Divers team to try and mount second clean-up operation for MSC Zoe debris
The team of 30 people will attempt to clean up the mess left after the ship lost hundreds of containers ...
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Tag: Ameland
Ameland has cleanest beaches in the Netherlands
It has received a rare ’10 stars’ from the Dutch Beach Association Translated by Thomas Ansell The beaches of Ameland, ...
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Ameland to celebrate 75th anniversary of its liberation with a month-long festival
The island was one of the last places in Europe to be liberated Translated by Thomas Ansell Ameland will hold ...
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Eleven Northern pubs in top-100: special prize for Frisian beer expert
Jaap Touwen, who operates De Dikke van Dale in Leeuwarden, was given the ‘De Parel’ prize for 2019 Translated by ...
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“A tunnel to Ameland? I’ll have to start locking my bike!”: proposals for new connections to Wadden Island revealed
The Rijkswaterstaat yesterday presented three proposals to islanders to help solve the silt problem affecting the current ferry route from ...
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Divers bring 2,500 kilos of rubbish out of the North Sea
The group of volunteers from the ‘Stichting Duik de Noordzee Schoon’ took a nine-day diving expedition and removed a huge ...
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Friesland and Drenthe among top five provinces with excessive drinkers
According to a recent study, the provinces of Drenthe and Friesland are two of the five Dutch provinces where the ...
Read moreNew record for Ameland Light House run: 235 steps in 48 seconds
The 2019 edition of the ‘Amelander Vuurtoren Run’ (Ameland Light House Run) saw a new record set. Translation by Thomas ...
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Burn and smoking ban on all Frisian Wadden islands
Due to dry weather conditions, a burn and smoking ban is in place on the islands of Ameland, Vlieland, Schiermonnikoog ...
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Damaged drilling location Ameland decontaminated
According to the Dutch Oil Company NAM, the former drilling site on Ameland which was damaged during a winter storm ...
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