Skip to content

Get Leeuwarden news on WhatsApp

Follow

News archive

Older stories

Home keeps the last two weeks. Everything older stays here, and every article link stays live.

1012 stories

October 2026

NOS Binnenland · 20 OctTranslated

Train tickets NS again much more expensive, increase of an average of 4.7 percent

Next year, travelling by train will again be a lot more expensive. On average, the price of a train ticket at NS increases by 4.7 percent. The "income from train tickets is needed to purchase new comfortable trains, pay the increased costs and continue to invest in good facilities," says Daan Schut, who is responsible for fares on the NS Board of Directors. Traveling in off-peak hours will be cheaper.

NOS Binnenland · 20 OctTranslated

Tens of millions of youth care allowance to extreme treatment method in Spain

For years, Dutch organisations sent young people with behavioural problems to a Dutch 'family home' in Spain. There they had to deal with extreme treatment methods. Experts speak of "structural abuse and child torture". Major youth care providers, municipalities and youth protection organisations knew about the approach in the house, which received tens of millions of euros in Dutch care money over a period of twenty years.

NOS Binnenland · 19 OctTranslated

World's first openly gay MP Coos Huijsen dies aged 87

Former politician Coos Huijsen has passed away at the age of 87. He is considered the world's first openly gay member of parliament and served in the House of Representatives for the CHU starting in 1972. Huijsen died at home after a short illness.

Omrop Fryslân · 19 OctTranslated

Foeke Booy on Cambuur red card: "You can anticipate that"

Cambuur scored a point against title candidate AZ this weekend, but coach Johan Plat was disappointed with the arbitral decisions. Foeke Booy, former coach and former technical director of the Leeuwarders, is positive about Cambuur's performance: "I see an upward trend in their game, they have done really well." 'The red card for Devid Bouah and the penalty for AZ were discussed after the match against AZ.