Wadden Sea conservation group starts petition against unsafe giant container ships using risky routes north of the Islands
The Waddenvereniging is angry that even following the MSC Zoe disaster nothing has been done to prevent the same incident ...
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Cargo ship loses five containers in the North Sea above Ameland
The 170-metre long Baltic Tern lost the containers on Wednesday morning Translated by Thomas Ansell Another, much smaller, container ship ...
Corona death for the first time on the Frisian island of Schiermonnikoog
For the first time, a resident of the Frisian island of Schiermonnikoog has died of the Corona virus. The Wadden ...
Vaccines by sea: elderly people on Wadden Islands to receive Coronavirus vaccines at home
A GGD Fryslân team will arrive on the Islands to administer vaccines to elderly people and health workers Translated by ...
Wadden Island Association pleased with Dutch government decision to ban cargo ships from the area in bad weather
Following the MSC Zoe disaster, both the Netherlands and Germany are both halting the ‘southern route’ via the Islands in ...
Ferry operator Doeksen brings in safety marshals to enforce face-mask rule
Doeksen operates the boats going to and from Vlieland and Terschelling Translated by Thomas Ansell As more and more people ...
Terschellinger cheese goes international
The cheesery, called ‘De Terschellinger’ is also beginning to export its products Translated by Thomas Ansell The growth of the ...
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, ...
Special Terschelling edition off-road car up for sale, for the ‘real island lover’
The Suzuki Jimny is a bit of a symbol on the island Translated by Thomas Ansell Last year, lovers of ...
Thousands of stunted marine animals to tell the story of the MSC Zoe
New research shows the devastating effect of plastic microbeads on sea life Translated by Thomas Ansell In order to give ...