Dec 30, 2023 at 12:08 PM Update: an hour ago The bonfires in Scheveningen, Duindorp and in the Laak district of The Hague will be lit on Saturday evening and not during New Year’s Eve as was intended. The wind is expected to blow too hard on New Year’s Eve. The KNMI predicts wind force … Read more
ANPParking in Scheveningen NOS News•today, 09:04 Parking in Scheveningen or in the center of The Hague now costs 50 euros. Whether you park for ten minutes or a whole day, you always pay the fixed daily rate. It is a trial of the municipality of The Hague, reports Broadcasting West. The intention is to encourage … Read more
Regio15An employee of the animal ambulance shows one of the eggs NOS News•today, 4:05 PM A lurid find near Scheveningen: more than a hundred eggs with dead chicks were found on the beach there this afternoon. It is not yet clear how the animals ended up there. It is also unknown what kind of bird … Read more
ANP In association with Broadcasting West NOS News•today, 15:05 The number of wheel clamps placed in Scheveningen has exploded in recent years. After springs and summers in which the municipality of The Hague sometimes placed no more than a few dozen wheel clamps at wrong parkers, there were more than 600 in 2021 and almost … Read more
Sunday will be the hottest New Year’s Eve on record. The air temperature is about 14 degrees and the water temperature about 8 degrees, which means that the sea water will probably feel much colder during your New Years dive. “Normally it’s the other way around,” explains meteorologist Margot Ribberink. “In winter it normally feels … Read more
“Nice fire, right?” says a boy who is watching on Scheveningen boulevard. “I helped build and only got five hours of sleep last night.” In the front row people warm themselves by the fire. “Well, I’ll stay for a while,” a man says to his wife. A girl watching with her boyfriend anxiously asks if … Read more
Region15 ANNOUNCEMENTS•yesterday, 23:21 It is crowded on the beaches of Scheveningen and Duindorp, where bonfires are lit. The avenues are filled with visitors who come to see the fires a day earlier than usual. Traditionally, bonfires are not lit until New Year’s Eve, but due to bad weather forecasts, the mayor decided to do so … Read more
Bonfires are a tradition in The Hague, but on New Year’s Eve 2018-2019 things went terribly wrong. A shower of sparks from the Scheveningen beach bonfire swept over Scheveningen and set roofs, cars and street furniture ablaze. There were no casualties, but the damage was extensive. Later it turned out that the pile of fire … Read more
ANP extension In collaboration with Transmission in the West ANNOUNCEMENTS•today, 10:53 On the beaches of Scheveningen and Duindorp they have been working on the traditional bonfires since yesterday evening. Bonfires in The Hague have been canceled for the past three years, initially due to the 2018-2019 New Year celebrations. That year the bonfires in Scheveningen … Read more
A 40-year-old police officer who shot a man with an ax in Scheveningen more than two years ago has been released by the court from all legal proceedings. The man suffered a spinal cord injury and became permanently disabled. The judge ruled that the officer was allowed to shoot because the axeman displayed threatening behavior. … Read more