportiest city in the Netherlands. In terms of sports equipment, it is even number one. A good score, but there are still points for attention. Various associations are reaching the limits of their capacities. How should it be if Amstelveen continues to grow? The Mulier Institute …

They are not sad, the homeless of Maastricht. Following the new one and a half meter measure announced on Tuesday, they must stay longer in the old prison. The intention was that on December 1 they would return to their old place at the Salvation Army in Statensingel, where they had to leave earlier due to the same measure. More …

Commissioned by the municipality of Haarlemmermeer, The black dog established a densification plan for the Hoofddorp station district. The plan shows the vision of how the station district can further develop into an attractive and lively district with around 15,500 housing units and 11,000 additional jobs. Mixture of life and work With the Intensification Plan, Haarlemmermeer has opted for an …