After having worked as a temporary GP for several years, 35-year-old doctor Wim Vreugdenhil took over a GP’s office April 2020. He talks about his vision regarding general practitioners and the work-life balance. “General practitioners are an important pillar in the healthcare system; and young GP’s have to take the responsibility.”
More and more cancer patients can – if they want – get their treatment at home. An oncological nurse and two patients explain how it works. Since June last year a very eyecatching contraption graces the streets of Amsterdam: a hospital cargo-bike. Four oncological nurses of the OLVG (Amsterdam city hospital) can use it to visit and treat their patients at home. Two days a week, no matter the weather, they bike through the city, the cargo bike loaded with a well-fill backpack, a collapsible drip, and a special chemo waste bin. “I biked 32 kilometers (20 miles) in one day a while ago,” Laura Vreugdenhil (54), one of the oncological nurses who participate. “In the pouring rain! Luckily our carge bike is electric-driven ánd we’ve got proper rain suits.”
After 12 years of salaried employment Tamara Vreugdenhil became a podcast-creator: “This is really fun to do!” Tamara creates podcasts with which she wants to inspire others to make their dreams come true. In her podcast ‘TipvanTam’ she interviews entrepreneurs from Delft who really love what they do. In her podcast Tamara asks them which steps they took to get where they are now.
Jaco: “the workspace of Pantar in Amsterdam is a Venlo-type greenhouse 10.000 m2 in size, used for various horticulture-related activities performed by people who struggle to access work due to various reasons, disabilities being one of them. Part of the greenhouse is being used for plant-cutting, assembly-related activities and more, often commissioned by horticultural suppliers. Another part of the greenhouse is used for the growing of juvenile plants for plant breeders. We also grow our own plants in this greenhouse.”
Since February 2018, NivonJong has been the youth department of Nivon Natuurvrienden (Nivon Friends of Nature). They organize activities for adrenalin junkies, lovers of nature and those who search for inspiration aged between 15 and 30. Their goals: inspire young people to go and experience nature.
Since 1919 the Vreugdenhil company has been in De Lier. It was started by Arie Vreugdenhil as a blacksmith in the middle of the village high street. He was a well known blacksmith in De Lier and, next to his job as blacksmith, he also worked as a contractor. After a while he noticed the appearance of many competitors and decided to focus on tractors and farming equipment, leading to the move of Vreugdenhil Mechanisatie to the new location. See picture on the right: the Hoogweg in 1927 where a new barn was build next to the house.
Drive 3.400 kilomters (2.112 miles) on 1 kilo of hydrogen? This study-year at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Tom Vreugdenhil from Delfgauw, along with 22 fellow students, works on the world’s most efficient hydrogen-run car. By continuing to innovate and looking for the limits of what is technically possible, the students want to show everything that can be realized. With their hyper-efficient hydrogen city-size car the team hopes to show the importance of hydrogen and durability in the coming year
The new church window building of the reformed church in Beekbergen has been crowned with a large stained glass window. The new church has been christened Eben-Haëzer. “The Lord has guided us here.” The stained glass window, located in the large hallway, represents everything that is important and distinctive for the community in the Veluwe area. In the centre it shows the grey stone Eben-Haëzer. A brook ripples its way around it. Trees represent the forested area in the sloping landscape around the village. “The wide beam of yellow light shows that everything comes from heaven,” says Rev. A. Schreuder during the official opening of the church. EbenHaëzer, the Lord has guided us here. The design is by Mrs. A. van de Craats and the stained glass has been assembled and build by stained-glass atelier De Glazen Zee (The Glass Sea). The window consists of nine panels which form the large 2.5 by 6 meter window (approx. 8 by 20 ft.). The panels are build in layered, anti-reflexive, insulating glass.
Tim Vreugdenhil is the founder of CityChurch Amsterdam and Amsterdam-city reverend. Recently his book “Opener dan ooit. Nieuwe kansen voor kerken.” was published (Open like never before. New chances for churches). The title of your book is based off the advertising slogan of Coca-Cola. Why did you do hat? In the summer of 2020 I was starting to get close to depression myself. While cycling through the city I suddenly saw a billboard reading “Open like never before”. It struck me and gave me hope. Later I discovered it was an advertisement campaign by Coca-Cola and started researching why they put such an emphasis on openness. This slogan helped me stay strong in the time that was yet to come Which other observations will you take with you from the pandemic? Which other observations will you take with you from the pandemic? The corona virus taught us all how vulnerable we are. Of course there are vaccines and hospitals, but suddenly everyone could fall ill, and at certa
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