accessibility

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Hikers testing out the wheelchair-friendly route of the Pieterpad, May 2026
TechNature
One of Europe’s longest walking paths has 500-km wheelchair friendly route
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Rijkswaterstaat performing roadworks on a highway
Business
Some €280 billion needed for infrastructure; Years of road closures, traffic jams loom
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Theater
TechCultureEntertainment
Dutch National Theater testing smart glasses for real-time subtitles in 223 languages
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Aerial view of people waiting at a downtown bus stop in Groningen.
PoliticsBusiness
Governments to invest €175 million in making Groningen more accessible
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Elevator at Hilversum train station, 02 January 2019
Business
Out-of-order lifts often stranding wheelchair users at Dutch train stations
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Amsterdam Zuid station
Business
Broken lifts making Amsterdam metro stations inaccessible to wheelchair users
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Sing board at Amsterdam Muiderpoort station showing canceled train to Leiden after a derailment in Voorschoten, 4 April 2023
Business
Public transport deteriorating; Work, facilities less accessible by train, bus: PBL
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Rotterdam marathon in 2015
CultureSports
Rotterdam Marathon: 17,000 participants will run through the city; large crowds expected
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Commuters waiting on trains and trams at Den Haag Central Station
Business
NS running fewer trains due to staff shortages; Disabled travelers heavily impacted
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Wheelchair ramp
Crime
Record number of discrimination reports; Many from people with disability
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Polling station for the municipal election in Amsterdam, 16 March 2022
Politics
Municipal election turnout up to 39% at 11:00 a.m.; Few irregularities
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NS train
Business
New train lines needed to connect Groningen to Amsterdam and Almelo
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Wheelchair ramp
Health
Dutch society still far from equally accessible to people with disabilities
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Polling station in Diemen
HealthPolitics
Not all polling stations accessible to people with disabilities
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Wheelchair ramp
Health
Coronavirus measures reduced accessibility for people with disabilities
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Lecture hall
Business
Loan system did not change accessibility of higher education: planning office
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Accessible playground equipment for children with disabilities
Health
Netherlands still counts too few playgrounds accessible to kids with disabilities
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An NS train waiting on the tracks
BusinessCrime
Man in wheelchair carried off crowded train for taking up too much space
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Tram at Amsterdam Central Station, 23 Jan 2019
Business
Amsterdam to restrict car traffic even more
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Schiphol Amsterdam
Business
New Schiphol terminal to take years longer than expected: report
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Voting
Politics
Voters with disabilities not properly assisted at the ballot box: Report