Due to the bad news that usually dominates the front page of NU.nl, the good news often disappears. That is why we make an overview of positive news from the past few days.
FC Eindhoven sells more season tickets than usual
FC Eindhoven sold three times as many season tickets in the first month as normal. Normally about fifty season tickets are sold in the first month.
In addition, supporters with a season ticket for last season have not recovered the costs of the matches not played due to the corona crisis, at the club.
Art dealer donates artwork to Rijksmuseum
Art dealer Bob Haboldt donated a painting by Bartholomeus Spranger to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The reason for this is the current situation surrounding the coronavirus.
Spranger was one of the most important artists in Europe around 1600. Around 1587 he painted the painting on copper Angels carry the body of Christ.
Stray hikers survive in New Zealand wilderness
Two 23-year-old hikers were found on Wednesday after surviving eighteen days in the wilderness of New Zealand’s Kahurangi National Park. The duo set out on May 9, but got lost in the first days of their journey.
Jessica O’Connor and Dion Reynolds have only sustained minor injuries. Reynolds sustained a sprained ankle and his partner bruised her back from a fall.
Amsterdam theaters collaborate and come up with new shows
Royal Theater Carré, De Kleine Komedie and Theater Bellevue are going to collaborate and are expected to come with new performances in Carré from 1 July by Spinvis, Dolf Jansen and Freek de Jonge, among others.
It is expected that from 1 July it will be allowed to receive a maximum of one hundred visitors in rooms. Although that is not profitable according to the Amsterdam theaters, it does offer the opportunity to open the doors again for visitors, artists and employees.
Capsule launch from the US can be seen in the Netherlands
If the launch of the Crew Dragon capsule goes according to plan on Wednesday evening, the Dutch will be able to observe the spacecraft briefly with the naked eye. More than twenty minutes after two astronauts leave Florida for the International Space Station, the capsule will zoom past Europe in a few minutes.
The Dutch have the opportunity around 22.56 to see the capsule literally as a dot on the horizon. Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are then above the north of France.
Spotify users can now like unlimited songs
Spotify removes the limit on how many songs or albums users can save by liking it. Subscribers can now add an unlimited number of songs to their library.
The limit for playlists that users can compile themselves has not changed. Spotify users can still add up to ten thousand songs to a playlist.
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