Schipol Airport

The A2 highway from Amsterdam towards Utrecht

Heavy traffic expected as winter break starts: 450K Dutch hit the road

Feb 23 '18 09:00
Nature

About 450,000 Dutch are expected to take to the roadways just to enjoy the winter sports offerings in neighboring countries, and some sun. Together with returning holidaymakers, these departures will cause heavy traffic on the main highways of the Netherlands, Dutch travellers association ANWB said on Friday.

Some of the hundreds of thousands of residents will depart on Friday, and the rest over the weekend. These are primarily people based in the north or central part of the country, with those living in the southern Netherlands returning home.

Lelystad Airport

Pressure mounts to delay Lelystad Airport opening; 25k flights per year planned

Jan 12 '18 07:58
Politics

The political opposition grows against the plan to set the opening of the Lelystad airport around April 2019. The ruling parties are under the pressure of their local politicians, who consider April 2019 to be way too soon. 

Members of the Dutch Parliament of the coalition-parties VVD, CDA, D66 and ChristenUnie will discuss on the matter next week. According to newspaper Trouw, last week they met with fellow party members from the interested region. The ChristenUnie already came to the conclusion that next year's April is not an option for the opening.

Schiphol

Schiphol Airport security now need permission to use a toilet; "Unreasonable" says union

Nov 9 '17 17:00
PoliticsHealth

Security guards working or G4S Aviation and I-Sec at Schiphol Airport have been banned from using the bathroom without permission from a supervisor. The “toilet restriction” has angered the union representing those workers, and Schiphol said the airport was not involved in the decision.

Double decker train in Amsterdam

NS adds seats to busiest trains

Sep 1 '14 12:03
Business

Dutch national train operator NS will increase seating capacity on some of its busiest routes beginning Monday. As summer transitions into autumn, the government-run firm is adding carriages to trains in an effort to prevent overcrowding during the railway's busiest season of the year.

Subscribe to