The Netherlands: How can cities build a better bike culture? The Netherlands offers useful lessons - by Karlijn van Houwelingen

It might seem like cycling is in the DNA of the Netherlands, a country  where even the prime minister takes his bicycle to work. But the Dutch  haven’t always lived as one with their bikes. In the Amsterdam of the  early 1970s, cars were considered the wave of the future. They can be  seen filling up squares and streets in historical photographs, and  killed an average of over two Amsterdammers per week, including many children. 

 It is nothing more than an “accident of history” that the Netherlands  embraced cycling, says Marco te Brömmelstoet, the director of the Urban  Cycling Institute in Amsterdam and a man better known as the city’s  cycling professor. Today’s bike rider’s paradise was created after  parents and activists took to the streets to protest “child murder” by  car. A Saudi oil embargo, rising gas prices, concerns about pollution  and anger about the destruction of entire neighbourhoods to build
motorways did the rest

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Netherlands ranked eleventh best country in the world to raise a family

A new study has ranked 35 countries, using six different categories, to discern which are the best for raising a family. The Netherlands ranks eleventh overall, behind the Scandinavian countrie and Germany, being beaten by the Czech Republic for a spot in the top ten.

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European Heatwave:The Netherlands swelters in first official heatwave of 2020

Bilt (a town near Utrecht)stay above 25 degrees for at least five days, with three of those days seeing temperatures above 30 degrees. Between August 5 and August 9, the maximum temperatures in De Bilt have been: 28,3 degrees, 31 degrees, 34degrees, 34,6 degrees, and 32,6 degrees.

The last official heatwave in the Netherlands was in August 2019. The current heatwave is
the 29th one recorded in the Netherlands since records began in 1901.The longest Dutch heatwave was in 1975 between July 29 and August 15.

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Netherlands: Dutch Ambassador to US Defends Netherlands' Tough EU Stance - by Natalie Liu

Despite acquiescing to a compromise solution at last week’s rancorous but ultimately successful EU summit, Dutch diplomats are offering no apology for their country’s tough stand on financial assistance to the members worst hit by the global pandemic.

Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte and other leaders of what became known as “the frugal four” argued against a more generous relief offer promoted by France and Germany before settling on a package comprising $460 billion in grants and $424 billion in loans.

In an interview with VOA, Andre Haspels, the Netherlands’ ambassador to the United States, maintained that the tough medicine that Dutch officials prescribed for the suffering EU countries was no worse than what his government had delivered to its own citizens.

Ambassador to US Defends Netherlands' Tough EU Stance | Voice of America - English

The Netherlands tightens coronavirus measures as Dutch fail to observe social distancing

The Netherlands has observed recent outbreaks in the number of new coronavirus cases, as many people do not respect social distancing and barrier measures, Prime Minister Mark Rutte explained at a press conference yesterday evening. Here is why he and Health minister Hugo de Jonge announced additional rules, effective immediately, aiming to keep the virus under control.

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The Netherlands: The US Center for Disease control gives travel 3 warning for visitors to the Netherlands related to Covid-19 and potential terrorist strikes

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  has issued a Level 3 Travel Health Notice for the Netherlands due to COVID-19. and potential terrorist strikes .

Improved conditions have been reported within the Netherlands.Visit the Embassy's COVID-19 page for more information on COVID-19 in the Netherlands.

Terrorism: Terrorists continue plotting possible attacks in the Netherlands. Terrorists may attack with little or no warning, targeting tourist locations, transportation hubs, markets/shopping malls, local government facilities, hotels, clubs, restaurants, places of worship, parks, major sporting and cultural events, educational institutions, airports, and other public areas.

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The Netherlands: Press conference PM Mark Rutte on measures related to the increased numbers of Coronavirus cases in the Netherlands

In this official Netherlands government website are included all the Press conferences by Dutch government officials, including the latest by Prime Minister Mark Rutte, in relation to measures that will be taken by the government as a result of the recent alarming increasing numbers of new Coronavirus cases in th

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