Amersfoort

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Femke Bol at the 2024 World Indoor Championships in Glasgow
Sports
Dutch 400-meter hurdles World Champion Femke Bol to move up to 800 meters
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Riot police keep anti-asylum and anti-fascism protesters apart in Amersfoort, 30 September 2025
CrimePolitics
Six arrested at Amersfoort asylum protest; Also unrest in Hoorn
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Red Cross workers setting up stretchers in a sports hall that will be an emergency shelter for asylum seekers
Politics
Amersfoort scraps asylum shelter plans after threats to mayor; Smoke bombs in Noordwijk
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Gavel with lady justice in the background
Crime
Six years in prison, psychiatric treatment recommended in shocking child sex abuse case
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Cropped shot of lawyer using laptop and lady justice statue on table.
Crime
Childhood sex abuse victim should stay away from suspects’ hearing, lawyer argues
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We claim the night sign against violence against women and girls
Crime
Women sexually harassed during protests for safer streets
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A Taco Bell restaurant in Spain
Business
Taco Bell to restart operations in the Netherlands after bankruptcy
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Officers smashed in a rear window to save baby from hot car in Amersfoort, July 1, 2025.
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Police smash rear window to save baby from locked car in Amersfoort
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Police officer with police cars in the background
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Teen killed, two injured in severe car-truck crash near Spier
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SABIC plant at Chemelot industrial park in Geleen. March 2014.
HealthBusiness
RIVM suspects there are still hidden "industrial sources" causing PFAS discharges
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The main entrance to Amersfoort Central Station, 13 November 2022
Business
Major makeover of Amersfoort Centraal begins, includes underground bike parking
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On May 26, police arrested a 19-year-old woman from Weststellingwerf suspected of committing multiple fraud offenses across the Netherlands by impersonating a police officer.
Crime
Teen woman posed as fake cop to scam elderly victims in Amersfoort, police say
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Bombed buildings of Gaza during the Gaza war 2023-2025, 4 February 2025
Politics
More Dutch municipalities speaking out against human rights violations in Gaza
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
Crime
Man, 74, sentenced to eight years in prison for fatal stabbing of his 82-year-old wife
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Wood burning fireplace with glass door
Health
Complaints about wood fires quadrupled last year
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Family sits around a campfire in front of a tent and a teardrop camper
PoliticsNature
Environmental agency wants Limburg to look into ban on wood burning
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Fire truck
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One hurt in Amersfoort apartment fire; Also fires in Dongen, Alphen a/d Rijn
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The original mural of Anne Frank in Amersfoort. It has now been defaced by unknown individuals.
CultureArt
Email criticizing Anne Frank mural in Amersfoort sent to artist before vandalism
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The original mural of Anne Frank in Amersfoort. It has now been defaced by unknown individuals.
CrimeCultureArt
Face cut from Anne Frank mural in Amersfoort; artist calls for answers
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A GP's workspace - a stethoscope on a desk with a laptop and notebooks
HealthBusiness
Almost a million Dutch want new house doctor; Most practices not accepting new patients
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New police uniform
CrimePolitics
Ombudsman starts investigation into cops visiting protesters at home
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NS Intercity train
Business
All morning trains scrapped on busy Utrecht route as overhead lines fail
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The District Court of Utrecht located on Vrouwe Justitiaplein. 15 Dec. 2016
Crime
Two men appear in court for drugging boy and using him as a sex slave
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Paid parking sign in Amsterdam.
PoliticsBusinessCultureLifestyle
Paid parking expands by 23 percent across Dutch municipalities