Culture / Events

Class preacher Riemer Praamsma is’ very positive ’about the Shelter Action, in which churches are encouraged to provide shelter for status holders while they are waiting for a home.

From Wednesday 4 November, Leeuwarden will once again be dominated by film. Six highlights from the Northern Film Festival programme.

All morning inconvenience on the Leeuwarden - Zwolle Railway Manager Prorail has given an update on the rail disruptions. Passengers between Leeuwarden and Zwolle probably have to take disruption into account until 11.45 am.

Getting stuck at work, in your studies, in relationships. It happens to everyone, but for today's young people, it leads to enormous problems. How can that be done and what can you do about it?

Projections can be seen every evening at the Oldehove in Leeuwarden. What starts for collage artist Marleen Stoelwinder with cut-out images from a magazine, for example, is coming to a big screen. For Stoelwinder, this is where the charm of the project lies. What starts on her work table now appears on one of Fryslân's most famous buildings. “That cat really shows up big. Those mice, of course. So you can also get out of the way his bandages.”

A very rare bird attracted dozens of bird watchers to the Camminghaburen district of Leeuwarden on Monday. It is a ’juvenile’ bluetail.

The visitors and employees of the Grolsch beer brewery who became unwell on Saturday during a tour indeed ingested caustic soda. That suspicion was already there, but research has now also shown this. Caustic soda is a corrosive substance in the cleaning agent used to clean pipes. Last Saturday, this product was used to clean the pipe to which the test tap for tapping brewing water is connected.

From Ethiopian mountain peaks to the coffee bar in the city center of Leeuwarden. The exhibition Coffee? in the Princessehof ceramics museum in Leeuwarden shows that behind every sip of coffee lies a world of traditions and history. "We actually think coffee is very logical. And yet coffee is also a bit crazy." For example, director Eelco van der Lingen explains why the Princessehof is devoting a major exhibition to coffee.

Rob Jetten is becoming a father. The prime minister and his partner, top field hockey player Nicolás Keenan, announced the news on Instagram. "Someone very special is on the way. See you in 2027, little one," they wrote.

It hasn't really been autumn yet, with a lot of sunshine and relatively high temperatures. However, in the coming week, depression will gradually get closer. This results in more wind and volatility. But that's not yet Monday and Tuesday.