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Hospitality businesses in Friesland to open their terraces with upside down furniture
A number of cafés and bars will put their terrace furniture out, but won’t explicitly invite anyone to sit on...
Internal tourists flocked to Province of Groningen during lockdown Summer
Tourist visits are up by 10 percent The Province of Groningen is becoming more popular with tourists from within the...
‘Virus truther’ group, who brought legal challenge to curfew, lose appeal in court
The public prosecution service will now un-suspend pursuing Coronavirus fines Translated by Thomas Ansell Nearly two weeks after the Dutch...
Police clear over-crowded Noorderplantsoen in Groningen
Well, it was 18 degrees Police moved into the Noorderplantsoen in the city of Groningen yesterday afternoon to clear non-Covid...
Student groups also disappointed with Coronavirus regulations tweaks
It’s not like students voted for Mark Rutte anyway Mark Rutte’s Coronavirus tweaks seem not to have gone down well...
Coronavirus press conference: middle schools, driving schools, and hairdressers may open from March 3
The curfew is to stay until at least March 15 By Thomas Ansell Dutch PM Mark Rutte and Minister Hugo...
Central Bureau for Statistics report: economy in Friesland shrunk by 3 percent in 2020
It could be worse, Noord-Holland’s economy shrunk by seven percent Translated by Thomas Ansell As reported by the Omrop Fryslân,...
Around a quarter of Groninger students invited for a quick-test before exams show up
The RUG says that rapid testing is the “First step towards a more normal life at university” The quick-test pilot...
Groninger hairdressers overjoyed at potential re-opening
Not as happy as me and my mullet Hairdressers in Groningen are overjoyed about a possible reopening of their business...
Dutch Governments Coronavirus plans revealed: three week extension to curfew, some schools to open, and we can all finally get a haircut
According to those trusty old ‘Hague Sources’, the Dutch government thinks that keeping the curfew should allow the easing of...
UMCG Heart and Lung ward Coronavirus outbreak now has 40 infections
Department C2 is being fully disinfected to make sure that there’s no more of the ‘British variant’ lurking The ‘British...
Coronavirus update in the North: cold snap causes daily fluctuations in positive test numbers, but overall trend slightly down in Groningen and Friesland
The Curfew seems to be having a slight effect on the number of Coronavirus cases by Thomas Ansell Following data...
