Covid Chronicles
Quarantined in the North: ‘All of a sudden I became aware of how rushed our life is’
How has the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic affected the lives of students, expats and Dutch inhabitants in the North? The Northern...
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Quarantined in the North: ‘It has affected my life quite seriously’
How has the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic affected the lives of students and expats in the North? The Northern Times asked...
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Horeca reacts to Coronavirus regulations: “Lockdown? Ok! Time for new ideas!”
Bar Smoke owner Bojan Aleksander: "when life gives you lemons, make Limoncello!" The lock-down is a minor disaster for the...
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Why doesn’t the Netherlands actually use common sense and make face-masks compulsory?
“In general we use our common sense at sports clubs, at schools and in public transport” (De Jonge, 2020, September...
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Improv comedy group considers putting audience members in giant hamster balls
https://youtu.be/YhGXMa1cZL8 Stranger Things Have Happened is an English-speaking improv comedy group in Groningen. The group's members have been rehearsing online...
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A gateway into a different reality
Be productive. But don't forget to take breaks! Work out at home. But don't forget to relax! Do something creative...
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Tour guide Leeuwarden plans virtual tours
https://youtu.be/mGPeKXaXNHM Interview by Jonas Diercks. Editing by Anna Mastorou. Henk Leutscher is CEO of "A Guide to Leeuwarden". Before the...
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Vice governor of Friesland calls on expats for community initiatives
https://youtu.be/WgDwS4k6pak In this Covid Chronicle, we spoke to vice governor of the province of Friesland, Sietske Poepjes, about what a...
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Hotel in Drenthe rents out rooms during the day for people who are fed up with their partner
https://youtu.be/RuhcHkPSFfI Alderman of the municipality of Emmen, Guido Rink, tells us how his city is coping with the Corona crisis,...
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“You can’t really deliver 5 shots of Jägermeister to someone’s house”
https://youtu.be/yKcVZ7YvNNs Interview by Jonas Diercks Hessel Onstein owns nightclub Shooters in Leeuwarden and talks about the struggle the bar is...
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