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              Groningen has the cleanest air of all ‘large’ Dutch cities

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                      Hack The Crisis gathers international startups to solve local problems

                      Hack The Crisis gathers international startups to solve local problems

                      An interview with Friso Visser

                      Marjolein Wiersma by Marjolein Wiersma
                      April 19, 2020
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                      People from over 70 countries joined the first fully digital Dutch hackathon to come up with initiatives to solve issues caused by the Corona crisis. Co-organiser Friso Visser tells us about Hack The Crisis and about some of the winning concepts.

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