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A train has crashed through a barrier at a Dutch station, landing on a giant whale sculpture 25ft in the air. The runaway train shot through the station buffer at 12.30am at De Akkers metro station in the city of Spijkenisse. Instead of crashing into the water below, the front carriage ended up suspended dramatically in … Read more
Quite a tail to tell! Train crashes through barrier at Dutch station – and lands on giant whale sculpture 25ft in the air The train ran through the station buffer at 30 minutes past midnight last night, at De Akkers metro station The train shot through the end of the track and came to rest … Read more
The wreckage of a Spitfire belonging to World War II hero pilot who vanished without trace during a bombing mission in 1944 has been discovered washed up on Dutch beach. Sydney Hatfield Cheeseman, 21, from the Isle of Sheppey in Kent disappeared 20 miles off the Dutch coast while escorting US bombers to a Nazi … Read more
Twitter has said it has ‘no evidence’ that Donald Trump’s account was hacked, after a Dutch security researcher claimed he accessed the president’s account using the password ‘maga2020!’ and shared a satirical Babylon Bee article. Victor Gevers, a Dutch government worker and leader of non-profit GDI.Foundation which exposes data breaches to the public, said he managed … Read more
The king of the Netherlands has apologised for going on holiday to Greece during a partial lockdown in the country. King Willem-Alexander said Wednesday the Dutch royal family regretted going on holiday despite a partial coronavirus lockdown in the Netherlands, admitting ‘it hurts to have betrayed’ people’s trust. The Dutch king and queen cut short … Read more
Two gay male penguins have stolen a lesbian penguin couple’s eggs at Dierenpark zoo in Amersfoort, Netherland. They tried to hatch another bird’s egg in November last year.
A man whose brain injury left him unable to walk or talk for eight years regained full consciousness 20 minutes after taking the sleeping pill Ambien. The 39-year-old from Amsterdam – referred to only as Richard in the medical journal Cortex – was diagnosed with akinetic mutism at age 29. He suffered the rare mental disorder … Read more
An 89-year-old Dutch woman is thought to have become the first person in the world to die after getting re-infected with the coronavirus. The unidentified woman, who was having cancer treatment at the time, was found to be infected with ‘genetically different’ strains of the virus in two separate episodes, which happened two months apart. Whether … Read more
Wear a mask, or face lockdown: Dutch PM gives ultimatum as Holland records 6,500 Covid cases in 24 hours – after citizens keep ‘disobeying basic rules’ Officials issued the ultimatum to the Netherlands 17million citizens on Friday Country has an infection rate of 160 cases per 100,000 people at present This is far above England’s … Read more
When I first read an article in a Dutch magazine about the art of niksen, or doing nothing, I instantly loved the idea. It was two years ago, and there I was, mother to three small children, my sanity usually shredded by the time breakfast was over and the school run was done. The concept … Read more