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A combination of issues, including a collision in one area and a broken-down train in another, has left large parts of Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland with reduced passenger train service. Dutch railroad manager ProRail identified problems on four routes Monday morning in addition to scheduled maintenance.There were no trains running on the route between Haarlem and Zandvoort aan Zee because of the collision. Dutch national railway NS said a replacement bus service was in operation.

Tourists who stay overnight in a hotel in the Netherlands will pay an average of 2.34 euros in tourist tax per person per night this year. That is more than 8 percent higher than in 2023. Amsterdam once again has the highest tourist tax of 16.76 euros per person per night.

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An average owner-occupied home cost less in seven out of ten municipalities last year than in 2022. According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the average sales price of a home was 416,000 euros, compared to around 429,000 euros in 2022. That is a decrease of 3 percent. Prices fell in all big cities - including Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, and Eindhoven.

Provinces and municipalities must together arrange for 96,000 reception places for asylum seekers this year, caretaker State Secretary Eric van der Burg announced. The distribution per province was also published in the Staatscourant on Wednesday, as well as an indicative distribution per municipality.

A long-ongoing international investigation by the Dutch, Colombian, and Spanish police culminated in the police confiscating a large number of firearms in the Netherlands and arresting six suspects on Monday. One of the arrested suspects is a woman known as the “Godmother” of Amsterdam, the police said.

The police arrested three men who allegedly tried to steal an armored vehicle, and the valuable items being transported at the time. Two of the three overpowered the driver and abused him on Tuesday morning and absconded with the vehicle. "He was threatened, severely beaten and left behind while his transport vehicle was taken," police said in a statement. "The 46-year-old victim was taken to hospital for treatment of his injuries." The incident happened just before 10 a.m. o...

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A police team in The Hague arrested 126 fugitives last year who were convicted of crimes but did not serve their jail sentences. The people who tried to avoid prison face a combined 179 years behind bars, and more than 2 million euros in penalties. For the most part, this amount is for restitution to victims, but also includes other damages and fines.

The location data for maybe millions of Dutch mobile phones can be purchased online, BNR reports based on its own investigation. The broadcaster received over 80 gigabytes of location data from data traders consisting of the coordinates of millions of phones, often registered dozens of times a day.