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Where art meets comfort: Avani debuts in Netherlands

May 30, 2024290 Views

Opening of Avani Museum Quarter Amsterdam Avani Hotels & Resorts, the upscale lifestyle brand of Minor Hotels, continues its European expansion with the launch of Avani Museum Quarter Amsterdam. Housed in a refurbished mid-century building in the heart of the city’s museum district, the 163-room canal-side property offers a relaxed stay for both business and leisure travellers, as well as access to some of Amsterdam’s most unique experiences through a series of innovative partnerships. The hotel’s design is inspired by Stedelijk Museum’s expansive collection, blending the avant-garde and the traditional to create modern, inviting interiors. Brick, a prominent material in Amsterdam, adds a touch of the city’s architectural identity to the gleamin...

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Stonehenge-like 4,000-year-old sanctuary discovered in Netherlands

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June 21, 20231113 Views

Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old sanctuary made up of ditches and burial mounds in the central Netherlands that they believe may have served a similar purpose to Stonehenge. Like the famous stone circle in southern England, the sanctuary - which was as big as at least three soccer fields and built with soil and wood - was built to align with the sun on the solstices. An illustration shows what the researchers believe is the 4,000-year-old Stonehenge-like sanctuary that archaeologists have discovered in Tiel, a town in the centre of the Netherlands, in this handout picture obtained on June 21, 2023. Municipality of Tiel/Handout via REUTERS The archaeologists also discovered offerings, including animal skeletons, human skulls and valuable items such as a bronze spear...

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Dutch court nixes plan to reduce flights at Schiphol Airport

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April 5, 2023777 Views

A judge ruled Wednesday that the Dutch government cannot order Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, one of Europe’s busiest aviation hubs, to reduce the number of flights from 500,000 per year to 460,000, dealing a blow to efforts to cut emissions and noise pollution. The ruling came in a summary case brought by airlines and civil aviation organizations led by Dutch carrier KLM that sought to halt the planned cuts unveiled last year. FILE PHOTO: People wait for departure at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 16, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw The decision by a judge in Haarlem, a city close to Schiphol, came a day after the airport announced plans to phase out all flights between midnight and 5 a.m., ban private jets and the noisiest planes, and abandon a project for ...

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Old Nazi map sparks treasure hunt in the Netherlands

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January 6, 2023635 Views

An old map believed to mark the spot where German soldiers hid treasure worth millions of euros during World War Two sparked the imagination of amateur treasure hunters in the Netherlands this week. Armed with metal detectors and shovels, groups wandered through the fields surrounding rural Ommeren in the east of the country after the map was made public by the Dutch National Archive on Tuesday. A general view of a street in the Dutch village of Ommeren, Netherlands January 6, 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw The archive said the map was believed to indicate where Nazi soldiers had hidden four large boxes filled with diamonds, rubies, gold, silver and all sorts of jewellery which they had looted after an explosion at a bank in August 1944. The map was obtained from a German...

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Schiphol flights to be restricted to cut noise, emissions

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June 25, 2022415 Views

Airlines industry not happy with the decision by Dutch Government Flights from Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport will be limited to 440,000 a year, 11% less than in 2019, to cut noise pollution, the Dutch government said on Friday, drawing praise from green groups but dismay from airlines bosses. The decision follows a move by Schiphol itself, in which the Dutch state is the majority shareholder, to impose a cap on the number passengers it can carry this summer - although that was due to staffing shortages. The government also pointed to the airport's impact on "nature and climate" for the cuts, following criticism from environmental campaigners and the left-wing opposition for its greenhouse gas and nitrogen oxide emissions. The move is intended to restore "the balance between a w...

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Amsterdam to allow Airbnb rentals in city centre after court order

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March 17, 2021719 Views

The city of Amsterdam will allow residents of its historic centre to offer their homes to tourists again, after a court ordered it to scrap a ban on vacation rentals. Amsterdam’s left-wing city council last year issued an outright ban on rentals through Airbnb and other platforms in three areas that make up its central canal ring, in an effort to curb what it described as the nuisance caused by tourists in the old city centre. FILE PHOTO: People ice skate during a cold snap across the country at the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, Netherlands February 14, 2021. REUTERS/Eva Plevier But in a case brought on by an association of property owners, a local court last Friday ordered it to lift this ban immediately as it had no legal basis. In a response, the city said that as of Tuesday ...

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क्रेन में गुजारें रूमानियत भरी रात

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August 12, 20201280 Views

यूं तो हम सैर-सपाटे की अजीबोगरीब जगहों के बारे में आपको बतला ही रहे हैं। आपने भी कई अनूठे ठिकानों के बारे में सुना होगा। लेकिन अगर आपको कोई जमीन से पचास फुट ऊपर एक क्रेन में रात गुजारने की बात कहे तो शायद आप यही सोचेंगे कि मजाक हो रहा है। लेकिन हम कह रहे हैं कि न केवल यह हकीकत है बल्कि एक रूमानी कल्पना भी। हम यहां बात कर रहे हैं नीदरलैंड्स के हारलिंगन में हार्बर क्रेन की। हार्बर क्रेन 1967 की बनी हई है और 1996 तक इसका इस्तेमाल बंदरगाह पर रूस व स्कैंडिनेवियाई देशों से आने वाले लकड़ी के लट्ठों को उतारने के लिए किया जाता था। चार-पांच सालों तक बेकार पड़े रहने के बाद 2001 में इसे इसके मौजूदा मालिक ने खरीद लिया। दो साल तक इस क्रेन को नया रंग-रूप देने का काम खास देखरेख में चला। सितंबर 2003 से यह क्रेन रंग-रूप में तो क्रेन ही रही लेकिन इसका इस्तेमाल सामान ढोने की जगह रोमांचप्रेमियों को रैनबसेर...