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Nocturnal lines in front of the cash registers, pointy ears and beautiful confessions between the books: romance, the genre in which fantasy and romance come together, is hot. "This brings a whole new vibe to the bookstore."

The NPO has decided not to send a Dutch entry to the Eurovision Song Contest next year. Following consultations with various broadcasters, the organization concluded there was insufficient support to participate in the event.

The first 4.5 million euros have been secured, allowing a Frisian consortium to start building the Bodemcampus. Water technology institute Wetsus in Leeuwarden serves as inspiration. Five questions for Chris Schott, Soil program director at Wetsus and leader of the core team.

Writer Herman Koch (73) has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. He revealed this during Eva Jinek's talk show. The author has also been battling metastatic prostate cancer since 2020 and has experienced balance issues for several years.

Art historian and former museum director Rudi Fuchs has passed away in his home city of Amsterdam at the age of 84. His family announced his death. Fuchs was regarded as one of the most influential art critics and museum directors in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands needs to scale up new water technology faster and bring it to the European market. Too often, companies get stuck in pilots. Minister Vincent Karremans had that message on Monday on the first day of the European Water Technology Week in Leeuwarden.

Anyone who donates blood or plasma knows that pink cakes are usually waiting for you afterward. A free snack in one of blood bank Sanquin's donor cafés serves as a thank-you, but it is also meant to help donors recover and replenish their sugar levels. Over recent weeks, broadcaster Omroep West noticed that the baskets, bowls, and racks in the Delft donor café were conspicuously empty. Not only were the pink cakes missing, but also the speculaas dolls, gingerbread, and stroopwafels.

Six residents of Friesland were interviewed about their behavior while playing board games. Some play casually for fun, while others are highly competitive or bad losers. The feature highlights the different types of board game players across the province.

Journalist Sven Kockelmann has received the Sonja Barend Award for his television interview with former Prime Minister Schoof. Broadcaster BNNVARA praised the conversation on the program Café Kockelmann for its personal approach over a political interrogation. The award-winning interview was broadcast on February 20.

Daniëlle Bouma was horrified when she saw her total student debt. She set herself a goal: to repay the entire amount within two years. That worked. How did she do that?