Netherlands Today: 5 November 2026

It’s a misty start to Thursday with a sunny afternoon ahead. Football is in the news in Rotterdam and Eindhoven, alongside a terrorism hearing, an Amsterdam debate about Schiphol and childcare worries near Utrecht.

Rotterdam to talk to Feyenoord after fireworks halted Inter match

Rotterdam’s city government will meet Feyenoord to discuss the fireworks that interrupted Tuesday’s match against Inter, a spokesperson for Mayor Carola Schouten confirmed. If you go to matches at De Kuip, it’s worth following what comes out of these talks.

Source: NL Times

Weak defending costs PSV in Champions League

PSV Eindhoven lost 2-1 to Club Brugge in the Champions League, and their defensive weaknesses were exposed on a frustrating night. The Belgian side was the sharper team.

Source: DutchNews

Two young men due in Rotterdam court on terrorism charges

Two suspects in a terrorism case are due in court in Rotterdam today: a 19-year-old from Eindhoven and an 18-year-old from Kesteren. In France, the government expects hundreds of thousands of people to join protests again, which may matter if you plan to travel there. At home, mist and fog patches clear to sunshine everywhere in the afternoon, with temperatures of 9 to 10 degrees and a fairly strong wind on the northern coast and the Wadden Islands.

Source: NOS

Amsterdam councillors want to sell the city’s Schiphol shares

Some members of Amsterdam’s city council want to sell the city’s shares in Schiphol, which are worth up to 1 billion euros. A professor interviewed by Het Parool thinks selling would be a bad idea.

Source: Het Parool

The Hague’s Marktweg boys, thirty years on

In The Hague in 1995, a group of young men known as the “jongens van de Haagse Marktweg” had a party because, for once, none of them was in custody. A short VPRO documentary filmed them at the time. Thirty years later, Raymond Zuidwijk, known as “Sjors”, and Willem van der Toorn look back on what became of the group and how their streets have changed.

Source: Omroep West

Breukelen parents face more uncertainty over childcare

A takeover of the childcare centre on the Heycoplaan in Breukelen, in Utrecht province, will not go ahead after the GGD (the regional public health service) gave a negative advice. According to Basker, the deal was almost done. The centre was already facing closure, and parents say they are “once again plunged into uncertainty”, which shows how hard it can be to find stable childcare.

Source: RTV Utrecht

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