News about Efteling, art, protests, and Koeman (Friday, July 10)
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Efteling announced the new suspended roller coaster Missie Luminar on Thursday. The attraction costs 50 million euros and will open in three years. Visitors will accelerate from a standstill to 80 kilometers per hour, says designer Sander de Bruijn.
The Groninger Museum is removing the glass artwork Grand Stairwell Installation by Dale Chihuly. The piece is moving to the University Library in the city center. The museum wants to attract new audiences, but former director Andreas Blühm warns of damage.
Volkswagen wants to produce fewer models and save money. Foreign media mention the possibility of 100,000 jobs and factory closures. On Thursday, trade unions and works councils protested because employees should not have to pay for past mistakes.
About one hundred people protested at the town hall in Oldebroek against the cancellation of LGBTQ+ policies. This took place during the installation of new aldermen. There were also dozens of counter-demonstrators, including about seventy right-wing activists according to the NOS (Dutch Broadcasting Foundation).
Ronald Koeman junior says that his father wanted to quit after the World Cup elimination. He believes that the national coach's coaching career is over. A mother also told Omroep Brabant that Yes We Can stopped and caused trauma.
Original sources
- AD — Eftelingfan Thomas van Groningen over nieuwe achtbaan: ‘Dit is echt Champions League-niveau’ ↗
- Omroep Brabant — Efteling-ontwerper onthult zijn geheim: 'Missie Luminar een droomproject' ↗
- NOS — Plotseling verhuist het Groninger Museum z'n duurste aankoop ooit naar de binnenstad ↗
- RTV Noord — Ex-directeur Groninger Museum over weghalen duurste aankoop: 'Ik had het laten hangen' ↗
- FD — Doener met hersens die rijk Nederland liet meebetalen aan de verbouwing van Artis ↗
- Nederlands Dagblad — Volkswagen wil snijden in modelaanbod en productiecapaciteit ↗
- FD — Acties bij Volkswagen in Hannover: ‘We hebben elke baan al omgedraaid’ ↗
- Nederlands Dagblad — Vakbond belooft felle tegenstand tegen banenverlies Volkswagen ↗
- The Guardian — VW workers protest in Germany over proposed job cuts and factory closures ↗
- Euronews — Volkswagen risks 'major conflict' with staff over cost-cutting drive, union warns ↗
- NOS — Manifestatie met regenboogvlaggen in Oldebroek tegen schrappen lhbti-beleid ↗
- Nederlands Dagblad — Protest tegen schrappen lhbti-beleid in Oldebroek ↗
- AD — ‘Tijd voor mama’: Ronald Koeman junior over appje dat zijn vader ‘s nachts stuurde na WK-uitschakeling ↗
- Omroep Brabant — Moeder slaat alarm over Yes We Can in Eindhoven: 'Trauma aan overgehouden' ↗