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Zero Waste Walking Tours in four Frisian cities this week
Sneek was the first city in Friesland to host a Zero Waste Walking Tour on Saturday, October 29. The Friesch...
Dutch shoppers flock to German supermarkets for cheaper prices
Dutch shoppers are increasingly crossing the border to Germany to do their grocery shopping, as prices in Dutch supermarkets remain...
Zero-waste life in Leeuwarden: how a new wave of stores could end excess packaging
The smell in Holland & Barret, a store that seeks to eliminate waste, is lovely. The shop – filled with...
Supermarkets scrap free plastic bags
By the end of the year, most of the Netherlands' major supermarkets will have stopped handing out single-use plastic bags....
Angry customers at Bedum supermarket drive workers to tears
The kind visitors to Plus in Bedum are being forced to use shopping trolleys Translated by Alexis Veenendaal "We work...
“Digital department store” comes to Groningen
The shops are generally small and local By Thomas Ansell Shopping is one of the big draws of Groningen, with...
More than cheese: Which local products to bring home from Groningen
Markets in Groningen are a must-visit place for all those who want to taste locally produced food or to find...
Jumbo taking over ground floor of former V&D building
The ground floor of the former V&D department store building on the Grote Markt will house a new location for...
More Intertoys locations set to close in the north
It was announced last week that around one-third of all Intertoys stores would be closing across the Netherlands, and another...
Several Intertoys locations closing in Drenthe, Friesland and Groningen
After going bankrupt in February, Dutch toy store chain Intertoys announced on Friday that a number of its store would...