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No trains will run between Leeuwarden and Stavoren for a week starting Saturday, October 10, due to track maintenance. Replacement buses will serve all stations along the route except IJlst. Taxis will operate between IJlst and Sneek, connecting to buses to and from Stavoren and trains toward Leeuwarden. According to Arriva, extra travel time will depend on the journey, adding up to 30 minutes.
Due to engineering works, no trains are running to or from Amsterdam Central Station today. Meanwhile, elections are taking place in Latvia. Weather in the Netherlands will turn sunny after morning fog clears, with temperatures reaching between 19 and 21 degrees.
Due to major maintenance work, no trains are running to or from Amsterdam Centraal today. On Sunday and Monday, train services at the station will be limited. Rail infrastructure manager ProRail is widening and extending platforms, stairs, and the East Tunnel.
The ice rink in Deventer cannot open for the time being due to problems with its cooling system. According to the website for ice rink De Scheg, the defect unfortunately cannot be repaired, meaning ice preparation cannot begin yet. While the skating season starts in October for many Dutch rinks, Deventer's planned opening on October 10 will not go ahead.
The Rotterdam club Villa Thalia must close in the next 24 hours. The mayor of Rotterdam, Carola Schouten, decided that today. The closure has to do with a threat to rapper JoeyAK, also known as the frontman of the rap formation Zone6 from the Amsterdam district of Holendrecht. He was scheduled to perform at Villa Thalia at 11pm tonight.
The Oldehove is getting a major makeover! Leeuwarden's crooked pride is currently in the process of a major renovation. Almost five hundred years after the construction of the tower began, the special monument is being worked on again. The history of the Oldehove is at least as special as the tower itself.
The water levels in the east of the Netherlands are now so low that it is unclear whether ships can still sail there. On the IJssel, the Lower Rhine and a large part of the Waal, it is no longer possible to properly measure whether it is still possible to sail safely. That's what Rijkswaterstaat says to the NOS. Inland waterway skippers will now have to decide for themselves whether they can sail safely or not.
"It's unbelievable, we don't understand why it took so long," says Mieke ten Eikelder, gynecological oncologist at Radboud UMC. Forty years after a technique was developed for men with penile cancer to restore the glans, there is now also a clitoral reconstruction for women. There are several reasons why clitoral reconstruction took so long to complete. According to Ten Eikelder, it plays a role that in the consultation room is now more freely spoken about sexuality among women and that the taboo has declined.
ProRail will completely replace the railway bridge over the Zuidergracht in Harlingen in the coming years. Research shows that building a new bridge is cheaper than repairing the wooden foundation dating back to 1862. The current bridge structure, installed in 1999, is also in need of major maintenance.
Accidents and rain caused the busiest Thursday morning rush hour of the year today, according to the ANWB. Around 8:45 AM, traffic jams reached a total of 936 kilometers, making it the second busiest morning rush hour of the entire year. According to Rijkswaterstaat, there were 577 kilometers of traffic jams at the peak moment.
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