Due to a malfunction at Buienradar, a significantly incorrect weather forecast was temporarily displayed for Friday, August 15th. The website stated that temperatures would be around 40 degrees Celsius, with wind force 12, indicating a hurricane. According to Buienradar, the error lay in the “automatic forecast,” which the website generates based on weather models. The […]
Stichting Zeehondencentrum Pieterburen is auctioning tiles from the old rehabilitation pools, and they are proving popular even with Japanese fans. Bids on the 45 tiles have already risen to sometimes over 300 euros apiece within a day. The tiles come from the former pools for sick and injured seals in the rehabilitation center. These have
A remarkable action in Zierikzee this weekend: one of the inhabitants suddenly saw three large letters mowed in a lawn. Together they pin the word ‘cunt’. For the time being it is a mystery why someone did it. The around resident Jan (86) overlooks the striking letters from his bedroom window. From the same window
Thousands of tons of Asian seaweed have washed up on Spanish beaches in recent months. The algae pose a major threat to biodiversity. Local authorities are therefore speaking of an environmental disaster. It concerns the Rugulopteryx okamurae, an algae species that normally occurs in Southeast Asia. Since May, the Spanish municipality of Cádiz has removed
The famous game characters Mario and Princess Peach are “just good friends”, created creator Nintendo. Many gamers are surprised, since they have been assuming for years that there is a romance between the two. Nintendo introduced Princess Peach in 1985 in the game Super Mario Bros. , in which Mario comes to the rescue for
An Argentinian man who was captured naked in his garden by Google Street View will receive compensation. Google must pay him the equivalent of nearly 11,000 euros for privacy violations. A Google Street View camera car captured the naked man in 2017. The images were reportedly taken over a 2-meter-high garden wall. Although the man
The police in Zevenaar, Gelderland, had a busy Saturday catching an escaped kangaroo. No fewer than three units tried to catch the animal, the police wrote on Facebook on Tuesday. The animal had “hopped” from a residence in Giesbeek to Angerlo, just over 5 kilometers away. The police made several unsuccessful attempts to catch the
An IJzermeteorite of 240 kilos can be seen and touched this summer at Space Museum Space Expo in Noordwijk. The museum wants to auction the special object at the end of August. It would be about the largest iron meteorite in the world that is offered through an auction. Observatory Mercury from Dordrecht is the
The KNRM (Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution) was called out on Sunday morning for a person in distress. A naked man had clung to a buoy after his morning swim near Vlieland turned out less well than planned. The KNRM was called out on Sunday at 6:14 AM. Someone had seen a person clinging to
A man from the US state of Massachusetts became a millionaire twice in one day. He bought two tickets at two different stores and won with both. In one fell swoop, he became $2 million richer. Paul Corcoran from Fitchburg bought two tickets for the Powerball lottery. He had initially bought a ticket for the